2025

Rolland, E., Nodé-Langlois, O., Tkaczynski, P.J., Girard-Buttoz, C., Rayson, H., Crockford, C. & Wittig, R.M. (2025). Evidence of organized but not disorganized attachment in wild Western chimpanzee offspring (Pan troglodytes verus). Nature Human Behavior

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Becker, Y., Eichner, C., … Wittig, R.M., Crockford, C., Friederici, A.D. & Anwander, A. (2025). Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees: a possible structural precursor of the language network.  Nature Communications, 16:4485.

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Girard-Buttoz, C., Neumann, C., Bortolato, T., Zaccarella, E., Friederici, A.D., Wittig, R.M. & Crockford, C. (2025) Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion. Science Advances, 11:eadq2879.

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Eleuteri, V., van der Werff, J., Wilhelm, W., Soldati, A.,∙Crockford, C.,∙ Desai, N.,∙ Fedurek, P.,∙ Fitzgerald, M., ∙ Graham, K.E.,∙ Koops, K.,∙ Pruetz, J.,∙ Samuni, L.,∙ Slocombe, K.,∙ Stoeger, A., ∙ Wilson, M.L., ∙ Wittig, R.M.,∙ Zuberbühler, K.,∙ Camara, H.D., ∙ Mamy, G., ∙ Ravignani, A. & Hobaiter, C. (2025) Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmycity and subspecies variation. Current Biology

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Malherbe, M., Kpazahi, H.N., Kone, I., Samuni, L., Crockford, C. & Wittig, R.M. (2025). Signal traditions and cultural loss in chimpanzees. Current Biology , 35(3):87-88.

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Ostridge, H.J., Fontsere, C., Lizano, E., ... Wittig, R.M., ... Arandjelovic, M. & Andrés, A.M. (2025)  Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees. Science, 387:eadn7954. doi:10.1126/science.adn7954

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Kazaba, P.K. et al. (2025) Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) indicate mammalian abundance across broad spatial scales. Ecology and Evolution, 15(3):e71000 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71000

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Fournier, F., Perrier, L., Girard-Buttoz, C., Keenan, S., Bortolato, T., Wittig, R., Crockford, C. & Levrero, F. (2025). Emotions mediate non-linear phenomena production in the vocalisations of two ape species. Philosophical Transactions B, 380:20240013.

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Nodé-Langlois, O., Rolland, E., Girard-Buttoz, C., Samuni, L., Ferrari, P.F., Wittig, R.M. & Crockford, C. (2025). Social tolerance and role model diversity increases tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny. Communications Biology, 8:509. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07885-4

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Fedurek, P., Girard-Buttoz, C., Tkaczynski, P., Hobaiter, C., Zuberbühler, K., Wittig, R.M. & Crockford, C. (in press) Maternal gregariousness and female audience effects mediate mother-infant proximity in wild chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour, 223:123156.