Roman WITTIG

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Affiliations actuelles
  • Institut des sciences cognitives Marc Jeannerod - Centre de neuroscience cognitive - UMR5229 (ISC-MJ)
  • Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie = Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA)
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I am a Behavioural Ecologist and Evolutionary Anthropologist observing and researching wild chimpanzees and other non-human primates to understand the evolution of human behaviour and cognition. I am working in intersdisciplinary and international teams on questions addressing the evolution of conflict management, cooperation, cognition, culture and the hominoid brain.


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Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) Indicate Mammalian Abundance Across Broad Spatial Scales

Paul Kazaba , Lars Kulik , Ghislain Beukou Choumbou , Christelle Douhin Tiémoko , Funmilayo Oni et al.
Ecology and Evolution, 2025, 15 (3), ⟨10.1002/ece3.71000⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05399185 v1

Emotions mediate nonlinear phenomena production in the vocalizations of two ape species

Floriane Fournier , Léo Perrier , Cedric Girard-Buttoz , Sumir Keenan , Tatiana Bortolato et al.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2025, 380 (1923), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2024.0013⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05024735 v1
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Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion

Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Christof Neumann , Tatiana Bortolato , Emiliano Zaccarella , Angela Friederici et al.
Science Advances , 2025, 11 (19), ⟨10.1126/sciadv.adq2879⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05097525 v1

Emotions mediate nonlinear phenomena production in the vocalizations of two ape species

Floriane Fournier , Léo Perrier , Cedric Girard-Buttoz , Sumir Keenan , Tatiana Bortolato et al.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2025, 380 (1923), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2024.0013⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05389527 v1
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Long arcuate fascicle in wild and captive chimpanzees as a potential structural precursor of the language network

Yannick Becker , Cornelius Eichner , Michael Paquette , Christian Bock , Cédric Girard-Buttoz et al.
Nature Communications, 2025, 16, pp.4485. ⟨10.1038/s41467-025-59254-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05097482 v1
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Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation

Vesta Eleuteri , Jelle van der Werff , Wytse Wilhelm , Adrian Soldati , Catherine Crockford et al.
Current Biology, 2025, 35, pp.2448 - 2456.e4. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.019⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05097531 v1

Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny

Oscar Nodé-Langlois , Eléonore Rolland , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Liran Samuni , Pier Francesco Ferrari et al.
Communications Biology, 2025, 8 (1), pp.509. ⟨10.1038/s42003-025-07885-4⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05409968 v1

Ethanol ingestion via frugivory in wild chimpanzees

Aleksey Maro , Aaron Sandel , Bi Blaiore , Roman M. Wittig , John Mitani et al.
Science Advances , 2025, 11 (38), ⟨10.1126/sciadv.adw1665⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05399146 v1

Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees

Harrison Ostridge , Claudia Fontsere , Esther Lizano , Daniela Soto , Joshua Schmidt et al.
Science, 2025, 387 (6730), ⟨10.1126/science.adn7954⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04972202 v1

Maternal gregariousness and female audience effects mediate mother–infant proximity in wild chimpanzees

Pawel Fedurek , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Patrick Tkaczynski , Catherine Hobaiter , Klaus Zuberbühler et al.
Animal Behaviour, 2025, 223, pp.123156. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123156⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05399162 v1

Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny

Oscar Nodé-Langlois , Eléonore Rolland , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Liran Samuni , Pier Francesco Ferrari et al.
Communications Biology, 2025, 8 (1), pp.509. ⟨10.1038/s42003-025-07885-4⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05399171 v1
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Evidence of organized but not disorganized attachment in wild Western chimpanzee offspring (Pan troglodytes verus)

Eléonore Rolland , Oscar Nodé-Langlois , Patrick J Tkaczynski , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Holly Rayson et al.
Nature Human Behaviour, 2025, 9 (8), pp.1571 - 1582. ⟨10.1038/s41562-025-02176-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05355013 v1
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Detailed mapping of the complex fiber structure and white matter pathways of the chimpanzee brain

Cornelius Eichner , Michael Paquette , Christa Müller-Axt , Christian Bock , Eike Budinger et al.
Nature Methods, 2024, 21 (6), pp.1122-1130. ⟨10.1038/s41592-024-02270-1⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782857 v1

PanAf20K: A Large Video Dataset for Wild Ape Detection and Behaviour Recognition

Otto Brookes , Majid Mirmehdi , Colleen Stephens , Samuel Angedakin , Katherine Corogenes et al.
International Journal of Computer Vision, 2024, 132 (8), pp.3086-3102. ⟨10.1007/s11263-024-02003-z⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782855 v1

Bonobos and people at Wamba: 50 years of research By Takeshi Furuichi, Gen'ichi Idani, Daiji Kimura, Hiroshi Ihobe, Chie Hashimoto, Singapore: Springer Nature, 2023. pp. 1–589. ISBN: 978‐981‐99‐4787‐4

Roman Wittig
American Journal of Primatology, 2024, 86 (9), ⟨10.1002/ajp.23663⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782864 v1

Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees

Mathieu Malherbe , Liran Samuni , Sonja Ebel , Kathrin Kopp , Catherine Crockford et al.
PLoS Biology, 2024, 22 (5), pp.e3002609. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.3002609⟩
Article dans une revue hal-05399204 v1
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Protracted development of stick tool use skills extends into adulthood in wild western chimpanzees

Mathieu Malherbe , Liran Samuni , Sonja Ebel , Kathrin Kopp , Catherine Crockford et al.
PLoS Biology, 2024, 22 (5), pp.e3002609. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.3002609⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782866 v1
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Functional host-specific adaptation of the intestinal microbiome in hominids

M. Rühlemann , C. Bang , J. Gogarten , B. Hermes , M. Groussin et al.
Nature Communications, 2024, 15 (1), pp.326. ⟨10.1038/s41467-023-44636-7⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782823 v1

The archaeological visibility of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) nut-cracking

Tomos Proffitt , Serge Soiret Pacome , Jonathan Reeves , Roman Wittig , Lydia Luncz
Journal of Human Evolution, 2024, 195, pp.103582. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103582⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782868 v1

Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Stone in a Wild Chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes verus ) in Côte d'Ivoire

Jenny E. Jaffe , Kerstin Mätz-Rensing , Markus Ulrich , Tobias Gräßle , Verena Behringer et al.
Journal of Medical Primatology, 2024, 53 (5), ⟨10.1111/jmp.12739⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782861 v1
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Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment

Timothy Eppley , Kim Reuter , Timothy Sefczek , Jen Tinsman , Luca Santini et al.
Conservation Letters, 2024, 17 (2), ⟨10.1111/conl.13007⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782839 v1

Christophe Boesch (1951–2024): Primatology Pioneer with a Long-Term Vision for Research and Conservation

Catherine Crockford , Mimi Arandjelovic , Tobias Deschner , Zoro Bertin Gone Bi , Ilka Herbinger et al.
International Journal of Primatology, 2024, 45 (4), pp.721-725. ⟨10.1007/s10764-024-00420-y⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782844 v1

Oesophagostomum stephanostomum causing parasitic granulomas in wild chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus ) of Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

Jenny Jaffe , Sonja Metzger , Kerstin Mätz-Rensing , Alexis Ribas , Roman Wittig et al.
American Journal of Primatology, 2024, 86 (8), ⟨10.1002/ajp.23652⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782851 v1
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Brain structure and function: a multidisciplinary pipeline to study hominoid brain evolution

Angela Friederici , Roman Wittig , Alfred Anwander , Cornelius Eichner , Tobias Gräßle et al.
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2024, 17, pp.1299087. ⟨10.3389/fnint.2023.1299087⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782830 v1

Strontium isotopes track female dispersal in Taï chimpanzees

Renee Boucher , Roman Wittig , Sylvain Lemoine , Aleksey Maro , Xueye Wang et al.
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 2024, 184 (4), ⟨10.1002/ajpa.24981⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782849 v1
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Social uncertainty promotes signal complexity during approaches in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and mangabeys (Cercocebus atys atys)

Mathilde Grampp , Liran Samuni , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Julián León , Klaus Zuberbühler et al.
Royal Society Open Science, 2023, 10 (11), pp.231073. ⟨10.1098/rsos.231073⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04782871 v1
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Chimpanzees show the capacity to communicate about concomitant daily life events

Tatiana Bortolato , Angela D Friederici , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Roman M Wittig , Catherine Crockford
iScience, 2023, 26 (11), pp.108090. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2023.108090⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04304778 v1
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High angular resolution susceptibility imaging and estimation of fiber orientation distribution functions in primate brain

Dimitrios G Gkotsoulias , Roland Müller , Carsten Jäger , Torsten Schlumm , Toralf Mildner et al.
Article dans une revue hal-04304813 v1
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Chimpanzees make tactical use of high elevation in territorial contexts

Sylvain R T Lemoine , Liran Samuni , Catherine Crockford , Roman M Wittig
PLoS Biology, 2023, 21 (11), pp.e3002350. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.3002350⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04304784 v1
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Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio‐ecology

Tobias Gräßle , Catherine Crockford , Cornelius Eichner , Cédric Girard‐buttoz , Carsten Jäger et al.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 14 (8), pp.1906-1924. ⟨10.1111/2041-210x.14039⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04304794 v1
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Slow development of vocal sequences through ontogeny in wild chimpanzees (<i>Pan troglodytes verus)</i>

Tatiana Bortolato , Roger Mundry , Roman M Wittig , Cédric Girard‐buttoz , Catherine Crockford
Developmental Science, 2022, 26 (4), pp.e13350. ⟨10.1111/desc.13350⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04304823 v1
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Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties

Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Emiliano Zaccarella , Tatiana Bortolato , Angela Friederici , Roman Wittig et al.
Communications Biology, 2022, 5 (1), pp.410. ⟨10.1038/s42003-022-03350-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03875007 v1

Quantifying within-group variation in sociality—covariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species

Oliver Schülke , Simone Anzà , Catherine Crockford , Delphine de Moor , Tobias Deschner et al.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2022, 76 (4), pp.50. ⟨10.1007/s00265-022-03133-5⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03875031 v1
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Population-specific call order in chimpanzee greeting vocal sequences

Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Tatiana Bortolato , Marion Laporte , Mathilde Grampp , Klaus Zuberbühler et al.
iScience, 2022, 25 (9), pp.104851. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2022.104851⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03875099 v1
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Parochial cooperation in wild chimpanzees: a model to explain the evolution of parochial altruism

Sylvain Lemoine , Liran Samuni , Catherine Crockford , Roman Wittig
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022, 377 (1851), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2021.0149⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03875019 v1
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The importance of well protected forests for the conservation genetics of West African colobine monkeys

Tânia Minhós , Filipa Borges , Bárbara Parreira , Rúben Oliveira , Isa Aleixo‐pais et al.
American Journal of Primatology, 2022, 85 (1), pp.e23453. ⟨10.1002/ajp.23453⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04300264 v1
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Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies

Samuel Ellis , Rufus Johnstone , Michael Cant , Daniel Franks , Michael Weiss et al.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022, 6 (11), pp.1766-1776. ⟨10.1038/s41559-022-01872-2⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03874978 v1
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Maternal effects on the development of vocal communication in wild chimpanzees

Aisha Bründl , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Tatiana Bortolato , Liran Samuni , Mathilde Grampp et al.
iScience, 2022, 25 (10), pp.105152. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2022.105152⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03874962 v1
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Chimpanzee vowel-like sounds and voice quality suggest formant space expansion through the hominoid lineage

Sven Grawunder , Natalie Uomini , Liran Samuni , Tatiana Bortolato , Cédric Girard-Buttoz et al.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, 377 (1841), pp.20200455. ⟨10.1098/rstb.2020.0455⟩
Article dans une revue (data paper) hal-05043995 v1
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Small Mirrors Do the Trick: A Simple, but Effective Method to Study Mirror Self-Recognition in Chimpanzees

Kathrin S Kopp , Sonja J Ebel , Roman M Wittig , Daniel B M Haun , Catherine Crockford
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2021, 8 (3), pp.391-404. ⟨10.26451/abc.08.03.05.2021⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455425 v1

Leprosy in wild chimpanzees

Kimberley Hockings , Benjamin Mubemba , Charlotte Avanzi , Kamilla Pleh , Ariane Düx et al.
Nature, 2021, 598 (7882), pp.652-656. ⟨10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04972213 v1
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Early maternal loss leads to short-but not long-term effects on diurnal cortisol slopes in wild chimpanzees

Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Patrick J Tkaczynski , Liran Samuni , Pawel Fedurek , Cristina Gomes et al.
eLife, 2021
Article dans une revue hal-03455896 v1
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The long lives of primates and the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis

Catherine Crockford , Fernando Colchero , José Manuel Aburto , Elizabeth A Archie , Christophe Boesch et al.
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, ⟨10.1038/s41467-021-23894-3⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455948 v1
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Energetic management in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire

Prince D Valé , Jean-Claude K Béné , Antoine K N’guessan , Catherine Crockford , Tobias Deschner et al.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2021, 75 (1), pp.1. ⟨10.1007/s00265-020-02935-9⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455902 v1

Leprosy in wild chimpanzees

Kimberley Hockings , Benjamin Mubemba , Charlotte Avanzi , Kamilla Pleh , Ariane Düx et al.
Nature, 2021, 598 (7882), pp.652-656. ⟨10.1038/s41586-021-03968-4⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04991945 v1
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Group-level cooperation in chimpanzees is shaped by strong social ties

Liran Samuni , Catherine Crockford , Roman M Wittig
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, pp.539. ⟨10.1038/s41467-020-20709-9⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455899 v1
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Attractiveness of female sexual signaling predicts differences in female grouping patterns between bonobos and chimpanzees

Martin Surbeck , Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Liran Samuni , Christophe Boesch , Barbara Fruth et al.
Communications Biology, 2021, 4, pp.1119. ⟨10.1038/s42003-021-02641-w⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455956 v1
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Chimpanzee vowel-like sounds and voice quality suggest formant space expansion through the hominoid lineage

Sven Grawunder , Natalie Uomini , Liran Samuni , Tatiana Bortolato , Cédric Girard-Buttoz et al.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021, Voice modulation: from origin and mechanism to social impact (Part II), 377 (1841), ⟨10.1098/rstb.2020.0455⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455415 v1
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Maternal effects on offspring growth indicate post-weaning juvenile dependence in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)

Liran Samuni , Patrick Tkaczynski , Tobias Deschner , Therese Löhrrich , Roman M Wittig et al.
Frontiers in Zoology, 2020, 17, pp.1. ⟨10.1186/s12983-019-0343-8⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455907 v1
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Patterns of urinary cortisol levels during ontogeny appear population specific rather than species specific in wild chimpanzees and bonobos

Patrick J Tkaczynski , Verena Behringer , Corinne y Ackermann , Pawel Fedurek , Barbara Fruth et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2020, 147, pp.102869. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102869⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455925 v1
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Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition

Cédric Girard-Buttoz , Martin Surbeck , Liran Samuni , Patrick Tkaczynski , Christophe Boesch et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020, 287 (1929), pp.20200523. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2020.0523⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04798133 v1

Systematic mapping of developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees

Aisha Bründl , Patrick Tkaczynski , Grégoire Nohon Kohou , Christophe Boesch , Roman Wittig et al.
Developmental Science, 2020, 24 (1), pp.108090. ⟨10.1111/desc.12988⟩
Article dans une revue hal-04972210 v1
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Postweaning maternal care increases male chimpanzee reproductive success

Catherine Crockford , Liran Samuni , Linda Vigilant , Roman M Wittig
Science Advances , 2020, 6 (38), ⟨10.1126/sciadv.aaz5746⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455432 v1
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Increased Sensitivity and Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Diffusion-Weighted MRI using Multi-Echo Acquisitions

Cornelius Eichner , Michael Paquette , Toralf Mildner , Torsten Schlumm , Kamilla Pléh et al.
NeuroImage, 2020, 221, pp.117172. ⟨10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117172⟩
Article dans une revue hal-03455941 v1
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Vocalizing in chimpanzees is influenced by social-cognitive processes

Catherine Crockford , Roman M. Wittig , Klaus Zuberbühler
Science Advances , 2017, 3 (11), pp.1701742
Article dans une revue (data paper) hal-05043669 v1

Evidence for delta Zn-66 values as indicators of meat consumption in the Tai chimpanzees

R.D. Boucher , Klervia Jaouen , J. Riedel , C. Boesch , Roman M. Wittig et al.
91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Mar 2022, Denver, United States. pp.19, ⟨10.1002/ajpa.24514⟩
Communication dans un congrès hal-04933595 v1