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The EvoThan Collective & International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan

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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reflective post from John Hawks on grief in primates and early hominins. Chimp mothers have carried their dead infants for up to four months, a behavior seen in 40+ primate species. What might it tell us about how our ancestors grieved? #comparativethanatology #primatology
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Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel @sanjeeta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#EvoThan2026 happening now at UCL #ComparativeThanatology @evothan.bsky.social
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Delighted to be virtually watching/ hearing @leanneproops.bsky.social speak on human perspectives on grief by animals at the @evothan.bsky.social conference #grief #death #deathstudies #animals #evolution
A PowerPoint slide shows the talk title Human Perspectives on Animal Grief and Loss
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Now hearing Jennifer Vonk speak online @evothan.bsky.social conference, documenting, e.g., "grief-like" behaviors of cats following death of cat or dog in same home. #cats #grief #deathstudies #evolutionarythanatology #anthrozoology #multispecies
A PowerPoint slide shows the talk title, The tail-end of life: How animals respond to loss
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Comparative thanatology is a breeding ground of ideas": great to hear @fieryangelsfell.bsky.social speak on day 2 @evothan.bsky.social conference. Cool focus on ways to tease out experimentally what various #animals may grasp of #death. #deathstudies #biology #anthropology #nature
The slide shows a chimpanzee image with the talk title: Understanding Death in the Animal World: Conceptual, Aconceptual or Something In Between?
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 EvoThan2026 starts in just two weeks! The full schedule is now available! Join us September 14–15, 2026 at UCL, London (and online) for the International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology. Registration is free (by Sep 12)! 🔗 Register: evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan/regi...
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 EvoThan2026 starts in just two weeks! The full schedule is now available! Join us September 14–15, 2026 at UCL, London (and online) for the International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology. Registration is free (by Sep 12)! 🔗 Register: evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan/regi...
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Amber stratton @amberstratton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Excited to speak at my first conference 🥳🥳 (along with the rest of the Thanatobase team!!) about our work building an open access database compiling every record of primate responses to corpses!
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Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel @sanjeeta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And here we have the second season 🤗 Special shout-out to @fieryangelsfell.bsky.social for all his efforts and creativity 🐘😇
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Leanne Proops @leanneproops.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Very excited to be a part of this symposium exploring animal responses to death and dying! Free to attend, online or in person. Hopefully see you there 💀😁
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📢 A New EvoThan Symposium is coming! Join us Sept. 14–15, 2026 at UCL, London (and online) for EvoThan2026: International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology. Come learn how animals respond to death and dying. Free to attend! Link: evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan #EvoThan2026
EvoThan2026 Poster depicting a higanbana flower drawing at the center and surrounding animal drawings at the edges (leopard seal, horse, honey bee, dice snake and a gorilla.  Topics including: " grief in animals , undertaking in bees, death-feigning in snakes, corpse carrying in primates, animal concepts of death, hominid burials & more". Free attendance. Website: https://evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
📢 A New EvoThan Symposium is coming! Join us Sept. 14–15, 2026 at UCL, London (and online) for EvoThan2026: International Symposium on Comparative Evolutionary Thanatology. Come learn how animals respond to death and dying. Free to attend! Link: evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan #EvoThan2026
EvoThan2026 Poster depicting a higanbana flower drawing at the center and surrounding animal drawings at the edges (leopard seal, horse, honey bee, dice snake and a gorilla.  Topics including: " grief in animals , undertaking in bees, death-feigning in snakes, corpse carrying in primates, animal concepts of death, hominid burials & more". Free attendance. Website: https://evothanatology.wixsite.com/evothan
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André Gonçalves @fieryangelsfell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Time is approaching for another iteration of a special symposium... @evothan.bsky.social #EvoThan2026
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Comparative Thanatology Highlights — 2026 Edition (so far). See the thread below for this year's standout publications. #comparativethanatology #evolutionarythanatology
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André Gonçalves @fieryangelsfell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In 2024, my colleagues and I organized the @evothan symposium, bringing together experts in comparative thanatology from around the world. At the time, a French documentary team captured many of us in action: now available to watch here (w/ Eng subtitles): www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11... #animalgrief
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Le chagrin des animaux : mythe ou réalité ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Que ressentent les animaux face à la mort de leurs congénères, et qu’en comprennent-ils ? À travers des exemples passionnants, une exploration d’un champ d’études en plein essor : la thanatologie anim...
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EvoThan @evothan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Comparative Thanatology Highlights — 2025 Edition. See the thread below for this year’s standout publications. #comparativethanatology
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