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At the Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab, we study the behavior, ecology, and biodiversity of lemurs at our study site in Kirindy Forest, Western Madagascar

Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab

Seeking a motivated postdoc (2+3 yrs) to study links between cognition, behavior, and fitness in lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. Join an interdisciplinary team working on wild populations. @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

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Fichtel-Kappeler-Lab

Job alert! Fully funded PhD position on the link between curiosity and cognition in lemurs at our long-term field site Kirindy Forest in Madagascar @kirindy.bsky.social & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. This project is part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

New paper: The high mortality observed in juvenile Verreaux’s sifakas is likely due to their reduced vigilance, smaller body size and limited agility, rather than to deficiencies in immediate responses to predators doi.org/10.1016/j.an... @primatenzentrum.bsky.social @m-schumacher.bsky.social

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Excited to see our latest work on red-fronted lemurs out in #ProcB🎊 If you want to see what these cute Malagasy primates look like, take a glimpse at the cover picture of the current issue🐒 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... @royalsocietypublishing.org @primatenzentrum.bsky.social

Fully funded PhD position on primate parochialism! Study how cooperation within groups and conflict between groups evolve in red-fronted lemurs at our long-term field site in Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. @kirindy.bsky.social & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Apply here: www.dpz.eu

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Leonie Pethig

📹New video🎞️: Claudia Fichtel (@kirindy.bsky.social; @primatenzentrum.bsky.social) takes you into the heart of the Kirindy Forest field station in Madagascar; learn what life in remote field station looks like. in collaboration with @primatecognition.bsky.social Watch here: youtu.be/pWygl1DlmLE

The entire team: @elifkarakoc.bsky.social, @richardvogg.bsky.social, Michele Marziliano, Jakob von Petersdorff, @aecker.bsky.social, Claudia Fichtel & Peter Kappeler @kirindy.bsky.social @primatenzentrum.bsky.social, @uni-goettingen.de @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social funded by @dfg.de

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Female reproductive investment is associated with male-biased adult sex ratios in a wild lemur population

Abstract. Variation in adult sex ratios (ASR) offers important insights into evolutionary and ecological dynamics, as it reflects demographic processes and

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Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11. www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

🐼Lemurs! 🖊️Social learning! 🫂Tolerance! 🌐Diffusion analysis! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “Social tolerance mediates social learning in wild red-fronted lemurs, Eulemur rufifrons, and ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta” Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123517

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Professorship in population genetics in the field of evolutionary anthropology and medicine (W2)