A new theme issue of #PhilTransB examines the mechanisms of learning from social interaction. Read articles for free: buff.ly/K8v43YM

Playful teasing involves one individual pestering, harassing or provoking another in a playful manner. Does playful teasing help great apes learn about social relationships? doi.org/10.1098/rstb... #PhilTransB #AnimalBehaviour #cognition

Great apes may use playful teasing to learn about their social relationships. In a new paper, Erica Cartmill & I propose a bond-testing hypothesis for ape teasing. Out today in Phil Trans Biology: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...

We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My new paper, "Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter” is out! We found that bonobos were more likely to expect rewards after hearing same-species laughter, suggesting that the sound puts them in a good mood. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Some exciting news - I’m joining the Pontzer lab at Duke as a postdoc! I’ll be researching energetics and behavior in baboons, collaborating with folks at the Amboseli Baboon Project 😊 @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social @duke-university.bsky.social

Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒 @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

How are humans able to make sense of time? Not with special biology but with “time tools”—ideas, practices, and artifacts that render time more concrete. My new paper explores this vast, varied toolkit—one that makes use of knots, nuts, hands, flowers, mountains, shadows, and much more. (link 👇)

So happy to see this finally published! We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure. The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life. Congratulations, Kimberly! www.nature.com/articles/s41....

The COMPARE lab at Indiana University is hiring a new full-time lab manager to assist studies with children and dogs, and manage the activities of the lab space on the Bloomington campus. Please share! hrms.iu.edu/psp/PH1PRD_P...

Chris is so smart and nice and produces fascinating work. On the off chance this is up your alley, I’d strongly encourage applying

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned language and made stone tools, has died. Here's what we learned about ape and human cognition from this remarkable individual. (Don't miss the story about how Kanzi described the scary beaver he discovered in his habitat 🦫🥲) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/kanz...

The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44. Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...

Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information? In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New article by my PhD advisor Erica Cartmill that does a fantastic job summarizing our lab's research on playful teasing in great apes! I bet you'll be ape-solutley tickled to read it (ok sorry I had to): www.scientificamerican.com/article/grea... #primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology

Proud of our grad student, Jordan Lucore, for her study out in Sci Advances: The immune performance of wild capuchin monkeys declines when they experience higher temperatures, with youngest monkeys the most vulnerable to heat. news.umich.edu/warming-temp...

Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.

In this edition of my newsletter, The Ed's Up, I'm delighted to announce AN IMMENSE WORLD: THE YOUNG READERS EDITION! 🥳 The book is being adapted for middle-grade *age 8-12). Same material & ethos. Full-color illustrations & photos. Out spring 2025. So excited! buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...

www.propublica.org/article/coll... joshuapnudell.com/2023/05/23/t... In short: high schooler trying to pad their college applications by paying to publish. There’s also a related proliferation of hs National writing competitions for the same reason

We are hiring in perception & cognitive/perceptual development! Open Rank. Madison's awesome! Apply! psych.wisc.edu/psychology-d...

Made a word cloud of my papers using this cool Shiny app! but clearly I need to publish some more papers 🤪