What is this baboon thinking? New paper by Dora Biro and colleagues about bark-stripping behaviour in Gorongosa baboons.
doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...
10.05.2025 10:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Megan Beardmore-Herd! 🎉
Please join us in celebrating this incredible achievement! Megan defended her PhD brilliantly this week, finishing with flying colours. Her dedication, resilience, and perseverance against immense challenges of the pandemic—are truly inspiring.
03.04.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Research on Chimpanzee Toolmaking! 🛠️
A groundbreaking study led by Alejandra, Susana and et al, explores the engineering skills of wild chimpanzees in toolmaking.
🔗 Read more: [https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00419-5 ]
01.04.2025 15:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s happening tomorrow! Whether online or in person, don’t miss it. Join us to learn more about what we do and how you can collaborate with us!
31.03.2025 13:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🌿 This week meet Rassina Farassi! She is a first-year PhD student supervised by Prof. Susana Carvalho, Prof. Helena Freitas, and Dr. João Coelho. Her PhD explores the selective pressures behind bipedalism and the relationship between highly terrestrial primates and carnivores in Gorongosa N Park.
31.03.2025 02:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 This week, we’re excited to introduce Emanuela Rabajoli! She is a first-year PhD student supervised by Prof. Susana Carvalho, Dr. René Bobe, and Ms. Francisca Andicene. Her PhD project focuses on investigating the feeding ecology and sociality of wild chacma baboons in Gorongosa National Park.
24.03.2025 16:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Workshop invitation 📯 Join us online to learn about the interdisciplinary primatological, paleoanthropological, and archaeological work conducted as part of the Primate Models for Hominin Evolution research theme at ICArEHB 🐒
Tuesday 1st April, 9:30am-5pm 📆
RSVP: forms.office.com/e/PXFZbfD0Z6
21.03.2025 10:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🌿 This week, we’re introducing you to Catarina Coelho, a first-year PhD student supervised by prof. Susana Carvalho, Dr. René Bobe and Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor. With a BA in Biology and an MSc in Ecology from the University of Coimbra, she is passionate about primatology, ecology, and human evolution.
18.03.2025 03:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FCT PhD Fellowships 2025 - ICArEHB
FCT PhD Fellowships 2025 Do you want to pursue a PhD in archaeology to study prehistory or primate archaeology? If the procedure follows previous years, the Foundation for Science and Technology…
🌍✨ Micromammals, Taphonomy & Conservation in Gorongosa ✨🌍
🔬Are you interested in small vertebrate taphonomy and its archaeological implications? ICArEHB is seeking a PhD candidate for the #FCTPhDFellowships, supervised by René Bobe and Jacinto Mathe. Get more info 📌 https://buff.ly/4gVK2Bx.
25.02.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Applicants for a PhD position at Universidade do Algarve to study Afrotherian fossils from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, as part of the FCT PhD Fellowships 2025 call.
✅ Conduct phylogenetic, morphometric and biogeographic analyses
✅ Fieldwork in the Rift Valley and museum-based research
24.02.2025 19:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
