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Object play in Tsimane children: implications for sex-specific division of labour | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core Object play in Tsimane children: implications for sex-specific division of labour - Volume 7

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Using long-term data from the Tsimane, we show that the differences between boys and girls in how their object play develops are linked to the different subsistence roles of men and women.

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Meet the newest addition to the Nimba Chimpanzee Project team: Indri ❤️🐕

Small but mighty!!! 🌟

@ApeBehaviour&EcologyGroup

Enjoying the 30th International Primatological Society (IPS) conference in Antananarivo!! 🥳 The Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group united in Madagascar!! 🤩

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I'd apply in a heartbeat if I could. Most creative (!) project proposal I've ever read, brilliant fieldwork opportunities, and the BEST supervising team you could wish for! Apply, apply, apply!

Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩

The APE Group has a typical bonobo/chimpanzee-like fission-fusion social structure 😄 This foraging sub-group (or ‘party’) is saying goodbye to our emigrating female Anaïs! We so enjoyed your stay with us!!

It’s a Nimba baby boom!!! 🥰 Check out all these cute additions to (one of) our study groups in the Nimba Mountains of Guinea 🇬🇳 @NimbaChimpanzeeProject

Tune into this awesome new chimp drumming study!!! 🧵 🥁 Featuring the fabulous Nimba chimps!

Magical last day in Nimba 💚 I got to spend the afternoon with Kaija (named after my daughter of similar age!). 😍

My 💚 Nimba

Back with my Nimba family ❤️💛💚

The two-day drive from
Conakry to Nimba 💪

Adventure calls!!! ❤️💛💚 Off to Guinea for the next month to catch up with everyone at the Nimba Chimpanzee Project! Can’t wait!!! Fingers crossed for my >80 kg of luggage to arrive!!! 🤞😅

Male chimps ask for sex in different ‘dialects’ Gestures are in danger because of poaching and other human pressures

Great work 👌@taichimpproject.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...

Animal behavior: Chimpanzee play and the evolutionary roots of cooperation Social play in adults is considered rare in non-human species. A new study has found that play among adult chimpanzees is common and linked to cooperation and social bond maintenance. The societal fun...

✨Chimpanzee play and the evolutionary roots of cooperation✨ Dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social commenting on the fabulous paper by @lirsamuni.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social

link: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Hoots & drums!!!! 💫

Congratulations!!! Hoots!!! ❣️

And that’s a wrap! 🤩 How I love teaching our Great Ape Behaviour course! 😍 It was an absolute pleasure working with this fabulous group of students. 🦍 Huge thanks to Zurich Zoo for hosting us! 🦧 We much enjoyed the talks by the ape head keeper and the curator 🙏

Such a great study!!! And amazing chimp field data - possible thanks to all the efforts involved in running a long term field site!!! 💪💪💪 Big kudos to the whole @TaiChimpProject 🙌

Fabulous new paper!!! 🤩

It’s the Great Ape Behaviour Course time of year! 🤩 Excited to see all the fantastic student projects come to life! ❤️ Topics range from 🦧 orangutan mother-offspring relationships to 🦍 gorilla rearing history📊🤓💪

The honour of a lifetime to present on 20 years of chimpanzee research in the Nimba Mountains to the one and only Dr Jane Goodall ❤️ My daughter’s chimp also made an appearance! Huge thanks to the Jane Goodall Institut Schweiz for organising this amazing event 🤩

Love my job!!! ❤️ Teaching our great ape behaviour course with a little help from our ape friends!!! 🦍🦧 Thanks for hosting us again Zoo Zurich!!! 🙏 Can’t wait to see all the wonderful student projects coming to life in the coming weeks 😃

I have arrived in the other place!!! Where’s everybody?!? 😃😃😃