Nice to see media coverage of our new Science News feature on our Biology Letters paper. “The persistent threat of altercations may supercharge size evolution in male primates via a kind of chronic cold war.”
www.sciencenews.org/article/prim...
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Back where it all began-writing my PhD thesis here in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich from 2005 to 2009. Grateful to my supervisor and mentor, Carel van Schaik, for the guidance that shaped my career.
Always a pleasure to visit the Department of Anthropology at the University of Zurich and hear about the exciting great ape research underway. Thanks, Robin and Kat, for hosting me!
Great job by my PhD student Hannah Goodman presenting her work on the role of sexual selection in cross-cultural variation in extrasomatic ornamentation at #ehbea2026
New paper out (Biology Letters, OA): in primates, male-biased size differences are better predicted by between-group competition than by mating system. Time to look beyond the group in studies of sexual selection.
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
🌦️ 🐒 Research from @oxford-anthro.bsky.social's @cyrilgrueter.bsky.social found that chimpanzees adapt their nests every night based on environmental cues - suggesting that they could be planning ahead for wet, cool or warmer weather conditions.
www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/chim...
In this paper I argue that xenophilia has deep evolutionary roots (trade, intermarriage, shared defense) and I explain how humans uniquely scale and sustain cooperation across groups.
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New paper alert! In this Current Biology paper led by Hassan Al Razi, we show that chimpanzees in Rwanda adjust nest construction with weather conditions.
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Awesome plenary from @nakedprimate.bsky.social at #ehbea2026, about gestures and storytelling, which started with a dawn drive in Chad and ended with a Douglas Adams quote perfectly encapsulating the process of science
Cyril C. Grueter
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Oxford Social Sciences Division
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Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside their own group.
Next year in Zurich 😊 🏔️🇨🇭 #ehbea2027 will be held 29 March to 2 April. Website and Bluesky account are already set up (love the logo ❤️) @ehbea2027.bsky.social
www.ehbea2027.com
