At this site (Eternal Victory in Outamba Kilimi National Park, Sierra Leone) we can see chimps using tools to both fish the algae from the bottom of the river beds and scoop it from the surface. Even the small infants are practicing this important type of tool use while overseen by their mothers.

‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ We are excited to welcome you again in Utrecht, NL for the next Culture Conference on the 26th & 27th of February 2026! And surprise! We will also host a hands-on workshop on the 25th/02 🙌💻 So stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎 culture-conference.com

Animal culture paper alert 🚨

Young chimps play weird with tools and other objects & this can lead to innovation! Moss sponging, doll play, leaf clipping to ask for carrying. If copied and retained, rare kid innovations can contribute to cultural complexity 🧪🔬🐵 My fav article I've ever worked on: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A female wolf has been doing something unusual on the Central Coast of British Columbia. She's learned to pull crab traps up from the water, yanking on a rope to bring it to the surface. But is it tool use? Very fun story from @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org

#CrowCoG is hiring🚨MULTIPLE PAID RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITIONS 🚨for our 2026 field season (May - Sep)! Field and aviary-based positions - come help us study the remarkable tool-making New Caledonian crows. Apply here: bit.ly/3WlxxHE

In October 2016, I filmed this wild New Caledonian crow making a probe tool to extract beetle larvae from candlenut trees. It carefully trimmed the leaves and ends, testing its grip a few times, then flew off to use the tool. A well planned heist. 📽️ west of Mont Do, New Caledonia 🧪🪶🏺

Friends of the Historical Sciences Dinner: Porto edition! #ish

Had such a fantastic time at ISHPSSB 2025 in Porto! Great talks and inspiring conversations about philosophy of biology (and cultural coevolution) with amazing people. #ISHPSSB2025 #hpbio #philsci #histstm #histsci #philbio #hbio #sts

Happy to share our new paper introducing the Animal Culture Database in Scientific Data: We’re putting together a resource consolidating primary research on cultural behaviors in wild animal populations and how they’re affected by human activity (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our workshop “Perspectives on Human Variation: Philosophy Meets Evolutionary Anthropology” has begun! @andrameneganzin.bsky.social opened by outlining the core problem space & the interdisciplinary links we aim to build to better understand human variation, past & present. #HPS #evobio #paleosky

The #PhilInBioMed Summer School has started! Five days of exciting talks, big ideas, and fun crossovers between philosophy, biology, and medicine. @philinbiomed.bsky.social 👉 www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea... #BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

Greetings from Bordeaux! Here, we will keep you updated on events, publications and everything else of interest for the PhilInBioMed-Community.

Extremely honored and happy to have attended this incredible conference—see you next year!

No one likes a poorly attended inauguration... so please join me in London or online on 3 Dec for my inaugural lecture, "The Edge of Sentience". www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/...

Part of an exciting special feature celebrating 50 years of quantitative cultural evolution! Check out the rest here: bit.ly/CulturalEvolution

Announcement! The next @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social CES conference will be at UM6P in Rabat, Morocco, provisional dates 11-13th May 2026! Hosted by Mathieu Charbonneau, @sarahalami.bsky.social, @zhgarfield.com & @edseabright.bsky.social. Save the dates! culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...