Carsten Schradin

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Behavioral Ecologist studying social evolution.
https://www.skrs.online/carsten-schradin.html
SKRS South Africa
CNRS Strasbourg
Wits South Africa
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Early Primates Likely Lived in Pairs

The first primate species might have been pair-living.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215401120

https://rdcu.be/dp3Gw
Shrinking brains when it’s getting hot in striped mice!
What to do when it is getting hot and food is getting scarce? The striped mouse from Namaqualand in South Africa has a unique adaptive answer to such harshness: It reduces its brain size!
African striped mice have relatively smaller brains in the food deprived dry season than in the wet season

Animal Behavior and Conservation

FINE SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

O. Berger-Tal, D. T. Blumstein, A. Greggor and J. Swaddle

When: 24th October, 45 min presentation starts at 1100 NYC / 1700 Paris.

YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClXFO1pLpCTBy7vSwLWH-GA

Zoom: https://yale.zoom.us/j/98287364333

Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution

International Remote Seminar on Frontiers in Social Evolution (FINE) • Meet weekly with people worldwide who are fascinated by social evolution. • Hear talks about sociality of naturally occurring populations. • Hear talks about theoretical and comparative studies on animal sociality. • Provide opportunities for junior scientists to interact with leaders in social evolution research. • Promote scholarly activity of members of under-represented groups and from developing nations. Where: Remotely via Zoom. Screened live on youtube as webinar. Stored on youtube for anyone to watch later. When: Tuesdays 11:00 (New York)/17:00 (Europe). Seminars last 45min and are followed by 1 hour general discussion. Who: Researchers, postdocs, and students fascinated in social evolution. Participation is free. Hosts: Carsten Schradin (CNRS Strasbourg, France), Loren Hayes (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, U.S.A.), Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Yale University, U.S.A.).

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You can now watch yesterdays FINE online:

Mark C. Harrison

Title: Molecular signatures of longevity in eusocial animals

https://youtube.com/live/a1Ji1gplURY

Mark Harrison, 12 Sept 2023: Molecular signatures of longevity in eusocial animals

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It does not make sense to call bad long-lasting environmental conditions that suppress the physiological stress response stress!

https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(23)00185-4?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

TODAY
12th September, Mark C. Harrison, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Germany
17:00 Paris / 11:00 New York

Title: Molecular signatures of longevity in eusocial animals

Zoom: https://uzh.zoom.us/j/62667781386?pwd=ZWEyMkZrSTFYSi9Ea29idHZiWTJyZz09

YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@seminaronfrontiersinsocial1478/featured

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Yesterdays FINE by
Vanessa Ezenwa

Title: In sickness and in health: complex effects of social behavior on infectious disease

Can now be watched on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPPSOIMLS0

Vanessa Ezenwa, 5th Sept 2023: In Sickness and Health

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FINE starts next week again on Tuesday, 11:00 New York, 17:00 Paris.
Join us for some exciting talks on Social Evolution!
The program can be found here:

https://youtu.be/BxUF61Siwx8

FINE Season 7 program, September to December 2023

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Summarising collaboration opportunities at the Succulent Karoo Research Station

https://www.stripedmouse.com/seeking-cooperators-and-existing-collaborations.html

Seeking Cooperators and Existing Collaborations

SKRS is a registered South African Non-Profit Organisation. It does no not get an annual budget from any other institution, but its board members have to find extra funding. To be scientifically...

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