Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n

Apply now for a NERC-funded PhD position with @andyradford.bsky.social & Patrick Kennedy at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social (with me as friendly 2nd supervisor down the road in @crab-exeter.bsky.social). Network cognition, cooperation, competition...what's not to like? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞 Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰 @nccrlanguage.bsky.social

📢 JOB ALERT! Interested in #Bioacoustics, #Linguistics and the #Evolution of #Language? We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to join our project 'Convergent Evolution of Vocal Communication: Exploring the Parallels between #Birdsong and Human Speech'.👇 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉 Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening. They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) #bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict

We're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!

Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

Marine Le Pen était jugée ce lundi pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le voile. La jeune femme, un temps engagée auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'ONU, a dénoncé devant le tribunal la violence de cette essentialisation.

The relevant bit of grump from the quoted post (left). And age distribution of Max Planck directors (right)

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Prepping a lecture on paternal care and revisiting this brilliant 2024 article by Brooke Scelza. Such a good demonstration of the value of an anthropological lens when thinking about the evolution of human family life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology! The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik). 📍 Location: Oslo, Norway 🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025 🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...

Check out new paper led by @jackmanera.bsky.social on impacts of noise pollution. @monashscience.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab

Link to report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

There's a field of writing on philosophical issues in animal cognition that is dedicated to reconceptualising established philosophical ideas.

Join us! We’re recruiting a PhD researcher to uncover how hedgehogs & other insectivores survive prey toxins. Dive into molecular evolution & protein biochemistry @shabmohammadi.bsky.social @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social 🦔 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#animalcommunication A different view on #acoustic #signals used as part of #animal #contests - after rather than before or during the fight. #birds #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/

I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇 shorturl.at/WA1Qa Would appreciate a re-post! @evoldir.bsky.social

PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho... @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social

Looking for a PhD? 🦜 Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics? I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z

Nested Male Reproductive Strategies in a Tolerant Multilevel Primate Society https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684814v1

Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social

Job alert: want to be my boss? 😁 The School of Life Sciences @ARU is looking for a new Head of School. It’s a great place to work with brilliant colleagues, students, and partners. Please share widely! #AcademicJobs #Leadership #LifeSciences #HigherEducation jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/head...

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

Si Macron refuse la cohabitation, il devra partir

New article just out in NBR, co-authored with some brilliant linguists I’m working with in the new @dfg.de-funded CRC “Common Ground” (link below)! What can ambiguity in nonhuman communication teach us about the evolution of language? 🐵🗣️🐘

The next deadline to apply for a conservation, research, or captive care grant is on the 1st of November! 🤩 For information on how to apply (and descriptions of previously funded projects), check out the grants page on our website: www.psgb.org/pages/grants

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

I realize the world is burning, but here is the abstract of a talk I will give multiple times in different formats this month. With the feedback, I hope to write up something substantial on the theme in the remainder of the year.

The IRL ChiMP4IC is based at the CSRS in Abidjan and presents an international platform for the research on chimpanzee and monkey behaviour and cognition with the goal to protect them and their natural habitats. It is led by Unit Director, Prof. Inza Koné and Scientific Director, Dr. Roman Wittig.

🐕 Dogs, 🐺Wolfs & 🇸🇪 Sweden - sounds like a fantastic combination to me 👇🏼

Applications open for fully funded 4-yr positions in the unique interdisciplinary program of the @maxplanck.de School of Cognition. Pursue a passion for science at the forefront of fundamental & applied research, mentored by a network of world renowned researchers.🧪 cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en

Making scientific knowledge freely available is essential, but not always easy. This new #RSOS study examines the barriers that prevent researchers from publishing #OpenAccess: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @nataliiak.bsky.social

Thanks to Antoine Valet and Derry Taylor the Taï Chimpanzee Project was represented at this year's International Ethological Conference in Kolkata, India. Great job ...

Congrats to first author Mathilde Grampp and a great team of collaborators amongst: @tozbu.bsky.social @lirsamuni.bsky.social @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social

The next talk in the #SLE2025 workshop "From #Linguistics to animal communication and back" is by @tozbu.bsky.social on vocal combinations in chimpanzees and relating it to bigger questions regarding the evolution of complex combinatorial communication

The last #SLE2025 talk of the workshop before the general discussion is by Auriane Le Floch, presented by @tozbu.bsky.social, on rule-based sequences in sooty mangabey vocal communication

Super excited for this workshop at #SLE2025 in Bordeaux on "From Linguistics to Animal Communication and Back"

Friends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon. All information can be found in this link: www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑

It’s Friday night (somewhere) so settle in for a 🧵that combines fermented fruit, scrumping monkeys, etymology, Larson cartoons, & Gothic art to tackle the enduring mystery of why humans are so astoundingly good at metabolising alcohol! or read our new 🧪 paper ;) academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

🧠 Opportunity for a post-doctoral position on human neurobiology, funded by the @erc.europa.eu! 🧫You want to use human pluripotent stem cell based models to understand the evolution of human cerebellar neurons and disorders, this position is for you! 🔗Apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Had a wonderful time at #IPS2025! More to come soon on how hormone profiles in male white-faced capuchins change during alpha male replacements (co-led w/ @meganpetersdorf.bsky.social)

‼️New potential ant communication just dropped! ‼️ First reported sounds produced by Red Wood ants doi.org/10.1080/0952... We published in #OpenAccess! #acoustics #animalbehaviour #entomology Brought to you by @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

I was a reviewer on this paper. It introduces some much needed clarity into primate pragmatics debates, and will become an important touchstone in future research.

I did my undergraduate and Diplom (MSc) in Bielefeld. Super start to really understand the principles of Animal Behaviour. It will be a great start for a successful career ...

Are you looking for work in a research group that is supported by an ERC grant? Remember there are new positions appearing almost every day on #Euraxess's website, with 140 currently open. You could find the right fit for you! 👉 buff.ly/aVAu7vm #ChooseEurope