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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First online symposium of the IRL ChiMP4IC. Please register at: www.chimp4ic.org

Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ce soir (18 h 30), conférence publique de Robert Seyfarth au Musée d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel, en Suisse, dans le cadre de l'exposition aux primates.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Yearly workshop of the Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project in Lyon @isc-mj.bsky.social. Fab new results and excellent discussions to move the project forward. Thanks to all who travelled to Lyon to join us.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Research stay of Alphonse Bi Zah Blaiore ends with solar eclipse. After 3 months of intense scientific work, including a talk at EFP in Montpellier and writing a first draft of a paper (👏 Alphonse), we gave Alphonse our farewell while watching the solar eclipse. www.chimp4ic.org/post/researc...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Fab symposium on primate cultures last Thursday at #EFP2026. Thanks to all speakers and my co-organizers.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

At the end of #EFP2026 a great party with everybody ... jolly good 👍 👌 😋

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

During the evening of day 4 #EFP2026 we listened to beautiful homages dedicates to Jane Goodall and Biruté Galdikas. Thanks to Anne Pusey, Michael Wilson and Alison Ashbury for their moving words and slides

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Also on day 4 #EFP2026, we had our Animal Culture symposium ... wonderfull presentations! The idea was born during a visit by Claudio Tenny in Lyon last year.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

On day 4 #EFP2026 I saw a Banksy or Not? in Montpellier...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 3 #EFP2026 continued with fabulous presentations by students from the Taï Chimpanzee Project talking about chimpa zee self- medication and leaf clipping context variability across the four communities. Well done to Alphonse and Marine for good presentations.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Day 3 ##EFP2026 started with a fabulous talk by Liran Samuni, co-director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project, comparing social behaviour and cooperation of wild chimpanzees and wild bonobos.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Taï chimpanzees have featured prominently during the talks of the first day at #EFP2026, showing how long-term data greatly support the research of today. Long lasting field sites are important to answer the big questions.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Wonderful start of the meeting of the European Federation of Primatology in Montpellier, France. Have a look at the spread of representatives from African countries. #EFP2026

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Bonne chance aux Éléphants ce soir. Ce soir, je ne peux que gagner. Longue vie aux chimpanzés du Parc national de Taï !

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Here we offer a quantitative and comparative framework distinguishing combinatorial systems from simpler ones. We do so by integrating new work, demonstrating diverse meaning-bearing combinatorial signalling strategies in natural animal communication, into cross-disciplinary theoretical frameworks.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

📣NEW paper📣 To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CPCAMM...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Yesterday, at the same spot the foto was taken almost 40 years ago (see below), a group of researchers of the Taï Chimpanzee Project gathered to send b-day greetings to Sir David Attenborough.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Big congrats to Dr. Tina Petersen for successfully defending her PhD on tool use in chimpanzees at the Univ. of St Andrews with minor revisions. Tina's PhD results on hammer transport in Taï chimpanzees is in preparation for publication. Great work, Tina, and thanks to Josep Call for collaboration.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr. TINA PETERSEN for successfully defending her PhD on tool use in chimpanzees at the University of St. ANDREWS with minor revisions. Great collaboration with Josep Call and TCP. Looking forward to more research like this.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Great method to measure hierarchical organization in nut cracking, one of the most complex types of animal tool use observed till now. See how the chimpanzees at @taichimpproject.bsky.social are doing this. For videos visit our youtube channel www.youtube.com/@taichimpanz...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Super, that we had the chance to eat together, chat about the chimps and talk Science. Keep up the good work.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Leaving the forest after a couple of intense weeks and returning to desk work. During my last week, I had a meeting with all students, research assistants, and interns. Great team we have out there for the season 2025 / 2026. Together with our local field assistants, they will do amazing work.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Day 1 of 5 days of quarantine. Looking forward to seeing the chimpanzees soon.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Today, we are travelling from Guiglo to Taï and hopefully enter the forest to start quarantine. The piste is in a horrible state, and so we are stuck in traffic waiting for a big truck to be pulled out of a huge mud hole.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Leaving Abidjan with a full car of supplies. I started the next part of the jounry this morning. Together with Zoro, Leveda and Blanche, Sidiki and I hit the road to Soubré, for a meeting with Director of Taï National Park.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Arrived in Abidjan with meetings at the office of the newly installed International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Moneky Protection for Intact Cultures (short IRL 2041 ChiMP4IC - or Chimps for Ivory Coast).

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

On the way to visit the IRL on Chimpanzee and Money Protection for Intact Cultures in Abidjan and the Taï Chimpanzee Project to see the progress we have done in the last year. Here flying out of Lyon with a sunrise over the Alpes

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Yesterday, Mathilde Grampp defended successfully her PhD on how social complexity affects signal complexity in a comparison of wild chimpanzees and mangabies in Taï National Park. We are pleased to announce that Dr. MATHILDE GAMPP received a magna cum laude from Leipzig University. Congratulations !

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Mathieu Malherbe, who successfully defended today his PhD on "Cultural variability and cultural loss in Taï chimpanzees" at the University of Leipzig. 🎉🎉🎉

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Jane Goodall, the first primatologist and champion of chimpanzees, we will miss you and the tireless work you have begun, to protect critically endangered chimpanzees and their habitat into the future.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The chimpanzees have lost their next champion. It is with deep grief that we learned about Jane Goodall passing away. R.I.P. Dr Jane

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

📢JOB alert📢 Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📢 JOB alert 📢 Soon we will advertise the position for the next camp manager at @taichimpproject.bsky.social Starting on January 1, 2026, for 2 years plus an optional 1 year prolongation. Come and join a vibrant research team in the middle of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. Please RT

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The IRL ChiMP4IC is based at the CSRS in Abidjan and presents an international platform for the research on chimpanzee and monkey behaviour and cognition with the goal to protect them and their natural habitats. It is led by Unit Director, Prof. Inza Koné and Scientific Director, Dr. Roman Wittig.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The IRL is a research cooperation between the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique on Côte d'Ivoire (CSRS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique en France (CNRS) signed on Sep 2, 2025, by Directeur General CSRS, Prof. Inza Koné, and President Directeur General CNRS, Antoine Petit.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

On Sep 2, 2025, the Internat. Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures (IRL ChiMP4IC) was opened by the Chief of Staff of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Côte d'Ivoire, Prof. Arsène Kobéa, and the President Director General CNRS, Antoine Petit.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Congratulations to Auriane Le Floch, who successfully completed her viva on Wednesday, August 27, at the University of Neuchatel in a co-tutelle with University of Lyon 1. Congratulations Dr. Le Floch and best wishes for finishing the publications!

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Thanks to Antoine Valet and Derry Taylor the Taï Chimpanzee Project was represented at this year's International Ethological Conference in Kolkata, India. Great job ...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Today, Inza Kone, DG of the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique en CI, and DU of the new International Research Lab on Chimpanzee and Monkey Protection for Intact Cultures, received the Ivorian National Prize of Excellence in Research. Congratulations to our collaborator and friend.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Follow the money and think critically, said Pierre-Henri Gouyon during the 60 year anniversary symposium at Branféré, when he explained how the tobacco industry has manipulated public opinion through social engineering, a practice taken over by the pharma industry to plant doubt into the public.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thanks to Florence Levréro and @tozbu.bsky.social for two days of talks and fun at ENES in St. Etienne for the interlab meeting of the Southern France Primate Behavioural Ecology Meeting.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Some first news digests regarding the new paper on call combinations and how #chimpanzees create new meaning. This is very exciting to see this finally out. Thanks to a great team. www.sciencenews.org/article/chim...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Fascinating, instructive preprint out on Conservation of Animal Cultures from the Erin Wessling team @northernlimitpt.bsky.social : Pathways from theory to practice: Applying animal cultures to conservation: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Even retired, Gregoire will stay being an educator to the young about the need to protect the #chimpanzees in the Taï National Park and an ambassador for @taichimpproject.bsky.social Photo right to left: Gregoire Nohon, his wife Patricia, Emma Normand (director WCF) and Roman Wittig (director TCP).

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

He started as a nanny for Lukas, son of Christophe and Hedwige. But soon he wanted to observe the chimpanzees. He became the specialist of mother - infant interactions at @taichimpproject.bsky.social. He trained many students of Christophe's and even more field assistants, before he moved to WCF.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Yesterday, we celebrated Gregoire Nohon, the first field assistant of Christophe and Hedwige Boesch at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social, who retired last month after working with TCP and the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation for 41 years. He is the strongest ambassador for the #chimpanzees around the park.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

On Sunday, April 6, Mama gave birth to her first offspring, a little female. She sits relaxed lent against a tree and the babies foot dangles out between her legs. Mama is daughter to Mystere, one of our oldest females (ca. 50 y) in the North Group, observed since 45 years! Welcome to the world.

Mama with her little daugther ... See the foot hanging out.

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Back from following TCP's North-East group for a couple of days. Day 1 was running, moving all over the territory and getting soaked by the first rain of the season. However, day 2 was just a beauty 😍. Calm and restful, with grooming, playing, and feeding on the ground. Just #chimpanzees on display:

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