/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 02:51:35 +0200 Tue, 02 Sep 25 11:00:00 +0200 /en/news/in-orangutans-masculine-male-faces-also-draw-the-most-attention “This shows that our attention system has deep evolutionary roots,” says Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� behavioral biologist Tom Roth. 151483 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/a-pointless-fashion-trend-chimpanzees-wear-blades-of-grass-in-their-ears-and-rears Edwin van Leeuwen: "This may offer insights into the evolutionary roots of human culture.” 150670 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/gorillas-match-chimpanzees-in-self-awareness-study Gorillas may have greater self-awareness than scientists previously thought. A new study finds that gorillas perform just as well as chimpanzees in tests that require awareness of their own bodies. Researchers now encourage using different types of tests to better understand self-awareness in animals. 147830 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/bonobos-and-chimpanzees-use-sex-to-ease-social-tensions-too The findings support the idea that sex was already being used for social purposes by the last common ancestor of humans, bonobos, and chimpanzees. 147738 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/four-projects-receive-the-public-engagement-seed-fund These projects will receive up to €10,000 to organize a public activity. Wondering what the project teams will do with the money? 145408 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:35:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/its-not-just-love-primates-also-bond-for-their-own-benefit Female and male primates often form close bonds, but not purely out of affection. Close relationships usually evolve when there is a clear benefit for both parties, with protection and reproductive control playing key roles. 143342 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 23:41:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/liesbeth-sterck-guest-at-bnrs-big-five Liesbeth Sterck was guest at the radio programme ‘BNR's Big Five’. She talks about what cooperation between monkeys can teach us about cooperation between humans. 143268 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:08:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/talk-show-democracy-through-a-new-lens In this first episode of the Science and Society talk show, Liesbeth Sterck, Marcel Boogers and Jacqueline Tellinga reflect on the functioning of democracy in different contexts and explore new ways of governance. 143141 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/chimpanzees-are-able-to-learn-from-their-conspecifics-what-they-cannot-innovate-themselves A study demonstrates, for the first time, that chimpanzees, like humans, can acquire skills from one another that they cannot innovate themselves. 138152 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/monkey-watching-in-the-university-museum-utrecht “How does the scientific process work?" That is the central theme of the new permanent collection of the ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Museum Utrecht. 133326 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/even-in-an-extremely-hierarchical-monkey-society-individuals-help-each-other Insights from a new study by Debottam Bhattacharjee, Jorg Massen and colleagues have consequences for the understanding of the evolution of cooperative behaviours. 129920 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/high-five-chimpanzees-communicate-to-coordinate-grooming Biologists from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� collect the first reported evidence that communication and cultural behaviour are closely intertwined in chimpanzees. 126853 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:23:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/assume-that-animals-have-feelings We should assume that animals can have feelings. From an ethical point of view this should be leading in our dealings with animals, according to behavioural biologists. 114744 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:51:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/three-erc-starting-grants-for-utrecht-university-researchers Three researchers at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euros. The grant is awarded by the European Research Council. 112834 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:53:00 +0100 Nieuws logo european research council /en/news/yawning-is-less-contagious-for-people-with-psychopathic-traits Personality determines to a large extend how susceptible a person is to contagious yawning. Researchers conclude this after displaying videos of yawning people to a large and diverse group of test subjects. 112171 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-longer-the-yawn-the-bigger-the-brain Yawning appears to be a measure of brain size. Animals with larger brains yawn longer than those with smaller brains, according to research by biologist Jorg Massen. 106178 Thu, 06 May 2021 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/yawning-is-also-contagious-in-solitary-animals For the first time, contagious yawning has been demonstrated in solitary animals. Researchers now demonstrated the phenomenon in orangutans. 102458 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/Scientists-present-vision-for-todays-challenges Joint perspective on how these sectors can contribute to solving urgent scientific and societal issues 102586 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:48:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/how-do-primates-and-children-try-to-influence-others Both humans and primates exhibit complex social behavior. This is important for the acquisition of scarce resources over which there is competition. 101175 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:05:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/social-life-as-a-driving-factor-of-birds-generosity Taking a look at generosity within the crow family reveals parallels with human evolution. 101124 Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Blauwe Ekster - Azure-winged magpie