Thibaud Gruber
Associate Professor at the University of Geneva. Primatologist. Comparative psychologist. Co-director Bugoma Primate Conservation Project.
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberOur new paper on overcoming the ‘dyadic default’ is out now in Child Development Perspectives! @patkanngiesser.bsky.social academic.oup.com/cdpers/advan...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberOutstanding @science.org study on the evolution of gene regulation shaping #cerebellum development 🧪🧠🧬 @ioansarr.bsky.social @marisepp.bsky.social @tyamadat.bsky.social @steinaerts.bsky.social @kaessmannlab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberOur new pre-print shows how unsupervised clustering methods can identify biologically meaningful differences in early vocal production, with no human feedback. @antorrisi.bsky.social has led this interdisciplinary collaboration based on computational methods + #chicks 🐣 arxiv.org/abs/2601.12203
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberThe cerebellum supports high-level language?? Now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, we systematically examined language-responsive areas of the cerebellum using precision fMRI and identified a *cerebellar satellite* of the neocortical language network! authors.elsevier.com/a/1mUU83BtfH... 1/n 🧵👇
- Really cool study @adriansoldati.bsky.social , and cool to see all the old names as co-authors too, they will be very proud of that !
- New paper out👂📢🐒! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants at BCFS (Uganda) in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberOur new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberBrilliant overview here of the ongoing debate over dinosaur cognition. In short, it's complicated and evidence is fragmentary. #neuroethology #neuroskyence #anatomy #brains @tetzoo.bsky.social @gallinaciega.bsky.social @nomascus.bsky.social
- The Continuing Debate on Dinosaur Cognition .... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/1/...
- A small tribute to Ai, who passed away www.linkedin.com/posts/thibau...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberHow do curiosity and surprise intersect following a violation of expectation? Read our paper here🔥 @auersperga.bsky.social @ivojacobs.bsky.social @elifduran.bsky.social
- Physio-behavioral manifestations of 'surprise' in two parrot species: kea (Nestor notabilis) and Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana): doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #RSOS #cognition
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🎉🍾 very excited to see this out before 2025 ends doi.org/10.1111/2041... with Will Hoppitt in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social. This paper is an overview of our new R package STbayes, a user-friendly toolkit for performing Bayesian NBDA analyses. @cbehav.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberExcited to share that the second paper of my PhD is now published! Kea but not cockatoos are susceptible to a bait-and-switch magic trick. And check out that thermal imaging! ❤️🔥 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🎙️ Comment le bisou, avec ses fonctions sociales, reproductives et de transmission dʹinformations, est-il apparu chez les grands singes ? Dans l'émission CQFD (RTS), le chercheur Thibaud Gruber @thibaudgruber.bsky.social en dit plus ! www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberTwenty-four years ago today, our paper “A forkhead-domain gene is mutated in a severe speech and language disorder” was published: www.nature.com/articles/350.... A personal thread about the ups & downs of the journey we took to get to that point....1/n 🗣️🧬🧪
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- APCs are a bargain for this one, maybe we, as a community, should consider... 🤔
- It was very interesting to venture into unchartered territories for me in this commentary! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SSGAA...
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
- We have a new paper out on how old age (variably) impacts chimpanzee tool use! See the thread by Elliot @ehowaspi.bsky.social ⏬⏬
- New paper out in eLife! 🎉 Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use elifesciences.org/articles/105... (including videos of wild elderly chimpanzees using tools! 🪨 🌰)
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- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social @snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber1/n Hot off the press! The first empirical chapter of my PhD and the fruit of a hugely collaborative project led with Franziska Wegdell and Johanna Schick is out! We explore if immature-directed vocalisations are present and in what quantity in wild great apes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳 Are you curious about 🧒 developmental, 🌍 cross-cultural 🦧 species comparative research on cooperative sustainability? All info here or dm me with questions! career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job... Please share! 🙏
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber"Emotion leaves a trace in their voice - just like humans." Venkatraman Manikandan shared a clever, practical approach for AI monitoring of chicken vocalizations that could work across entire flocks to get a full picture of #animalwelfare #UFAW2025. Read about it 👇
- The perks of working on a baby ape development project is spending time with them 😀. Popularity contest: Budongo (left) or Bugoma (right)? @snsf.ch
- Killer whales use tools too 😀!
- We did some science. We found some things. Killer whales get by with a little kelp from their friends. Evidence of tool manufacture and use in resident killer whales - check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberNew review paper on primate facial expression! 🙈🙊🙉 with @jamiewhitehouse.bsky.social @jmicheletta.bsky.social and Olivia O’Callaghan @ntupsychology.bsky.social
- Facial expression production and perception in non-human primates Review by Bridget M. Waller, Olivia O’Callaghan, Jérôme Micheletta & Jamie Whitehouse Web: go.nature.com/43NLtid PDF: rdcu.be/erdXJ
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber"Rethinking Ostensive Communication in an Evolutionary, Comparative, and Developmental Perspective" now published in Psychological Review psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber#voxprimato #conference 📢 registration and abstract submission for the 37th conference of the SFDP are open! 🐒 It will be held in Poitiers, France, from 30/09 to 03/10 on the thematic "(Paleo)primatologieS: from the field to the lab" and is organised by the fantastic team @palevoprim.bsky.social! 👏
- #voxprimato #colloque 📢 les inscriptions et soumissions de résumé pour le 37è colloque de la SFDP sont ouvertes! 🐒 Le colloque aura lieu à Poitiers du 30/09 au 03/10 sur le thème "(Paléo)primatologieS: du terrain au laboratoire" et est organisé par la fantastique équipe de @palevoprim.bsky.social! 👏
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- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🚨New paper alert!🚨 We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵 📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberInterested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberOnly two weeks left to apply! Come and join me, Alban Lemasson, Katie Slocombe and Simon Townsend! And spread the word to whoever might be interested! @efp2024.bsky.social @lasfdp.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
- 🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵 Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html And here 👇🏻
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- Congrats @elerolland.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social ! Nice work!
- First evidence of mother-offspring #attachment types in wild chimpanzees. New study @nathumbehav.nature.com led by @elerolland.bsky.social, Cathy Crockford & @romanwittig.bsky.social. @cnrs.fr @isc-mj.bsky.social @taichimpproject.bsky.social See: tinyurl.com/mr27cpfc & www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberTLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social & with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms! www.cell.com/current-biol... But didn’t we know this already you ask? Well… 🧵1/16
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- "I read a really great phrase recently that said something along the lines of 'why would I bother to read something someone couldn't be bothered to write' and that is such a powerful statement and one that aligns absolutely with my views." 👌 (nor check accuracy of refs) 🤷♂️ www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Cool discussion about T-rex smarts!! ⏬⏬
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by Thibaud GruberBonobo societies are famous for being “female dominant.” But females are weaker than males, so how can this be? Study by Barbara Fruth and Martin Surbeck on wild bonobos explains how. Hint: it has to do with female solidarity. Paper ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42... www.ab.mpg.de/673281/news_...
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- Reposted by Thibaud GruberNew Postdoc position! 🐵🐵🐵🐵 On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work It has it all: - the best science - the best macaques - the best beaches - the best people - the best office view #Eiffeltower Join us!
- Lots of good preparatory work done in Lisbon, looking forward to what is to come! #AffectEvo
- The first in person @affect-evo.bsky.social meeting is about to start with a mammoth program! Looking forward to 3 days of discussion on phylogeny, affect & welfare!
- "Another issue (...) is paying peer reviewers [7]. However, several concerns have meant this idea is unlikely to garner widespread support, including (...) diminishing the quality of reports, misguided motivation..." How does paying people for their expertise diminish the quality of their reports?
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 A 3-year post doc position is opening as part of my #APELANG project funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social It’s about multimodal combinatorial communication in wild #chimpanzees 🐵 Job ad here: maelleroux-research.weebly.com/apelang.html And here 👇🏻
- Reposted by Thibaud Gruber🚨RT! The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
- Ready for morning meetings 🙈!
- Oh this is sad 😥 Kanzi has passed..
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberThere is still time to apply for our 3yr postdoc looking at the role of group size and culture on social coordination in the Republic of Korea, Uganda and the UK! Drop me a message if interested 😊 mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
- A snippet of my recent conference on animal intelligence at the Centre Jean Piaget (in French). Full conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjY...
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- Looking forward to giving a string of talks on animal intelligences, cultures and emotions in the next few weeks! If you are in the Geneva area, do pop by! www.linkedin.com/posts/thibau...
- Reposted by Thibaud GruberI am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...
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