Jake Funkhouser

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The In Situ Lab Initiative team are aiming to stop the loss of biodiversity through their work in conservation genomics. Long reads and portable sequencing solutions are vital for their mission #anythinganyoneanywhere #nanoporeconf

The CMS Expert WG on #AnimalCulture and @IUCN propose a Concerted Action for Chimpanzee Behavioural Diversity & Cultures at #CMSCOP14. The successful previous CA focused on nut-cracking in Western Chimps. Now it is time to broaden the approach. cms.int/en/document/pr…

Learn more about Kingo from GTAP founders Drs. David Morgan and Crickette Sanz, who believe the gorilla taught humans a substantial amount about his species: lpzoo.org/kingo-immortal…

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 So very grateful for this incredible opportunity!!!

@KathelijneKoops Very excited to join you soon!! 🤩🤩🤩

So exciting to welcome you to our APE Group community soon!!! 🤩

@TheNudeApe @WUSTLbioanthro @APE_Group_UZH @KathelijneKoops Can’t wait to be there with you soon!! 🤗

Grateful for the support of these apes and many, many others! It is tough to leave @WUSTLbioanthro, but thrilled to be joining @APE_Group_UZH with @KathelijneKoops !!!

@WUSTLAnthro Thank you! 📚🍎✏️

Anthropologists are at it again! Our very own Jake Funkhouser has won the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence! We couldn't be more proud or less surprised. You deserve it, Jake!

The western chimpanzees of Guinea are threatened by mining activities. Using a novel genetic approach, @KathelijneKoops and colleagues have collected information on population size and structure of the endangered species: news.uzh.ch/en/articles/me… @APE_Group_UZH @UZH_Science

Our #conservation efforts over the past 25 years resulted in inclusion of the "Djéké Triangle" into the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, which now covers a total of 4334 km2 of the Northern #Congo forested area. A great victory in the fight for #biodiversity. Photos : ©S.Ramsay/WCS

🦍 BREAKING: In a monumental win for great apes, the Republic of Congo has agreed to protect the Djéké Triangle by making it part of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park -- the only habitat in the world home to both gorillas and chimpanzees! youtube.com/watch?v=y0tmB6…

Congratulations Dr. Crickette Sanz and coauthors for their report of lasting friendships between chimpanzees and gorillas being considered one of 2022’s "most riveting findings" by the Smithsonian! smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in… @WUSTLbioanthro @JakeFunkhouser @WUSTLAnthro @WUSTLArtSci

“None of us can do it alone, can we?” @JaneGoodallInst made St. Louis — and Graham Chapel — a stop on her national tour to share her ‘tenacious authenticity’ and empower us to work together on behalf of our planet. bit.ly/3Sk4Aal

A 21-year @lincolnparkzoo- and @TheWCS-led study of western lowland #gorillas and eastern #chimpanzees in the Congo Basin's Goualougo Triangle revealed surprising interactions and relationships among members of the two ape species. @mongabay reports: news.mongabay.com/2022/10/study-…

Are Chimpanzees and gorillas friends? New study, reveals first evidence of lasting social relationships between the two species. Read more here: bit.ly/3S66ICy Pic © S.Brogan/WCS #newpaper #Africa #Congo #wildlife #gorillas #chimp #chimpanzee #greatapes

“Most of what we’d been told about the interactions between these species is that they’d be competitive or avoid each other." A study led by anthropologist Crickette Sanz reports the first evidence of chimpanzees and gorillas building friendships. nyti.ms/3yMoJis

A thread on the science: twitter.com/JakeFunkhouser…

Why Chimps and Gorillas Form Rainforest Friendships nytimes.com/2022/10/11/sci… Excellent reporting by the @nytimes on our "Interspecific interactions between sympatric apes" piece!!! Grateful to see these magnificent apes highlighted in this insightful way!

"We have this one beautiful planet; that's our one home; that's what we have to save.” It was an honor to welcome ethologist, conservationist, and global icon Jane Goodall to the WashU campus.