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Culture Conference @cultconf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ We are excited to welcome you for the next Culture Conference, taking place 31 March to 2 April 2027 at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social in Leipzig, Germany! Stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎 culture-conference.com

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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!

A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Far too long in the making.. but finally out in #AnimalBehaviour @asab.org: Orang-utans and chimpanzees #cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives. doi.org/10.1016/j.an... w/ @elisafelsche.bsky.social , Josep Call & @federicorossano.bsky.social

Set-up of experiment 2. The tool giver was placed in enclosure 3 (middle), whereas the tool recipient was placed in enclosure 4 (right). The illustration depicts the configuration in which the social and nonsocial apparatuses for both individuals were baited with high-value rewards.

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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️ 🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍 Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social Please share/apply! Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u

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Dr Rebecca Koomen @rebeccakoomen.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳 Are you curious about 🧒 developmental, 🌍 cross-cultural 🦧 species comparative research on cooperative sustainability? All info here or dm me with questions! career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job... Please share! 🙏

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Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)

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Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I'm looking for a PhD Student at the intersection of Machine Learning and Developmental Psychology. We study everyday experiences in children from 🇰🇪🇩🇪🇹🇷 and use ML models to quantify interactions. 4 years, fully funded, great team, beautiful location. Please share and apply! tinyurl.com/2mafdyh4

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Research Associate (m/f/d) Applying Machine Learning to Developmental Psychology

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Shona Duguid @shona-d.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

I'm looking for a PhD student to work on cooperative problem-solving in young children. You would be supervised by me and @emmatecwyn.bsky.social as part of our wonderful developmental research group at York St John University jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Opportunity at York St John University: Academic Associate

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Elisa Felsche @elisafelsche.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

New paper 📃 out now in Cognition Preschoolers and, to a lesser extent, chimpanzees but possibly not capuchin monkeys consider abstract patterns in sampled evidence to guide efficient foraging sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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How can I find what I want? Can children, chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys form abstract representat...

Abstract concepts are a powerful tool for making wide-ranging predictions in new situations based on little experience. Whereas looking-time studies s…

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