iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Paddy Tkaczynski @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🦍🚨 Happy to see this paper out!: "Variation in the timing of developmental milestones in Gorilla does not support the ecological risk aversion hypothesis": tinyurl.com/3y4k93zs It is my 1st collab with the Gorilla Group at MPI (tinyurl.com/4vsry4f9) and was a lot of fun to work with some 🦍 data!

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 22/09/2026

Pourquoi les mortalités périnatale et infantile augmentent-elles en France ? Le milieu médical est prisonnier de logiques de productivité, et la politique centrée sur la prise en charge du risque maximum montre des limites. Mais des solutions existent.

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Des accouchements surmédicalisés ? (2) – L’industrialisation des naissances

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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our latest microgrant funding round is open now! 📢 Below is a reminder of what we do and don't fund. This round closes October 30th! Want to help us support students? Please spread the word, and donate if you can! For more informaition and to apply: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective

We do fund students' personal costs. For example: transport to uni, living costs and personal equipment. We don't fund research costs, for example: lab equipment and services, research permits and conference fees.

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 22/09/2026

La mortalité périnatale et la mortalité infantile augmentent en France depuis plusieurs années. L’explication est peut-être en partie une surmédicalisation des naissances, qui rassure patientes et médecins… mais ne garantit la sécurité ni des accouchements ni du suivi après la naissance.

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Des accouchements surmédicalisés ? (1) – Le principe de précaution

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Guillaume Meurice @guillaumemeurice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Vu que ça à l'air de vous plaire de causer démocratie, révolution, et Louis Sarkozy, on rajoute des dates ! ❤️🚀🇫🇷

Annonce date de spectacle de Guillaume Meurice à Strasbourg

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📣New review alert📣: Here, we provide a quantitative and comparative framework that can distinguish combinatorial systems from simpler ones. We offer testable hypotheses for combinatorial transitions as part of the evolutionary trajectory of complex communication systems. dx.doi.org/10.1002/brv....

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Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators

Language has long been considered uniquely complex in the animal kingdom; however, animal research over the last decade has begun to challenge some long-standing premises about exactly which language...

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Help spread the word about the fully funded 4-yr PhD places available at the Max Planck School of Cognition. Pursue a passion for research & advance the understanding of cognition, mentored by a network of world renowned scientists. @maxplanck.de @mps-cognition.bsky.social More info & how to apply:

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Application; application procedure; FAQs; handbook

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/09/2026

"Why is it so hard to find peer reviewers?", asks guy who has been publishing 15 papers a year for the last decade.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 03/09/2026

California #sealions are among the most iconic animals of the Mexican Pacific, but their influence on underwater soundscapes has remained poorly understood. By recording sounds around the Los Islotes colony, this #RSOS study reveals daily patterns in acoustic activity: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NSF just posted the call for the annual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB). You must propose a project to apply AI to biological research. Deadline is Sep 29, 2026 www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

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Primate Learning in Action @primate-learning.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

New data science activity! Check out this R module on calculating and analyzing #grooming and #aggression rates in #chimpanzees, using real data from the Kibale Chimpanzee Project Activity information: sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearn... Kibale Chimpanzee Project: kibalechimpanzees.wordpress.com

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 15/03/2026

Au deuxième tour, c’est quasiment une nouvelle élection qui commence. Nous allons mettre toutes nos forces dans la bataille.

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 09/03/2026

Scientists studying wild sooty mangabeys in Ivory Coast have discovered that these West African #monkeys use sophisticated rules when combining their calls into sequences. Read the full #RSOS paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... @aurianelf.bsky.social @tozbu.bsky.social

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Cédric Girard-Buttoz @tozbu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nice first PhD paper of Auriane on combinatitoriality in mangageys. In this study you'll discover the diversity and structure of mangagey call combinations. You want to know what they mean? Stay tuned for the next paper coming up very soon.

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Warwick Psychology @warwickpsych.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

📢 We’re hiring! The University of Warwick is recruiting for a full-time, permanent academic position in Psychology, available at either: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🔹 Associate Professor 📅 Application deadline: 5th April 2026

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Associate Professor (111338-0226) at University of Warwick

An opportunity for an academic position as a Associate Professor (111338-0226) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Semaine du Cerveau @semaineducerveau.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Lors de cette conférence, Cédric Girard-Buttoz présentera les découvertes récentes sur la complexité du langage des chimpanzés sauvages, nous permettant ainsi de mieux comprendre les origines de notre propre langage 🗣️ 🗓️ 16 mars 2026 à 19h00 - Maison Grenoble Montagne ➕ cutt.ly/TtneEOjA #SDC2026

Image conférence Semaine du Cerveau 2026 Grenoble. Copyright photo Liran Samuni / TCP project

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

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Cédric Girard-Buttoz @tozbu.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Paper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n

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What enables human language? A biocultural framework

Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉 Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening. They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...) #bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict

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Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses | PNAS

Many animals participate in biological markets, with strong evidence existing for immediate cooperative trades. In particular, grooming is often ex...

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Bat Conservation International 🦇 @batcon.org · 15/11/2025

We're hiring -- join the Habitat Restoration & Protection Team!

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Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Exciting PhD opportunity to develop tech and software to record and understand wild animal behaviour. Fully funded by EPSRC DLA. Based at @uniexecec.bsky.social; co-supervised by Alex Thornton (@cornishjackdaws.bsky.social), @kjhockings.bsky.social and collaborators. Apply: tinyurl.com/5fr73snt

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Marlen Fröhlich @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess @chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

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Alexandre Berteau @alexandreberteau.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Marine Le Pen était jugée ce lundi pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le voile. La jeune femme, un temps engagée auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'ONU, a dénoncé devant le tribunal la violence de cette essentialisation.

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Marine Le Pen au tribunal pour injure raciale contre une étudiante voilée

La cheffe de file du Rassemblement national comparaissait lundi 10 novembre pour avoir assimilé en 2019 une étudiante de Sciences Po à « l’islam radical », au seul motif qu’elle portait le foulard. F…

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The relevant bit of grump from the quoted post (left). And age distribution of Max Planck directors (right)

The biggest problem is the leadership of the institutes, the directors, people like me. Most of us got appointed by being successful in a system that lacks the reforms that are needed. And the job encourages a kind of competitive narcissism that views complaints about the system as weakness. Why would you trust us to implement reform?

The good news is that a lot of directors are going to retire in the next 10 years. More than 100 of them. If hiring is done right, a lot of change can be accomplished. But we’ll have to be less focused on hiring people based upon how many Nature papers they’ve published. Instead we’ll need to hear that they have a persuasive vision for how to improve the conduct of research in their field. No more Brotgelehrte with high h-indices, please.

age/gender distribution of Max Planck directors. Left is men. Right is women. Vertical axis is age. Horizontal is count.

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Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us

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David W Lawson @davidwlawson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Prepping a lecture on paternal care and revisiting this brilliant 2024 article by Brooke Scelza. Such a good demonstration of the value of an anthropological lens when thinking about the evolution of human family life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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The cuckoldry conundrum

Concerns about cuckoldry are a dominant theme in evolutionary studies of mating, frequently used to explain sex differences in reproductive strategies. However, studies in nonhuman species have shown...

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Human Behavior & Evolution Society @humbehevosoc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity in Psychology! The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is hiring a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (PI: Júlia Palik). 📍 Location: Oslo, Norway 🗓️ Deadline: November 24, 2025 🔗 Apply here: www.prio.org/about/career...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Social Psychology – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

PRIO invites applications for a 2-year, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in social psychology/ psychology/ cognitive science or a closely related fiel ...

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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Check out new paper led by @jackmanera.bsky.social on impacts of noise pollution. @monashscience.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social #BobWongLab

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Link to report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

There's a field of writing on philosophical issues in animal cognition that is dedicated to reconceptualising established philosophical ideas.

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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#animalcommunication A different view on #acoustic #signals used as part of #animal #contests - after rather than before or during the fight. #birds #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Julia Saltz @juliasaltz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If you're looking for a #postdoc but aren't quite a fit for my lab, check out this exciting opportunity via IU's Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity group! 2-year NIH traineeship to work on one of the group's core themes. Details here! ctrd.indiana.edu/how-to-apply/

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How to apply

Learn how to apply to the Common Themes in Reproductive Diversity graduate program at Indiana University with detailed steps, requirements, and deadlines.

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇 shorturl.at/WA1Qa Would appreciate a re-post! @evoldir.bsky.social

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Ines Fürtbauer @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho... @inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social

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Amy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Looking for a PhD? 🦜 Interested in ornithology, animal behaviour, bioacoustics? I am advertising a PhD on vocal communication in ring-necked parakeets tinyurl.com/44a3hcnz Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for University of Salford Widening Participation Scholarships tinyurl.com/4wtzzh3z

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Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Genetic and Acoustic Diversity in an Invasive Parrot at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com

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bioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Nested Male Reproductive Strategies in a Tolerant Multilevel Primate Society www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Postdoc fitting Bayesian spatial models to various streams of data on humpback whales with @afredston.bsky.social at Santa Cruz, CA recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

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Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social

Call for Submissions for the Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation prize 2026

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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Job alert: want to be my boss? 😁 The School of Life Sciences @ARU is looking for a new Head of School. It’s a great place to work with brilliant colleagues, students, and partners. Please share widely! #AcademicJobs #Leadership #LifeSciences #HigherEducation jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/head...

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Head of School of Life Sciences - ARU

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Nat Clarke @natclarke.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

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Les Écologistes - EELV 🌻 @lesecologistes.fr · 08/10/2025

Si Macron refuse la cohabitation, il devra partir

Paris, le 8 octobre 2025

Le départ précipité de Sébastien Lecornu est la conséquence prévisible du refus de la part du Président de la République de prendre en compte les résultats des élections législatives qu’il avait lui-même convoquées l’été dernier.

Jusqu’au bout, le camp présidentiel aura voulu s’appuyer sur une alliance bancale et minoritaire avec LR plutôt que d’ouvrir des discussions sérieuses avec le socle du NFP pourtant arrivé en tête aux dernières élections législatives.

Retranché à l’Elysée, déjugé par son propre camp, Emmanuel Macron est seul face à la crise qu’il a créée et entretenue par une obstruction systématique à la logique d’alternance.

Nous l’avons dit : nous, la gauche et les écologistes, nous tenons prêt·es à conduire un gouvernement dans ce contexte difficile. Car les Françaises et les Français ont plus que jamais besoin de politiques publiques qui les protègent : abrogation de la réforme des retraites, mesures d’urgence pour le pouvoir d’achat et les services publics, politique environnementale à la mesure du péril climatique et de l’effondrement de la biodiversité.

Nous appelons solennellement, une dernière fois, Emmanuel Macron à se conformer aux résultats des élections et à nommer à Matignon un·e Premier·e ministre de gauche et écologiste.

Si, une nouvelle fois, le président venait à refuser le résultat des urnes, il devra partir.

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