SEEM Seminar - The evolution of voice communication is the result of multiple selection pressures, among which social life plays an important role. Indeed, different types of information are [...]
Sexual bulges in primates have long sparked debate about their function - do they reliably indicate female fertility, or do they deceptively blur it [...].
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"Orangutan life cycle: slow but sure" Among our closest relatives still in existence, the life of orangutans remains the least documented and understood, mainly because of the [...].
The expensive brain and the evolution of brain size Vertebrate brains vary considerably in size, and this variation is often attributed to different cognitive demands. Here, [...]
The expensive brain and the evolution of brain size Vertebrate brains vary considerably in size, and this variation is often attributed to different cognitive demands. Here, [...]
Frontiers in Social Evolution Seminar
In animal societies, control over resources and reproduction is often biased towards one sex. Such power asymmetries between the sexes largely shape male-female sexual and social relationships. In particular, males [...]
Our species' long childhood is hypothesized to have evolved as a period for learning complex foraging skills. Researchers have focused on assessing this hypothesis, yet studies present inconsistent conclusions regarding the [...]
Guest on "CQFD", a program dedicated to all the sciences and their ethical, political, economic and societal issues. Inverview about the book [...].
Risk perception - or an individual's susceptibility to perceive a threat (e.g. disease, predator, competitor) - has shaped the physiology, cognition, behavior and ecology of animals for millions of years. [...]
