Sasha Winkler
@sashawinkler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Duke University | PhD in bioanth from UCLA | primate behavior, communication, social bonds, emotions & learning. Based in Portland, Oregon and Durham, NC
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We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality
In humans and other social mammals, more socially connected females often have higher fitness. Yet evidence linking female sociality to offspring surv…
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July 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We have a new paper out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social reporting that more socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality 🧪 #evosky #primates #primatology #anthropology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My new paper, "Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter” is out! We found that bonobos were more likely to expect rewards after hearing same-species laughter, suggesting that the sound puts them in a good mood. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My new paper, "Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter” is out! We found that bonobos were more likely to expect rewards after hearing same-species laughter, suggesting that the sound puts them in a good mood. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some exciting news - I’m joining the Pontzer lab at Duke as a postdoc! I’ll be researching energetics and behavior in baboons, collaborating with folks at the Amboseli Baboon Project 😊 @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social
@duke-university.bsky.social
@duke-university.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Some exciting news - I’m joining the Pontzer lab at Duke as a postdoc! I’ll be researching energetics and behavior in baboons, collaborating with folks at the Amboseli Baboon Project 😊 @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social
@duke-university.bsky.social
@duke-university.bsky.social
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Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
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@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
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May 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
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How are humans able to make sense of time? Not with special biology but with “time tools”—ideas, practices, and artifacts that render time more concrete.
My new paper explores this vast, varied toolkit—one that makes use of knots, nuts, hands, flowers, mountains, shadows, and much more.
(link 👇)
My new paper explores this vast, varied toolkit—one that makes use of knots, nuts, hands, flowers, mountains, shadows, and much more.
(link 👇)
May 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How are humans able to make sense of time? Not with special biology but with “time tools”—ideas, practices, and artifacts that render time more concrete.
My new paper explores this vast, varied toolkit—one that makes use of knots, nuts, hands, flowers, mountains, shadows, and much more.
(link 👇)
My new paper explores this vast, varied toolkit—one that makes use of knots, nuts, hands, flowers, mountains, shadows, and much more.
(link 👇)
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So happy to see this finally published!
We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure.
The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life.
Congratulations, Kimberly!
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure.
The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life.
Congratulations, Kimberly!
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Human ostension enhances attentiveness but not performance in domestic pigs - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Human ostension enhances attentiveness but not performance in domestic pigs
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May 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So happy to see this finally published!
We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure.
The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life.
Congratulations, Kimberly!
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
We tested the sensitivity to human ostension in three pig populations with varying levels of human exposure.
The best part of this project was meeting people who are now friends for life.
Congratulations, Kimberly!
www.nature.com/articles/s41....
The COMPARE lab at Indiana University is hiring a new full-time lab manager to assist studies with children and dogs, and manage the activities of the lab space on the Bloomington campus. Please share! hrms.iu.edu/psp/PH1PRD_P...
April 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The COMPARE lab at Indiana University is hiring a new full-time lab manager to assist studies with children and dogs, and manage the activities of the lab space on the Bloomington campus. Please share! hrms.iu.edu/psp/PH1PRD_P...
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Chris is so smart and nice and produces fascinating work. On the off chance this is up your alley, I’d strongly encourage applying
🚨RT!
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social (social-cognitive-origins.com), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Chris is so smart and nice and produces fascinating work. On the off chance this is up your alley, I’d strongly encourage applying
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Kanzi the bonobo, who learned language and made stone tools, has died. Here's what we learned about ape and human cognition from this remarkable individual. (Don't miss the story about how Kanzi described the scary beaver he discovered in his habitat 🦫🥲) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/kanz...
March 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Kanzi the bonobo, who learned language and made stone tools, has died. Here's what we learned about ape and human cognition from this remarkable individual. (Don't miss the story about how Kanzi described the scary beaver he discovered in his habitat 🦫🥲) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/kanz...
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The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44.
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
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Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
March 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The loss of a legend- Kanzi, the language-competent bonobo, has died age 44.
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
Kanzi was exceptional in so many ways and offered us profound insights into the linguistic & cognitive capacities of great apes. He has taught us so much and will be hugely missed.
www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-...
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Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information?
In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information?
In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In @pnas.org, Luke Townrow and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New article by my PhD advisor Erica Cartmill that does a fantastic job summarizing our lab's research on playful teasing in great apes! I bet you'll be ape-solutley tickled to read it (ok sorry I had to): www.scientificamerican.com/article/grea...
#primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology
#primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology
Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans
Studies of great apes hint at why and when clowning behavior evolved
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December 18, 2024 at 12:08 AM
New article by my PhD advisor Erica Cartmill that does a fantastic job summarizing our lab's research on playful teasing in great apes! I bet you'll be ape-solutley tickled to read it (ok sorry I had to): www.scientificamerican.com/article/grea...
#primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology
#primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology
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Proud of our grad student, Jordan Lucore, for her study out in Sci Advances: The immune performance of wild capuchin monkeys declines when they experience higher temperatures, with youngest monkeys the most vulnerable to heat. news.umich.edu/warming-temp...
Warming temperatures impact immune performance of wild monkeys, U-M study shows
A capuchin monkey called Tiny groups fellow monkey Tevez in the Taboga forest reserve of Costa Rica. The monkeys are part of the Capuchinos de Taboga Research Project. Image credit: Capuchinos de Tabo...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Proud of our grad student, Jordan Lucore, for her study out in Sci Advances: The immune performance of wild capuchin monkeys declines when they experience higher temperatures, with youngest monkeys the most vulnerable to heat. news.umich.edu/warming-temp...
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Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.
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In this edition of my newsletter, The Ed's Up, I'm delighted to announce AN IMMENSE WORLD: THE YOUNG READERS EDITION! 🥳
The book is being adapted for middle-grade *age 8-12). Same material & ethos. Full-color illustrations & photos. Out spring 2025. So excited!
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The book is being adapted for middle-grade *age 8-12). Same material & ethos. Full-color illustrations & photos. Out spring 2025. So excited!
buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
October 9, 2023 at 8:56 PM
In this edition of my newsletter, The Ed's Up, I'm delighted to announce AN IMMENSE WORLD: THE YOUNG READERS EDITION! 🥳
The book is being adapted for middle-grade *age 8-12). Same material & ethos. Full-color illustrations & photos. Out spring 2025. So excited!
buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
The book is being adapted for middle-grade *age 8-12). Same material & ethos. Full-color illustrations & photos. Out spring 2025. So excited!
buttondown.email/edyong209/ar...
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In short: high schooler trying to pad their college applications by paying to publish. There’s also a related proliferation of hs National writing competitions for the same reason
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In short: high schooler trying to pad their college applications by paying to publish. There’s also a related proliferation of hs National writing competitions for the same reason
The Newest College Admissions Ploy: Paying to Make Your Teen a “Peer-Reviewed” Author
A group of services, often connected to pricey college counselors, has arisen to help high schoolers carry out and publish research as a credential for their college applications. The research papers ...
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September 25, 2023 at 3:38 AM
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joshuapnudell.com/2023/05/23/t...
In short: high schooler trying to pad their college applications by paying to publish. There’s also a related proliferation of hs National writing competitions for the same reason
joshuapnudell.com/2023/05/23/t...
In short: high schooler trying to pad their college applications by paying to publish. There’s also a related proliferation of hs National writing competitions for the same reason
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We are hiring in perception & cognitive/perceptual development! Open Rank. Madison's awesome! Apply! psych.wisc.edu/psychology-d...
September 22, 2023 at 6:34 PM
We are hiring in perception & cognitive/perceptual development! Open Rank. Madison's awesome! Apply! psych.wisc.edu/psychology-d...
Made a word cloud of my papers using this cool Shiny app! but clearly I need to publish some more papers 🤪
September 24, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Made a word cloud of my papers using this cool Shiny app! but clearly I need to publish some more papers 🤪