Catherine Crockford (Principal Investigator)

Email: crockford@isc.cnrs.fr

Catherine Crockford is a Director of Research at the ISC CNRS in Lyon and head of the The Great Ape Social Mind Lab. A central theme of her research is assessing socio-cognitive and communicative variation across primates to provide insights into the evolution of the primate social brain and primate societies. She obtained her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and University of Leipzig in 2005 on the vocal output of wild chimpanzees. She conducted two post-doctoral positions, first with Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth at the University of Pennsylvania studying wild chacma baboon social cognition and stress in relation to social relationships, and second with Klaus Zuberbühler at St. Andrews University studying the socio-cognitive and neuroendocrine control of social relationships of wild chimpanzees, with a British Academy Fellowship. She then took up a Group Leader position at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and was awarded an ERC starter grant ‘ApeAttachement’ to examine maternal effects on social development of wild chimpanzees, before joining the CNRS. She is also a core PI in the Evolution of Brain Connectivity Project in collaboration with Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology and Human Cognitive Sciences. For further information, please see: https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/catherine-crockford/

Papers

• Sylvain R. T. Lemoine, Liran Samuni, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
  Chimpanzees make tactical use of high elevation in territorial contexts
  PLOS Biology, e3002350, Vol: 21, (2023), doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002350
• Tatiana Bortolato, Angela D. Friederici, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Chimpanzees show the capacity to communicate about concomitant daily life events
  iScience, 108090, Vol: 26, (2023), doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108090
• Tobias Grässle. Catherine Crockford, Cornelius Eichner, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Carsten Jäger, Evgeniya Kirilina, Ilona Lipp, Ariane Düx, Kathrin S. Kopp, Michael Paquette, Alfred Anwander, Philipp Gunz, Markus Morawski, Angela D. Friederici, Nikolaus Weiskopf, Fabian H. Leendertz, Roman M. Wittig.
  Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio-ecology
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution, (2023), doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.14039
• Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Fabrizio Mafessoni, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Liran Samuni, Corinne Y. Ackermann, Pawel Fedurek, Cristina Gomes, Catherine Hobaiter, Therese Löhrich, Virgile Manin, Anna Preis, Prince D. Valè, Erin G. Wessling, Livia Wittiger, Zinta Zommers, Klaus Zuberbuehler, Linda Vigilant, Tobias Deschner, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Shared community effects and the non-genetic maternal environment shape cortisol levels in wild chimpanzees
  Communications Biology, Vol: 6, (2023), doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04909-9
• Dimitrios G. Gkotsoulias, Roland Müller, Carsten Jäger, Torsten Schlumm, Toralf Mildner, Cornelius Eichner, Andrè Pampel, Jennifer Jaffe, Tobias Grässle, Niklas Alsleben, Jingjia Chen, Catherine Crockford, Roman Wittig, Chunlei Liu, Harald E. Möller
  High angular resolution susceptibility imaging and estimation of fiber orientation distribution functions in primate brain
  NeuroImage, 120202, Vol: 276, (2023), doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120202
• Aisha C. Bründl, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Tatiana Bortolato, Liran Samuni, Mathilde Grampp, Therese Löhrich, Patrick Tkaczynski, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Maternal effects on the development of vocal communication in wild chimpanzees
  iScience, 105152, Vol: 25, (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105152
• Samuel Ellis, Rufus A. Johnstone, Michael A. Cant, Daniel W. Franks, Michael N. Weiss, Susan C. Alberts, Kenneth C. Balcomb, Claire H. Benton, Lauren J. N. Brent, Catherine Crockford, Eve Davidian, Richard J. Delahay, David K. Ellifrit, Oliver P. Höner, Magali Meniri, Robbie A. McDonald, Hazel J. Nichols, Faye J. Thompson, Linda Vigilant, Roman M. Wittig, Darren P. Croft
  Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies
  Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1766--1776, Vol: 6, (2022), doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01872-2
• Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Tatiana Bortolato, Marion Laporte, Mathilde Grampp, Klaus Zuberbühler, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Population-specific call order in chimpanzee greeting vocal sequences
  iScience, 104851, Vol: 25, (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104851
• Juliàn Leòn, Constance Thiriau, Clèmentine Bodin, Catherine Crockford, Klaus Zuberbühler
  Acquisition of predator knowledge from alarm calls via one-trial social learning in monkeys
  iScience, 104853, Vol: 25, (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104853
• Sylvain R. T. Lemoine, Liran Samuni, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
  Parochial cooperation in wild chimpanzees: a model to explain the evolution of parochial altruism
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol: 377, (2022), doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0149
• Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Emiliano Zaccarella, Tatiana Bortolato, Angela D. Friederici, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Chimpanzees produce diverse vocal sequences with ordered and recombinatorial properties
  Communications Biology, Vol: 5, (2022), doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03350-8
• Oliver Schülke, Simone Anzá, Catherine Crockford, Delphine De Moor, Tobias Deschner, Claudia Fichtel, Jan F. Gogarten, Peter M. Kappeler, Virgile Manin, Nadine Müller-Klein, Lea Prox, Baptiste Sadoughi, Sonia Touitou, Roman M. Wittig, Julia Ostner
  Quantifying within-group variation in socialitytextemdashcovariation among metrics and patterns across primate groups and species
  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol: 76, (2022), doi: 10.1007/s00265-022-03133-5
• Tatiana Bortolato, Roger Mundry, Roman M. Wittig, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Catherine Crockford
  Slow development of vocal sequences through ontogeny in wild chimpanzees ($less$i$greater$Pan troglodytes verus)$less$/i$greater$
  Developmental Science, Vol: 26, (2022), doi: 10.1111/desc.13350
• Samuni, L., Crockford, C. & Wittig, R.M
  Group-level cooperation in chimpanzees is shaped by strong social ties.
  Nature Communications, 539, Vol: 12, (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20709-9
• Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Liran Samuni, Pawel Fedurek, Cristina Gomes, Therese Löhrich, Virgile Manin, Anna Preis, Prince Valè, Tobias Deschner, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Early maternal loss affects diurnal cortisol slopes in immature but not mature wild chimpanzees
  Elife, (2021), doi: 10.7554/eLife.64134
• Sven Grawunder, Natalie Uomini, Liran Samuni, Tatiana Bortolato, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Chimpanzee vowel-like sounds and voice quality suggest formant space expansion through the hominoid lineage
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol: 377, (2021), doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0455
• Prince D. Valè, Jean-Claude K. Bènè, Antoine K. N'Guessan, Catherine Crockford, Tobias Deschner, Inza Konè, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Roman M. Wittig
  Energetic management in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire
  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol: 75, (2020), doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02935-9
• Cornelius Eichner, Michael Paquette, Toralf Mildner, Torsten Schlumm, Kamilla Plèh, Liran Samuni, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig, Carsten Jäger, Harald E. Möller, Angela D. Friederici, Alfred Anwander
  Increased sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio in diffusion-weighted MRI using multi-echo acquisitions
  NeuroImage, 117172, Vol: 221, (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117172
• Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Martin Surbeck, Liran Samuni, Christophe Boesch, Barbara Fruth, Catherine Crockford, Gottfried Hohmann, Roman M. Wittig
  Variable use of polyadic grooming and its effect on access to social partners in wild chimpanzees and bonobos
  Animal Behaviour, 211--224, Vol: 168, (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.08.021
• Catherine Crockford, Liran Samuni, Linda Vigilant, Roman M. Wittig
  Postweaning maternal care increases male chimpanzee reproductive success
  Science Advances, eaaz5746, Vol: 6, (2020), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz5746
• Verena Behringer, Anna Preis, Doris F. Wu, Catherine Crockford, Fabian H. Leendertz, Roman M. Wittig, Tobias Deschner
  Urinary Cortisol Increases During a Respiratory Outbreak in Wild Chimpanzees
  Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol: 7, (2020), doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00485
• Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Alexander Mielke, Liran Samuni, Anna Preis, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Long-term repeatability in social behaviour suggests stable social phenotypes in wild chimpanzees
  Royal Society Open Science, 200454, Vol: 7, (2020), doi: 10.1098/rsos.200454
• Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Martin Surbeck, Liran Samuni, Patrick Tkaczynski, Christophe Boesch, Barbara Fruth, Roman M. Wittig, Gottfried Hohmann, Catherine Crockford
  Information transfer efficiency differs in wild chimpanzees and bonobos, but not social cognition
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 20200523, Vol: 287, (2020), doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0523
• Aisha C. Bründl, Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Grègoire Nohon Kohou, Christophe Boesch, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Systematic mapping of developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees
  Developmental Science, Vol: 24, (2020), doi: 10.1111/desc.12988
• Alexander Mielke, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
  Predictability and variability of association patterns in sooty mangabeys
  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol: 74, (2020), doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-2829-y
• Sylvain Lemoine, Anna Preis, Liran Samuni, Christophe Boesch, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
  Between-Group Competition Impacts Reproductive Success in Wild Chimpanzees
  Current Biology, 312--318.e3, Vol: 30, (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.039
• Patrick J. Tkaczynski, Verena Behringer, Corinne Y. Ackermann, Pawel Fedurek, Barbara Fruth, Cèdric Girard-Buttoz, Catherine Hobaiter, Sean M. Lee, Therese Löhrich, Anna Preis, Liran Samuni, Zinta Zommers, Klaus Zuberbühler, Tobias Deschner, Roman M. Wittig, Gottfried Hohmann, Catherine Crockford
  Patterns of urinary cortisol levels during ontogeny appear population specific rather than species specific in wild chimpanzees and bonobos
  Journal of Human Evolution, 102869, Vol: 147, (2020), doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102869
• Pawel Fedurek, Patrick Tkaczynski, Caroline Asiimwe, Catherine Hobaiter, Liran Samuni, Adriana E. Lowe, Appolinaire Gnahe Dijrian, Klaus Zuberbühler, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford
  Maternal cannibalism in two populations of wild chimpanzees
  Primates, 181--187, Vol: 61, (2019), doi: 10.1007/s10329-019-00765-6
• Tkaczynski, P. J., Samuni, L., Sonnweber, R., Deschner, T., Vigilant, L., Löhrrich, T., Wittig, R. M., & Crockford, C.
  Mums the word: The lasting impacts of maternal loss on offspring survival, growth and reproductive success in wild chimpanzees.
  Folia Primatologica, 276-277, Vol: 91, (2019)
• L. Samuni, A. Mielke, A. Preis, C. Crockford, R. M. Wittig
  Intergroup Competition Enhances Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) In-group Cohesion
  International Journal of Primatology, 342--362, Vol: 41, (2019), doi: 10.1007/s10764-019-00112-y
• Alexander Mielke, Catherine Crockford, Roman M. Wittig
  Snake alarm calls as a public good in sooty mangabeys
  Animal Behaviour, 201--209, Vol: 158, (2019), doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.10.001
• Surbeck, M., Boesch, C., Girard-Buttoz, C., Crockford, C., Hohmann, G., & Wittig, R. M.
  Erratum: Comparison of male conflict behavior in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), with specific regard to coalition and post-conflict behavior.
  American Journal of Primatology, e23075, Vol: 81, (2019)
• Crockford, Catherine
  Why does the chimpanzee vocal repertoire remain poorly understood? - and what can be done about it
  394--409, (2019)