GEEvH - Group of Studies in Human Evolution

📃 New Paper

"The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years".

Read here:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-025-03707-2

Dia de Darwin.

Michel Foucault, The Birth of the Clinic (Naissance de la Clinique).

Tool skill impacts the archaeological evidence across technological primates:
https://nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67048-z
Congratulations Lydia Luncz Katarina Warren & all co-authors! A pleasure to collaborate on a great piece of work adding to the good Primate Archaeology literature! ICArEHB Gorongosa National Park

Tool skill impacts the archaeological evidence across technological primates - Scientific Reports The archaeological record offers insights into our evolutionary past by revealing ancient behaviour through stone and fossil remains. Percussive foraging is suggested to be particularly relevant for the emergence of tool-use in our lineage, yet early hominin percussive behaviours remain largely unde...

Another incredibly important publication led by Elodie Freymann on bark feeding behaviour and the potential medicinal value of this behaviour for apes. Elodie is on fire publishing her PhD papers at high speed - and I am so very proud of her work, and the work of all the collaborators who accepted her in Budongo, closely guided the field work and made Elodie's research possible in the lab: Cat Hobaiter Budongo Conservation Field Station Mike Huffman Daniel Sempebwa and all.

Check the tread with summary of findings:
https://x.com/ElodieFreymann/status/1809159930655408380

And check Elodie's paper here:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10764-024-00445-3

The Adaptive Role of Bark in the Diet of Budongo Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) - International Journal of Primatology The ingestion of bark has been observed across the animal kingdom and is well documented in free-ranging chimpanzees. Thus far, the best-supported hypothesis for the adaptive function of this behavior is the fallback food hypothesis, which asserts that chimpanzees consume bark and cambium when prefe...

Super congratulations to Dr Elodie Freymann, the amazing team that worked so hard at Budongo Conservation Field Station, to Dr Fabien Schultz Ethnopharmacology Lab, to Cat Hobaiter for the amazing guidance and mentoring, and Mike Huffman -- with infinite knowledge about this topic. It was an honour for me to see this work develop & to be part of the journey. The article is everywhere in the world news today, and it is well deserved. It is important to spread the news in multiple languages, so that the science can be understood by all. 🙌🐵🌿

Chimpanzés selvagens usam mesmo plantas medicinais para tratar doenças e ferimentos Estudo, que envolveu uma investigadora portuguesa, sugere que os chimpanzés doentes procuram plantas específicas pelos seus efeitos medicinais, nomeadamente antibióticos e anti-inflamatórios.

Coffee & BA.

Um só continente sem humanos, assim será a Terra daqui a 250 milhões de anos Modelo climático da Universidade de Bristol prevê que, em 250 milhões de anos, os continentes colidem e unem-se. Estas mudanças levam ao aquecimento da Terra e à extinção dos mamíferos, sugere estudo.