Elliot Howard-Spink @ElliotHowaSpi

Postdoc researcher at @UZH_ch. Formerly @MPI_animalbehav & @OxfordBiology | Tools & Actions, Animal Culture, Language Evo, Development & Senesence | He/They 🌈 Joined January 2019

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Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine

3 days ago

New findings in Science suggest that rodents owe much of their evolutionary success to their thumb-nail (the first digit, D1), an adaptation that gave them dexterous hands for cracking seeds and nuts. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/4lYCdxp

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Emma Finestone @finestone_emma

a month ago

Excited to be a co-author on our new article “The First Million Years of Technology: The Lomekwian and the Early Oldowan” now published online in the Annual Review of Anthropology. Feel free to DM or email for a copy annualreviews.org/content/journa…

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Oxford Biology @OxfordBiology

2 months ago

Old age likely impacts some wild chimpanzees' ability to effectively use tools 🔨 Like humans, the effects of old age vary between individuals - some struggled to use tools, others kept excellent use into later life. New from @ElliotHowaSpi in @eLife 👇 bit.ly/4kEqN1a

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University of Oxford @UniofOxford

2 months ago

Then vs Now: Same chimp, same task - 17 years apart 🐒🔧 New Oxford-led research suggests that ageing can affect how wild chimpanzees use tools, though the impact varies widely between individuals. More info ⬇️

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Zoë Goldsborough @GoldsboroughZoe

4 months ago

Hot off the press 📢: one of the most surprising and unsettling findings of my PhD. A novel social tradition emerged in the tool-using capuchins of Jicarón island… abducting and carrying the infants of another species. Thread with gifs, videos, and all the bizarre details 👇

Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups

4 months ago

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Saein Lee @saeinleesocial

4 months ago

New paper alert 🚨! Immature gibbons gradually develop their feeding behavior while taking the opportunity to socially learn from their mothers. Learn more by reading our paper! link.springer.com/article/10.100… #gibbon #ape #primates

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto

7 months ago

This is awful. PrEP is life changing. It prevents you from getting HIV. Millions all over the world rely on this preventative medication to safeguard their health… and Trump is targeting them. The cruelty is the point.

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Federico Rossano @RossanoFederico

9 months ago

New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button presses by family dogs and their owners, we show that dogs’ presses are (i) non-accidental, (ii) non-random, and (iii) not mere repetitions of their owners’ presses.