Postdoctoral researcher in bonobo gut and vaginal microbiomes 🐵🦠 | microbiome stability & transmission | University of Antwerp & Zoo Antwerp
Jonas R.R. Torfs
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Happy to see one of the final chapters of my PhD out now! 🐵🦠 We identified key covariates of the bonobo gut microbiome, including ecology, diet, transit time, social interactions and maternal vertical transmission within a large cohort of wild and zoo-housed bonobos.
Jonas R.R. Torfs
🐵💥 After 2000+ hours of observing aggression across 189 zoo-housed bonobos and chimpanzees in 22 groups, we found that the two species are equally aggressive, yet differ in the distribution of aggression across the sexes ♂️♀️
Our study is out now, read more below ⬇️
👀 Looking for a dissertation topic or research internship?
🐵 Always wanted to observe great apes?
🌟 This is your chance! Several positions are available to observe zoo-housed bonobos in the United States!
⬇️ See below for more information about the project 🐵🦠
Bonobos bully as much as chimpanzees—but their victims differ by sex, according to new #ScienceAdvances research. https://scim.ag/4sgXciX
Jonas R.R. Torfs
Jonas R.R. Torfs
Science Magazine
New publication, and first one as a first author for me! 🥳
Have you heard of the brutal chimpanzee and "hippie" bonobo dichotomy? ☠️🕊️
Today, we report similar aggression magnitudes in 22 captive chimpanzees and bonobos groups - be it all aggression or restricted to contact.
