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Chimpanzés sauvages : des liens familiaux sans troubles graves de l’attachement (June 26, 2025)
Les origines du langage (May 9, 2025)
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NEW paper alert in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS: Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network
The arcuate fascicle (AF) is the main fibre tract in the brain for human language. It connects frontal and temporal language areas in the...
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May 231 min read


NEW paper alert in NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR: Evidence of organized but not disorganized attachment in wild Western chimpanzee offspring (Pan troglodytes verus)
Have you ever wondered how your childhood relationship with your parents shaped the person you are today? Scientists have long known that...
taichimpanzeeproje
May 231 min read


NEW paper alert in SCIENCE ADVANCES: Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion
Asanti and Akuna in full action (c) Liran Samuni / TCP Language is a combinatorial communication system able to generate an infinite...
taichimpanzeeproje
May 231 min read


Radio interview with Catherine Crockford on male chimpanzee signals
Listen to what Catherine Crockford explains about chimpanzee communication https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/chimpanzee-sex-dialects-1...
taichimpanzeeproje
Feb 211 min read


New paper alert: Male Chimpanzees ask for sex in different 'dialects'
Male chimpanzee trying to attract the attention of a female with an estrous swelling Asking for mating with females, males from different...
taichimpanzeeproje
Feb 131 min read


TCP Symposium starts today
For the next three days researchers and conservationists meet at the Institute for Cognitive Sciences in Lyon to celebrate and discuss 45...
taichimpanzeeproje
Sep 18, 20241 min read


NEW paper alert: The archaeological visibility of chimpanzee nut-cracking
The earliest evidence for complex tool use in the archaeological record dates to 3.3 Ma. While wooden tools may have been used by our...
taichimpanzeeproje
Aug 30, 20242 min read


PhD position offer
We offer a PhD position documenting the cultural behavior of the Tai chimpanzees and investigating the effect of illegal human activity...
taichimpanzeeproje
Aug 23, 20241 min read


45 Years of Research and Conservation at the Tai Chimpanzee Project
Established in 1979 by the late Christophe Boesch, the Tai Chimpanzee Project operates since 45 years to conduct research on the the wild...
taichimpanzeeproje
Aug 10, 20241 min read


Paper out to explain the pipeline of the Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project
Published today, a new paper explains what steps have been taken by the members of the Evolution of Brain Connectivity Consortium to...
taichimpanzeeproje
Jan 8, 20241 min read


Year 2024: 45 years of research on and conservation of the Tai Chimpanzees
Founded in 1979, the Tai Chimpanzee Project is running this year since 45 continuous years. This is another big milestone for TCP. We are...
taichimpanzeeproje
Jan 1, 20241 min read


Science prize for TCP co-director Fabian Leendertz
Fabian Leendertz is working with TCP since over 20 years, investigating the disease outbreaks in the Tai chimpanzees. He and his team do...
taichimpanzeeproje
Oct 15, 20231 min read


Chimpanzees show the capacity to communicate about concomitant daily life events
One universal of human language is its versatility in communicating about juxtapositions of everyday events. Versatile combinatorial...
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Sep 28, 20231 min read


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Jun 2, 20230 min read


Wildlife Vet and Research Assistants wanted
We are looking for a veterinarian that is interested in wildlife vet medicine and pathology, working with wild chimpanzees. We offer a...
taichimpanzeeproje
May 21, 20231 min read


Research Assistant wanted
We seek a research assistant to observe the chimpanzees of the Tai National Park. Please check the job offers under taichimps.org and...
taichimpanzeeproje
Jan 5, 20231 min read


Seeking lab assistant for field lab in Tai
We are looking for a lab assistant for our field laboratory located in North Camp of TCP in the Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. TCP is...
taichimpanzeeproje
Nov 29, 20222 min read


Roman Wittig is Directeur de Recherche
Roman Wittig received his nomination as Directeur de Recherche 1er class from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifiques last...
taichimpanzeeproje
Nov 8, 20221 min read


New chimp on the block
Members of TCP are meeting some of their new neighbours from field primatology in France: amongst them members of the Mandrillus Project,...
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Sep 29, 20221 min read


New website launched
Yesterday we launched our new website that can be found through three different domains: www.taichimps.org www.taichimpproject.org...
taichimpanzeeproje
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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