#primatologist — Public Fediverse posts
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#Ape cuddles could prevent conflicts
Friendly touches can keep things cool in groups of #chimpanzees or #bonobos under stress
Embraces, pats, hand-holding, genital touches, sticking fingers in each other’s mouths — these buddy-buddy behaviors form the social glue that helps groups stick together, says Zanna Clay, a #primatologist at Durham University in England.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ape-physical-touch-stress-relief-chimps
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#OnThisDay First portable #CellPhone call was made (1973) by Martin Cooper of #Motorola.
Birth Anniversary of English #Primatologist and #Anthropologist Jane Goodall (1934).
Happy Birthday Eddie Murphy (1961).
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Jane Goodall, famed #Primatologist , #anthropologist and #conservationist , dead at 91
"The #JaneGoodall Inst. has learned this morning, Wed, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace & Founder of the Jane #Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes," the institute said on social media. "She was in #California as part of her speaking tour in the United States."
Goodall’s discoveries as an #ethologist revolutionized science
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#OnThisDay First portable #CellPhone call was made (1973) by Martin Cooper of #Motorola.
Happy Birthday English #Primatologist and #Anthropologist Jane Goodall (1934).
Happy Birthday #Actor Eddie Murphy (1961).