Sam Ellis
@Samellisq
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Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Interested in general but especially in life history evolution and social behaviour.
Exeter, England
Joined September 2012
Very pleased to see our paper taking a comparative approach to understand the evolution of menopause in toothed whales published today in @Nature . Couple of slides below talking through the key results but all the details here: https://t.co/L6Ri8DUWNE
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Thrilled to have the first project in my @snsf_ch Ambizione fellowship published in @PNASNews this week. With @VictoireMartig2, @Samellisq and @SavingGorillas, we asked, what is a good social environment for a gorilla? And the answer was complicated...
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Evidence across a broad range of disciplines has demonstrated how individuals’ social environments can impact their health, lifespan, reproduction,...
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Project supervised by me with @animalsocieties and @ljnbrent based in @CrabExeter Get in touch if you have any questions The project is funded by @SWBio_DTP . More details here: https://t.co/hjOl6AqM6T
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Funded PhD Available at the University of Exeter. Loneliness is a global epidemic. We want to use field experiments in wild rabbits to understand why our social connections change with age. Deadline: 11th Dec More info & how to apply here: https://t.co/P6E7oR11Ss
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Our Special Issue on Understanding Age & Society using animal populations is now published 🎉 Intro: https://t.co/w7EOwuZfca Full ToC: https://t.co/WahxfVSWft A big thank you to all the brilliant scientists who have contributed such cool research to this! 🙏Please share
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Ageing affects almost all aspects of life and therefore is an important process across societies, human and non-human animal alike. This article introduces new research exploring the complex interp...
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Last day to apply. Deadline TOMORROW!!
Post Doc available We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here: https://t.co/uOBiiqKpyc
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Less than 1 week left to apply for this new postdoc in @CrabExeter: Generate lifespan data across species, and use these shiny new data to ask what drives one species to live longer than others🧐😎🐒. Info on how to apply below.
Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-history evolution, as part of a new NIH grant on the social modifiers of lifespan. Apply by Oct 29 here: https://t.co/NZRu8zNY0z
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Postdoc position available! Come to @CrabExeter to work with @Samellisq , me, @kchiou & @SMack_Lab on comparative life-history evolution, as part of a new NIH grant on the social modifiers of lifespan. Apply by Oct 29 here: https://t.co/NZRu8zNY0z
Post Doc available We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here: https://t.co/uOBiiqKpyc
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Excellent cetaceans of the Azores in the Guardian today. But I do feel the need to point out that this male is not "escorting" the group from "300m behind". Females lead the group. And males are reliant on their female group mates to survive. The escorting is the other way round
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Come and join our vibrant research community @CrabExeter . Get in touch s.ellis@exeter.ac.uk if you have any questions, queries or inquiries. Application deadline 29th October to start in ~Jan 2025
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Post Doc available We are looking for someone to come and work here at @UniofExeter on an NIH funded project awarded to me, @ljnbrent , @SMack_Lab and @kchiou . The aim of the post is to help us investigate comparative primate life history. Details here: https://t.co/uOBiiqKpyc
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I’m seeing a lot of anger and disappointment in badger circles today that the badger cull is ending, but not ending fast enough. Apologies for the long thread 🧵, but tet me explain why I think the news is the best it could be 1/25
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Some friends found this on a fence in rural Devon, UK and I am at somewhat of a loss. So I am applying to the collective wisdom of those left on Twitter...
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My first PhD chapter is out as a preprint! Together with @danielj_redhead, @rlmcelreath, and @PrimBehavEcol, we propose a general analytical framework to study the causes of animal social network structure, using Bayesian & Causal modelling. https://t.co/5O5VAdb3XL
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A major goal of behavioural ecology is to explain how phenotypic and ecological factors shape the social relationships that animals form with one another. This inferential task is notoriously...
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Four years on, the paper which prompted this thread was retracted but the ludicrous dataset the thread describes is still thriving in the academic literature (and beyond). Read our article and 🧵 below for examples
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Richard Lynn's work has been repeatedly condemned for using flawed methodology and deceptively collated data to support racism. It's past time to retract the studies.
Do 'national IQ' datasets present accurate and unbiased data on average IQs in nation-states worldwide? A thread 👇 (Spoiler alert: NO) 1/n
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*Very* excited to see the last study of my PhD making the cover of @ScienceMagazine on the macaques of @CayoSantiagoPR. We show that ecological disturbances can alter selective pressures on social ties leading to persistent societal changes. https://t.co/Zt4EJY5XWw 🧵👇
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Who wouldn't want to work with this friendly bunch?! @ljnbrent @laleaver1 @pauledwardrose @DarrenPCroft @pec_exeter @Samellisq @NatalieHempel
Brilliant session yesterday. If you couldn't make it feel free to get in touch with me. https://t.co/VHn3kPfr9K. Just look at the projects run by just one of our 11 supervisors!
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New paper🎺 Working with @BASCnews science team, we find that the total harvest of #woodcock, the number of people shooting them, and the proportion shot before the recommended date of Dec 1 have all⬇️in recent years OA paper & data https://t.co/avbEmc3mUQ (short 🧵)
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Job Alert 📢 3yr @LeverhulmeTrust funded postdoc on the Evolution of Animal Play 🐬🐒🐘 inc. fieldwork with the Shark Bay dolphins. Field experience with wild animals + quantitative skills essential. Come join our collaborative team! Pls share widely 🙏 https://t.co/mTfYUNBm3k
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⚡️Postdoc in sensory ecology!⚡️ 3 year position at @OxfordBiology on colouration in fish schools! If antipredator colour, collective behaviour, fieldwork in nice places, and fun experiments with predatory fish is your thing, get in touch! Pls RT 🐟🐟🐠🐠💥 https://t.co/lLYRqpLjic
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Menopause not only occurs in humans, but also several species of whales. And it’s a mystery why it exists! Charli Grimes’ research in killer whales indicates that postreproductive females reduce injury in their male offspring (but not their grand-offspring) #ASABSpring2024
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