@LirSamuni

Studying Pan cooperation and sociality. Emmy Noether group leader @ MPI-EVA

scholar.harvard.edu/liransamuni
Joined July 2018
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I love it when the chimps play airplane! even more when they simulate turbulence ;) @TaiChimpProject youtube.com/watch?v=xhutlWBY…
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Social play is not only fun but also has important social functions in #chimpanzee societies, promoting bonding & collective cooperation! @CurrentBiology It is also a behavior that is really a pleasure to document Access it here authors.elsevier.com/a/1k8Me…
Taï Chimpanzee Project@TaiChimpProject21 Nov 2024
New paper alert 📢 Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @LirSamuni and colleagues from the @TaiChimpProject show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.1…
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Some chimpanzees, like people, continue social play into adulthood; an activity that helps them better cooperate as a group. Learn more in @CurrentBiology: cell.com/current-biology/ful…. @LirSamuni, @MielkeAlexander, Catherine Crockford, & @TaiChimpProject
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PhD Studentship available I am looking for a student to study the 'Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates' - if you are interested in primate sociality, communication, and relationships, get in touch! findaphd.com/phds/project/qu…

Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates at Queen Mary University of...

PhD Project - Quality and function of affiliative actions in non-human primates at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Alex Cagan@ATJCagan13 Aug 2024
At a recent conference @AthenaAktipis invited me to give a talk on the role of creativity in science. For those interested here are the illustrated slides in tweetorial format. The take home message: Creativity and science go hand in hand. (Thread 1 of 2)
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In our new open-access paper (doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14…) @AnimalEcology, with Wismer Cherono, @Cini_Gall, @Brendah_Nyagah and @DamienFarine, we test the information centre hypothesis in the multilevel society of vulturine guineafowl. (1/6)
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【新刊案内】 Bonobos and People at Wamba: 50 Years of Research link.springer.com/book/10.10… ワンバにおける野生ボノボの研究が50周年を迎えたことを記念して、これまでの研究成果をまとめた本を出版しました。ワンバのボノボの行動生態や、人々の生活に関する研究などをまとめています（編者・古市）
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New paper out on between group cooperation ... 😲 those bonobos. Great contribution to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation by @LirSamuni and Martin Surbek from @kokolopori science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Cooperation across social borders in bonobos

Bonobo cooperation across groups offers a window into humanity’s evolutionary past.

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Feeling extremely privileged that I get to spend my days in the forest with these amazing creatures. #bonobo cooperation between groups is neither random nor rare and brings us one step closer to understanding our own evolutionary past
Kokolopori Bonobo Research@kokolopori17 Nov 2023
Congratulatory high HOOTS to @Lirsamuni & Martin Surbeck on this fantastic work! Out today in @ScienceMagazine. Kokolopori bonobos maintain strategic cooperative exchanges between social groups science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… @HarvardHEB @DPZ_eu
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NEW paper published in PLoS Biology on the extraordinary behaviour of the Taï chimpanzees: tactical use of elevation in outgroup context. @TaiChimpProject with @RtLemoine and @LirSamuni journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Chimpanzees make tactical use of high elevation in territorial contexts

Use of high elevation in warfare requires high cognitive skills but is not uniquely human. This study shows that wild chimpanzees can detect their enemies from afar by exploiting hilltops in their...

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Together with Chirag Chittar, @LirSamuni, Jerome Lewis, @musiccognition, Emiel van Loon, @JanmaatKarline, we found: During foraging trips, BaYaka women are more likely to sing 1) in larger groups with less familiar members, and 2) when they are carrying infants.
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Our latest theory paper thinking about group size and structure in animal societies using insider-outsider conflict theory. @ShengFeng_Shen sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Are you a #Palestinian woman in a PhD program or enrolling in a Phd program? Is your degree in the humanities or social sciences? apply to this one year, $ 25,000 fellowship that supports ANY expenses related to the pursuit of your degree, worldwide parc-us-pal.org/tanya-baker-…

Fellowships: Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarships |

The Palestinian American Research Center announces its 5th competition for the PARC Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarships for Palestinian women pursuing PhDs in the

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Per the request of some of my African @InsideNatGeo colleagues, I've created a living document of fellowships, scholarships, & grants for which African nationals are eligible. Please add to this document and share widely. tinyurl.com/AfricanFellowshi… #ScienceTwitter #funding
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New paper out elifesciences.org/articles/8… on adolescent growth spurts in bonobos and other primates, which a) rejects the idea of human uniqueness on that and b) shows the crucial importance of scaling laws @KLIVVWien @DomLabVienna @Jeronobo1 @cbc_osnabrueck @DPZ_eu @MPI_EVA_Leipzig

Evidence for adolescent length growth spurts in bonobos and other primates highlights the importa...

Scaling laws reveal the presence of adolescent growth spurts in bonobos and potentially in other non-human primates, challenging the notion of these spurts as a uniquely human trait and emphasizing...

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Join us! We have two fully funded PhD positions available in my @WWTF VRG Group @univienna investigating the ontogeny and individual variation in extractive foraging. All info here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scient… and jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Scient… Please RT!
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Omer Nevo@ONevo_EvolEcol4 Aug 2023
Two more weeks to apply! A fully funded 2 year postdoc on the evolution of fleshy fruits at @idiv
Omer Nevo@ONevo_EvolEcol25 Jul 2023
Fully funded 2yr postdoc on the evolution of fleshy fruits. Work at @idiv - THE hotspot of biodiversity research, together with @RenskeOnstein (@Naturalis_Sci), Martin Mascher (@LeibnizIPK), and Belinda Kahnt (@UniLeipzig). Apply by Aug 18; email/DM me for more info
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Joe Henrich@JoHenrich4 Aug 2023
New manuscript showing that greater social interactional diversity has propelled American Innovation for much of our history (1850-1940). @_MaxPosch_ @JF_Schulz papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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New paper by our @SimoneAnza @DPZ_eu @uniGoettingen on how early adversity is associated with altered bacterial gut microbiome in wild macaques into adulthood. Wonderful collaboration with M Heistermann & Göttingen Genomics Lab @DFG_public @DFG_SoHaPi tinyurl.com/2c26r82c
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Hecht Lab@LabHecht31 Jul 2023
NSF-funded postdoc job in my lab at @HarvardHEB: academicpositions.harvard.ed… Interdisciplinary project involving comparative MRI in humans, apes, & canids to study the evolution of aggression. Join us - we are a fun team doing cool science! 😎🧠🐵🦊
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GMERC@GMERC_TZ29 Jul 2023
An Issa male chimpanzee snatches a recently killed bushbaby from the female who caught it. She would get it back later, but not until he had his share of the spoils. Not exactly the Fongoli 'sharing' model, eh ⁦@PruetzLab⁩ ? (video by N. Mwanri/GMERC)
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