Today we were visited by some capuchins as we surveyed some stone tool use sites. We think this baby is 2 weeks old. In about two years it will be a proficient stone tool user. #primatearchaeology @TheLeakeyFndtn @iphes @MPI_EVA_Leipzig

⭐️short video showing our conservation work at the Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of Exeter. We’re becoming a hub for great ape conservation! 🦧🦍 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCuMXoqcgI @BorneoNature @FrankvanVeen2 @DrMark_Harrison @PsgbStudent @IPS_PrimateNews @ArcusGreatApes

New paper using thermal imaging with wild chimpanzees w/ Claire Barrault, @AdrianSoldati @DeMoorDelphine @BudongoChimps @NakedPrimate & Klaus Zuberbühler – OA @royalsociety https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2021.0302

This week’s #TwigTechnology post looks at chimpanzee mothers who carry their children after the infant dies.

Prompted by the recent study by @AdrianSoldati at Budongo, where one mother was seen carrying a twig as a possible substitute for her lost child.

http://twig.technology/blog/chimpanzee-dead-infant-carrying

Delighted to share the memoirs of my graduate adviser – Carol Berman, Professor Emeritus at ⁦@UBuffalo⁩ – which she published recently in the journal Primates! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-022-01000-5