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Most recent publications

Proffitt, T., Soiret, S.P., Reeves, J.S., Wittig, R.M. & Luncz, L.V. (2024) The archaeological visibility of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) nut-cracking. Journal of Human Evolution 195:103582 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103582

Wittig, R.M. & Crockford, C. (2024) Obituary: Christophe Boesch - renowed primatologist with intimate knowledge of chimpanzee behaviour and advocate for the protection of chimpanzees. African Primates 18(1): 59-62.

Malherbe, M., Samuni, L., Ebel, S. J., Kopp, K. S., Crockford, C. & Wittig, R. M. (2024) Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees. PLOS Biology 22(5): e3002609. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002609

Wittig, R.M. (2024) Who is eliya? Media review of: Bonobos and people at Wamba - 50 years of research. American Journal of Primatology.

Jaffe, J.E., Mätz-Rensing, K., Ulrich, M., Gräßle, T., Behringer, V., Wittig, R.M. & Leendertz, F.H. (2024) Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Stone in a Wild Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte d'Ivoire. Journal of Medical Primatology, 53:e12739

Eichner, C., Paquette, M., Müller-Axt, C., Bock, C., Budinger, E., Gräßle, T., Jäger, C., Kirilina, E., Lipp, I., 

EBC ConsortiumMorawski, M., Rusch, H., Wenk, P., Weiskopf, N., Wittig, R. M., Crockford, C.,  Friederici, A. D., & Anwander, A. (2024). Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain. Nature Methods, 1-9. doi.org/10.1038/s41592-024-02270-1

Jaffe, J. E., Metzger, S., Mätz-Rensing, K., Ribas, A., Wittig, R. M. & Leendertz, F. H. (2024) Oesophagostomum stephanostomum causing parasitic granulomas in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire. American Jounral of Primatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23652

Boucher, R. D., Wittig, R. M., Lemoine, S. R. T., Maro, A., Wang, X., Koch, P. L. & Oelze, V. M. (2024). Strontium isotopes track female dispersal in Taï chimpanzees. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24981

Crockford, C., Arandjelovic, M., Deschner, T. , Gone Bi, Z. B., Herbinger, I., Kalan, A., Kühl, H., Leendertz, F. H., Luncz, L., Normand, E. & Wittig, R. M. (2024) Christophe Boesch (1951–2024): Primatology Pioneer with a Long-Term Vision for Research and Conservation. International Journal of Primatology (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00420-y

Gkotsoulias, D.G., Jäger, C., Müller, R., Gräßle, T., Olofsson, K.M., Møller, T., Unwin, S., Crockford, C., Wittig, R.M.,
Bilgic, B. & Möller, H.E. (2024) Chaos and COSMOS—Considerations on QSM methods with multiple and single
orientations and effects from local anisotropy.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, in press.

Eppley, T. M., Reuter, K. E., Sefczek, T. M., Tinsman, J., Santini, L., Hoeks, S., Andriantsaralaza, S., Shanee, S., Fiore, A. D., Setchell, J. M., Strier, K. B., Abanyam, P. A., Mutalib, A. H. A., Abwe, E., Ahmed, T., Ancrenaz, M., Andriantsimanarilafy, R. R., Ang, A., Aureli, F., … Wallis, J.,  Waters, S.,  Wittig, R.M.,  Wrangham, R.W.,  Wright, P.C. & Mittermeier, R. A. (2024). Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment. Conservation Letters, e13007. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007

Friederici, A.D., Wittig, R.M., Anwander, A., Eichner, C., ... Gunz, P., Weiskopf, N. & Crockford, C. (2024). Brain structure and function: A multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2023.1299087

Rühlemann, M.C., Bang, C., Gogarten, J.F., ... Surbeck, M., Wittig, R.M., Zuberbühler, K., Baines, J.F., Leendertz, F.H. & Franke, A. (2024) Functional host-specific adaptation of the intestinal microbiome in hominids. Nat Commun 15, 326 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44636-7

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