Mylène Dutour
Postdoctoral researcher, Behavioural ecologist, animal communication and cognition, mom of 2 amazing kids
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourNew blog post!!🚨 Michael Chimento gives an overview of the new R package STbayes, designed for creating, fitting and understanding Bayesian models of social transmission 🌍 🧪 Read the blog here 👇
- Reposted by Mylène DutourIf you feel bad for not having published all the papers from your PhD yet... This paper is the discussion of my thesis, and it took me about 6 years to publish it! Thank you to my lovely collaborators @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social for the (much-needed) final push!
- 🚨New animal linguistics paper🚨 Together with @geoffreymesbahi.bsky.social and @maelmleroux.bsky.social, we tried to finally answer this question: Do titi monkeys have complex syntactic skills? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Mylène DutourA good text to read for inspiration on how to #resistAI bulldozer (in higher education) 💪🏼 Ping @atecopol.bsky.social
- "We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." "How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
- Reposted by Mylène DutourLes femmes préhistoriques étaient plus mobiles que les hommes, créant des réseaux sociaux plus larges. C’est ce qu’ont découvert des scientifiques en combinant plusieurs méthodes d’analyse de fossiles humains exhumés en France et en Afrique du Nord.
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourEMPATHY: In a new article out in Behaviour "The Evolutionary & Developmental Origins of Empathy: Honouring Frans de Waal’s Legacy", I consider how processes like mimicry, contagion and early social experiences shape later social-emotional development. #OpenAccess here 👉: brill.com/view/journal...
- Reposted by Mylène DutourPaper alert ⚠️⚠️⚠️. Check out our last preprint on bird gestures. Great work By Mylene and collegue and my first empirical paper on non-primates :-). Not only do we confirm that the "after-you" gesture is indeed symbolic in tits but we also found that nestlings use this gesture for another function.
- New preprint on visual communication! Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture. With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Mylène DutourSame-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates is associated with ecological factors, life history and social structure, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3LBPHD0 🧪
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour✨New paper✨ How do juvenile ravens find social groups? We describe how juvenile common ravens, who have left their natal territories seeking to join non-breeder flocks, use space with respect to other birds, and discuss what this means for social integration. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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- Reposted by Mylène Dutour#Communiqué 🗞️ À 4 ans, les enfants comprennent que les figures masculines détiennent plus souvent le pouvoir que les figures féminines dans les interactions mixtes. Considèrent-ils cette inégalité comme normale ? ⚖️ 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
- New preprint on visual communication! Ontogenic shift in the usage and function of a symbolic bird gesture. With my student Valentine Ouvry and colleagues Thierry Lengagne & @tozbu.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour🚨 Last week to apply! The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize closes Jan 15. For recent PhD grads working on #Behaviour, #Cognition or #Evolution. Winner announced at #CBEN2026. More information here: bsky.app/profile/wend... Submit now or nominate someone today! @copan-leiden.bsky.social
- 📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mylène DutourIf you work on corvid ecology, behaviour, cognition, or conservation, this might be useful for you 👇 I’ve just published CORVIDATA in Scientific Data 🐦 doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/4)
- Reposted by Mylène DutourPlease repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour"Behavioural scientists are increasingly calling for context as a key to addressing pressing problems caused by human behaviour. However, despite its powerful ability to generate contextual hypotheses on the basis of relatively simple rules, ecological thinking is rarely applied to human behaviour"
- Reposted by Mylène DutourScientists have developed a pair of birdlike robotic legs and feet that can enable drones to catch objects and perch on branches. Learn more on #NationalBirdDay: scim.ag/4pkeHga
- Reposted by Mylène DutourCommunication between humans and domestic dogs 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourSuper interesting article by @chameauleon.bsky.social. Meerkats' little cousins, #dwarfmongooses, also battle with hot temperatures. Work led by @laurenvane.bsky.social shows how they gain less body mass on particularly hot days due to limited behavioural plasticity: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
- Lovely piece on how meerkats deal with climate change by @chameauleon.bsky.social in National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... I had the pleasure to chat with Camille about the importance of understanding how extreme heat changes food availability 🐛 for meerkats
- Reposted by Mylène DutourJoin us for the @ecbb2026.bsky.social at @angliaruskin.bsky.social in September! @asab.org meeting secretary @viveknityananda.bsky.social advertising our conference at #asabwinter2025
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour🐦⬛ New paper in Animal Cognition covering our carrion crow project with partners at @Univeristy of Leon. 52 mini-biologgers were deployed on wild carrion crows in Spain — capturing 127K+ vocalizations. 🔗: www.earthspecies.org/blog/unlocki... (1/4)
- Reposted by Mylène DutourIn one of those days where purpose seems hard to find, nice to read: "why does the world still need behavioural ecologists?" A reminder of how exciting it is to see the world from the eyes of a behavioural ecologist. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourSo happy to see this come to print after life took over & there was a delay btw data collection and writing up! We conduct an experimental test of central place foraging theory & ask how provisioning/distance trade-offs might differ in a cooperative breeder. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Mylène DutourChimpanzees can remember the faces of friends and family for years, and sometimes even decades, according to research from 2023. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/4iPbuUd
- Reposted by Mylène DutourWhat are the causes & consequences of behavioural diversity loss in a changing world? And how do we harness this knowledge for conservation? New open access paper led by @odedberger-tal.bsky.social with David Saltz and @mrmic1.bsky.social #BobWongLab royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourWe are happy to announce that registration for ISBE2026 is now open! We encourage you to register as soon as possible to take advantage of reduced fees and to plan your trip and accommodation in advance. Please read the information on www.isbe2026.com before proceeding with your registration.
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour📢NEW paper out NOW in @asab.org Animal Behaviour on how a novel #call changes subsequent responses to #alarms in #fairywrens 🌟CONGRATULATIONS #NatalieTegtman on #first paper from #PhD 👥With #RobMagrath @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #animalcommunication #birds #fieldwork #ECR doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourOrigins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour2025. Burden of a failed error culture in biologging. #AnimalWelfare #AnimalEthics via @asab.org #AnimalBehaviour www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourA reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies. #neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶 direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourAre humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
- Yay congrats @pebblemouse.bsky.social! An exciting project in an amazing place with amazing people!
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour🌱[Préannonce] L’ANR s’associe au lancement en décembre de l’appel à projets AGROECOLOGY3, édition 2027 "Favoriser la diversité génétique des cultures et des animaux d’élevage et renforcer les capacités des agriculteurs à s’engager dans la transition agroécologique". ➡ anr.fr/fr/detail/ca...
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- Reposted by Mylène DutourEARLY VIEW in IBIS Using acoustic indices to detect interspecific bird interactions and behaviour | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Federica Rossetto, Nicolas Mathevon, Paola Laiolo | #ornithology 🪶
- Reposted by Mylène Dutour📣 Honouring Frans de Waal’s spirit of curiosity & empathy 🧠🐒 The Frans de Waal PhD Dissertation Prize 2026 is now open for submissions. Celebrating #Primatology, #Ethology & the evolution of social behaviour. 🏆 Announced at #CBEN2026 (Leiden, Apr 14) ⏰ Apply by Jan 15, 2026! @ehbea2026.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mylène DutourNice piece from @hollyasmith.bsky.social on this from @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social et al. in @natecoevo.nature.com 🐦 Did learned vocal signals evolve from innate? 🐦 Authors study this in 21 avian hosts of brood parasites www.nature.com/articles/s41... #prattle 💬 #bioacoustics 1/2
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