Cyril C. Grueter

After 7 years in the making our book on #colobines has finally been published @CUP_LifeScience. We hope this will be a valuable source of information about these fascinating #primates for many years to come. @Teichroeb_Lab. @uwanews @ANHB_UWA @UWAresearch @CEB_UWA @ScienceUWA

This week I presented my work at Wadham College (symposium on FORCE) and at the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography (PalEvo seminar). Thanks for the invitation and stimulating discussions. Oxford is a great place for interdisciplinary exchange.

New paper out! Single-nucleus RNA-seq shows that golden snub-nosed monkeys have distinct prefrontal cortex gene expression linked to oxytocin & dopamine signaling. The molecular signature scales with social complexity across primates. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper out: Endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys do more than eat lichen. By feeding on lichen, they help prevent lichen overgrowth that damages trees. Losing these monkeys risks destabilizing forest health. @UWAresearch @IntPrimate 📖 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

New paper: Intelligence drives switching to better solutions; openness drives exploration, even when it’s suboptimal. Familiarity keeps us conservative. What this means for social learning and cumulative culture. @UWAresearch sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Had a great time discussing my research at today’s FINE (Frontiers in Social Evolution) seminar. Big thanks to Carsten Schradin for the invitation and for hosting me! @UWAresearch @UniofOxford @IntPrimate

Last night, I was officially sworn in as a Fellow at my Oxford College. Signing Wadham College’s Fellows’ Book today, the very same book that has been in use for over 400 years, was a true honour.

Our new paper shows that the endangered black-and-white #snubnosedmonkey in Yunnan engineers the forests it inhabits. By breaking branches and opening the canopy, it fosters plant diversity and helps mountain forests remain resilient to change. @IntPrimate mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/2…

Attending a session at the IUCN World Conservation Congress @iucn_congress where our Centre, the International Center for Biodiversity and Primate Conservation (ICBPC) @IntPrimate, was formally welcomed as a member of the #GlobalGibbonNetwork

Excited to share that I’ve joined the University of Oxford @UniofOxford as Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Wadham College @wadhamoxford as a Tutorial Fellow in Human Sciences. Grateful for everyone who’s supported so far. Looking forward to this new chapter!

13+ years @uwanews shaped me in so many ways. I grew as a researcher, teacher, and mentor, launched new projects, and saw my students thrive. Grateful for the people, opportunities, and lessons. @UWAhumanscience

Revisiting the species that defined my PhD years. So good to see the black-and-white #snubnosedmonkeys again in the mountains of Yunnan! @IntPrimate

@IntPrimate leadership met this week in Dali/China to discuss progress on human–wildlife conflict research, student exchanges, outreach, and new partnerships in Rwanda and Kenya. Big steps ahead!

Just out in Biological Reviews! My new paper highlights #intergrouppeace in primates: tolerance, affiliation etc. We propose a new framework for understanding these interactions, with insights into the roots of human cooperation. @UWAresearch @uwanews 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

New paper alert! How does forest structure shape primate behavior? 🐒🌲 We studied black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys in Yunnan’s high-elevation forests using 10 years of observations, camera traps, and LiDAR (laser scanning of forest structure). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper out! Here we show that mountain gorilla groups in different parts of Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park eat strikingly different diets but the nutritional quality of their key foods is surprisingly similar. @SavingGorillas @UWAresearch onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

New paper out! Here we show that protecting giant pandas can also help safeguard the endangered golden #snubnosedmonkey, even under climate change. @UWAhumanscience @UWAresearch @uwanews conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

Very happy to share our new paper investigating compositionality in the vocal system of wild bonobos in @ScienceMagazine led by @BerthetMelissa w/@kokolopori! @snsf_ch @UZH_Science @NCCR_Language science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Just out: Our commentary on Mark Moffett’s thought-provoking Behavioral and Brain Sciences article, “What is a Society?” @UWAhumanscience @UWAresearch cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New paper out! We show that conserving primates in Yunnan can protect many threatened species and key ecosystem services. Prioritizing just 30% of forests could safeguard over half of carbon, water, and soil resources. @UWAresearch @uwanews conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Not just any stick. #Chimpanzees understand material properties & choose just the right #tools for the job. New study in @iScience_CP by an intl. research team led by @RunnerApe & @AdamvanC. @UniofOxford @MPI_EVA_Leipzig tinyurl.com/59c2wff4 & doi.org/10.1016/j.isci…