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Maรซl Leroux

@maelmleroux.bsky.social

Lecturer @ethos-research.bsky.social, @rennesuniv.bsky.social, France. Interested in the evolution of language. Currently studying non-human primates ๐Ÿ’ he/they

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In the meantime in Uganda ๐Ÿ˜ with the #APELANG project on full speed.

Iโ€™ll let you enjoy these cute #chimp #twins ๐Ÿ˜š captured by YijunYang ๐Ÿ˜Œ

03.03.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Back from a two week trip in Japan to launch an international research project funded for 5 years by the @cnrs.fr !

Stay tuned for some exciting research on language evolution and comparative cognition coming soon! W/ @tokyouniversity.bsky.social @osakauniv.bsky.social @kyotouniversity.bsky.social

02.03.2026 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Les Prix et Bourses - Sociรฉtรฉ Francophone De Primatologie

#voxprimato #bourses
๐Ÿšจ J-3 avant la date limite dโ€™envoi des dossiers pour une des quatre bourses recherche ou conservation proposรฉes par la SFDP!

Des infos ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ sfdp-primatologie.net/index.php?pa...
Des questions ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ info@sfdp-primatologie.net

28.01.2026 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#APELANG team is thriving in Uganda ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ˜
Look at that chimp ๐Ÿ™ˆ

26.01.2026 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง With this new paper comes, for the first time officially, a new name!
Ethos changed its name! We are now the CSEC! Centre for the Study of Ethology and Cognition!

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Avec ce papier, un nouveau nom officiel pour la premiรจre fois!
EthoS devient CEEC! Centre dโ€™Etude en Ethologie et Cognition!

22.01.2026 06:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The As and Bs of titi monkey linguistics: why emotional communication is not the enemy The alarm call sequences of titi monkeys (genera Plecturocebus, Callicebus and Cheracebus) have sparked important debates over whether they exhibit parallels with human language. Some researchers con...

๐ŸšจNew animal linguistics paper๐Ÿšจ

Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

21.01.2026 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

If you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it!

Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!

21.01.2026 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When #primatology meets #fashion ! Today I am giving a lecture at the amazing Institut Franรงais de la Mode #IFM in how to create meaning without words ๐Ÿ™Š

12.01.2026 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A call for CARE in animal behaviour: an holistic ethical research framework Despite increasing awareness of animal welfare, there are vast discrepancies between legal protections and recommended practices for different speciesโ€ฆ

New publications for a happy new year 2026!

@maelmleroux.bsky.social and colleagues published a new framework for #welfare, #EDI and #ethics in animal research.

Find out more here: A call for CARE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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09.01.2026 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With a new year comes a new field season for the #APELANG team! Celebrating their first night in the forest ๐Ÿต
Welcome to the latest addition to the team @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social ๐Ÿ˜
Looking forward to the next 3 years together !

06.01.2026 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข Calling all primatologists ๐Ÿ“ข

EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!

๐Ÿ—“ Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)

Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...

Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...

All abstracts will be accepted!

09.12.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Alban Lemasson et Maรซl Leroux รฉtaient aux mardis de lโ€™espace des sciences !
Quand les animaux prennent la parole !
Retrouvez leur confรฉrence en ligne ici:
www.youtube.com/live/io6tAYL...
Et leur livre: www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
@espacedessciences.bsky.social
@maelmleroux.bsky.social

21.11.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Absolutely thrilled to have been invited to present my work at the AUBE meeting.

www.instagram.com/p/DPy7WufDDf...

20.10.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Paimpont toujours @rennesuniv.bsky.social , mais aussi dans un cafรฉ des sciences ร  La Gacilly, Alban Lemasson et @maelmleroux.bsky.social ont prรฉsentรฉ leur livre sur la linguistique animale: quand les animaux prennent la parole, aux รฉditions Apogรฉe #FDS2025
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...

17.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Audierne, @maelmleroux.bsky.social ร  รฉgalement prรฉsentรฉ (et dรฉdicacรฉ!) le livre co-รฉcrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole!, aux รฉditions Apogรฉe #FDS2025
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...

17.10.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last week, our own @berthetmelissa.bsky.social & @maelmleroux.bsky.social were at the @lasfdp.bsky.social 2025 conference.
First congress as official board members, and Mรฉlissa presented their work on chimp vs. bonobos combinatoriality!

06.10.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's hard to overstate the impact Jane Goodall had on my life, both in terms of essentially birthing my field, but also her deeply, contagiously humanist (for want of a better word) spirit.

I've never been starstruck in my life except for the two occasions I met Jane, where I could barely talk.

02.10.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A little update of the beginning of this academic year!
New papers, communication, public outreach:

02.10.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@maelmleroux.bsky.social organised a symposium on animal linguistics at the @SLE2025 in Bordeaux with the @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, introduced by Philippe Schlenker

02.10.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Le guรฉpard a des choses ร  dire ! Aujourdโ€™hui, direction la Namibie , ร  la rencontre du guรฉpard ! ๐Ÿ† Maรฎtre de la vitesse, ce fรฉlin รฉlancรฉ fend la savane comme une flรจche. Avec ses ...

Demain, on fait grรจve ! Pr vous distraire, vous pouvez รฉcouter mon nouvel รฉpisode du podcast Bรชtes de science @futurasciences.bsky.social. J'y parle du guรฉpard, l'occasion d'รฉvoquer le @cheetah.org & les รฉtudes de com' vocale de @maelmleroux.bsky.social : podcasts.futura-sciences.com/futura-betes...

09.09.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lโ€™รฉmission dโ€™hier ร  retrouver ici ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป merci @rfi.fr !
www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

01.07.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Live today on @rfi.fr !

30.06.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Spent a wonderful week in Aurich with Simon Townsend and Katie Slocombe to talk about the next step of the @agencerecherche.bsky.social project #APELANG!

Stay tuned ;)
Ps: meetings in the river = best meetings ๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ

28.06.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And we continue on this sรฉrie with an interview live for CQFD, at the Swiss radio RTS ๐Ÿ™
With Lucia Sillig!
Thanks for this great experience!

CQFD - rts.ch www.rts.ch/emissions/cq...

16.06.2025 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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First were @maelmleroux.bsky.social & @berthetmelissa.bsky.social talking about @edi-efp.bsky.social for the pre-conference workshop!

16.06.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We had @maelmleroux.bsky.social presenting his work on chimpanzee compositionality.

16.06.2025 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Adapting the facial action coding system for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to bonobos (Pan paniscus): the ChimpFACS extension for bonobos The Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a widely recognised coding scheme for analysing human facial behaviour, providing an objective method to quantify discrete movements associated with facial mu...

Super happy to share a paper Catia Correia-Caeiro and Katja Liebal were kind enough to invite me on!

An extension of the ChimpFACS for bonobos โค๏ธ

With lots of people involved!

peerj.com/articles/194...

16.06.2025 05:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

La prochaine fois quโ€™on se voit ;)
Tu me diras ce que tu en penses!

14.06.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The original paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

02.06.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No kiddingโ€ฆ such an important message to be heard

02.06.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0