Welcome!
We welcome Jolinde Vlaeyen and Fanny Tibesar as new CBC team members.
Interview with Metro World News
"Climate change could be behind lethal chimpanzee attacks on gorillas". In an interview with Metro World News, Simone Pika explained what may have caused the interspecific lethal attacks. For text and interview click here: pdf
New article in "Scientific Reports"
Lara Southern published a new paper: "Lethal coalitionary attacks of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) on gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the wild". For full text click here: pdf
New paper in "Primates"
Laura Martinez-Inigo published a new paper about the Rekambo chimpanzee community: "Home range size in central chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) from Loango National Park, Gabon". The article can be found here.
New article in "Frontiers in Psychology"
Samuel H. Cosper published the article "Development of the N400 for Word Learning in the First 2 Years of Life: A Systematic Review" in "Frontiers in Psychology". For full text click here: pdf
New paper on chimpanzees' interaction
Laura Martinez-Inigo, who worked as a volunteer at Loango for a year, just published a paper on "Intercommunity interactions and killings" in our chimpanzee group. Congratulations! The article can be found here.
Welcome!
We welcome Filipa Abreu as a new CBC team member!
New paper on chimpanzees' motherhood
New article by National Geographic on chimp mothermood featuring our Kayla:
"Chimpanzee moms are like us: They mourn, dote and take 'me' time".
For full article click here.
We are hiring!
Information about new jobs in the CBC-group can be found here.
For another job offer for the Loango National Park in Gabon, click here.
Science for Kids and Teens
A children's version of our new paper on ravens has just been published in the Science Journal for Kids and Teens: "How do ravens' thinking skills compare with apes?" For full text click here.
Interview with Tobias Deschner
"Im Dschungel tragen wir Maske": Tobias Deschner from the Loango Chimpanzee Project in Gabon about his chimpanzee research in the African Savannah. Please find the full interview here.
New paper on ravens
Our new paper on ravens "Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills" has just been published in "Scientific reports". Simone Pika and colleagues investigated the cognitive performance of young ravens and compared them with those of chimpanzees and orang-utans.
The full paper can be found here: pdf
Further information in the press release: pdf
Welcome!
We welcome Sam H. Cosper to the CBC and are happy that he supports our team!
Editor's Choice Collection
Our paper "Wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) exploit tortoises (Kinixys erosa) via percussive technology" published in Scientific Reports has been chosen to be included in the Editors's Choice Collection on Animal cognition and personality! Learn more
Interview with Simone Pika
Social distancing in the Corona crisis leads to a change in human interaction and social relationships. A related interview with Simone Pika about "shaking hands" can be found in the linked Eldoradio podcast and on Spotify.
Welcome!
We welcome Bas van Boekholt to the CBC!
New Research Grant
Congratulations to Harmonie Klein, who got a research grant from the Leakey Foundation to study cooperation in chimpanzees of our Rekambo group (Loango Chimpanzee Project, Gabon) shown during hunting and food sharing. Cooperation with Tobias Deschner from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Grantee Spotlight: A very interesting interview with Harmonie can be found here.
Newest publications
May 2020
Boesch, C. et al. (2020). Chimpanzee ethnography reveals unexpected cultural diversity. pdf
Prieur, J., Pika, S. (2020). Gorillas’ (Gorilla g. gorilla) knowledge of conspecifics’ affordances: Intraspecific social tool use for food acquisition. pdf
Fröhlich, M., Müller G., Zeiträg, C., Wittig, M., Pika, S. (2020). Begging and social tolerance: Food solicitation tactics in young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the wild. pdf
September 2019
Simone gave a talk at the 12th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science in Inuyama (Japan) and had the chance to visit one of the best-constructed enclosures of chimpanzees in the world and meet the famous chimpanzee female "Ai".
September 2018
International Literature Festival in Berlin: As part of the event series "The Evolution of Human Culture", Simone Pika had a talk with Raoul Schrott. Her presentation "Evolution of Consciousness in animals" can be found here: pdf
