Karyn Anderson

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

this (good) story is very funny to me because it's like How Did These Top Scientists Avoid Working With Epstein? 🤔 They Googled Him And Saw He Was A Bad Guy 😔
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What’s better to read about on Valentine’s Day than our new paper on same-sex sex in Rwenzori colobus? ❤️❤️ Monkey love knows no bounds. can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Thrilled to share that our new paper is out today! 🎉

We report the first description of same-sex sexual behaviour in Rwenzori Angolan colobus monkeys - and find it may play a role in male social bonding within their multilevel societies.

Perfect Valentine’s Day reading ❤️🐒
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This paper raises really interesting questions about the role of SSB, particularly in stressful environments. While SSB was once thought of as paradoxical or strange, new work increasingly suggests an important social function for SSB in animals.

Excellent new paper out from the Savolainen lab. They found that SSB expression in primates was more likely in species living in difficult environments, with longer life histories, and those with more complex social systems.
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New lab paper! We ran a vervet #foraging #experiment where we created both #scramble and #contest. This evened foraging success, but experiencing more #competition still led to #risk averse #decisions by the monkeys, showing the importance of this variable. www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

No way this is amazing

Excited to share our new paper on the #social #structure of Rwenzori #colobus multi-male, multi-female core units! We found 3 different patterns but close #male #relationships in all that were long lasting! Paper is behind a paywall but contact us if you want a pdf. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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...

New paper demonstrating high rates (>50%) of extra-unit paternity in OMUs in a primate multilevel society - the authors suggest a combo female choice and male interunit cooperation are at play here. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Huge day in the lab! As Sam Stead defends the first #PhD #dissertation on the Rwenzori #colobus!! Congratulations to Dr. Stead!!!

Fig. 1 from the article. Overview of the selective and non-selective forces influencing the expression of same-sex partnerships in birds, adapted from the framework for understanding same-sex sexual behaviour in Clive et al. (2020). Illustration: Bertille Mohring

NEW PAPER: Same-sex partnerships in birds: a review of the current literature and a call for more data.

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#ornithology #birds #same-sexbehaviour #review #partnerships @tashgillies.bsky.social @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social

Illustration: @bertillemohring.bsky.social

Lemurs can help save Madagascan forests, but first we need to protect them Climate change, forest fragmentation and hunting threaten lemur populations in Madagascar, and impact the health of mothers and infants.

Great media piece by my PhD student, Colombe Sehenomalala, on state of lemur research & conservation in home country of Madagascar. Did you know lemurs are important seed dispersers? @theconversation.com @anthropologieudem.bsky.social
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Canadians in ICE detention centres left in legal limbo as families try to secure release | CBC News Relatives of Canadians detained by ICE in the U.S. say they're furious and frustrated by the treatment of their loved ones and the battles they're having to fight for even the most basic information.

55 Canadians in ICE detention

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Same-sex love triangles in female monkeys: Intra-sexual mate competition between female Japanese macaques for female sexual partners While most reports of intra-sexual mate selection occur in the reproductive context of heterosexual interactions, this study aims to explore the behav…

More great work from Gunst, Leca, and Vasey! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...