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Elisa DEMURU

Post-doctoral researcher

elisa.demuru@cnrs.fr

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I am an ethologist interested in the study of communication in primates. My expertise focuses particularly on the bonobo, human’s closest living relative along with the chimpanzee.
My postdoctoral project aims at exploring the effect of early social experience on the development of communicative abilities in bonobos by analyzing playful interactions. Moreover, I am studying how bonobos communicate in the foraging and aggressive contexts.
My studies stem from the collaboration between the Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage and the Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle of the University of Saint-Etienne within the Project ADYN-BONOBO of the LabEX ASLAN.

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LA SCIENCE TAILLE XX ELLES - Women & Science

I am very proud to be one of the women scientists taking part in the project "LA SCIENCE TAILLE XX ELLES" fostered by the association "Femmes & Sciences" which aims to encourage girls to undertake careers in Science.

If you want to know more, please visit:
www.femmesetsciences.fr/lascience-taillexxelles/lyon/

MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Demuru, E. & Giacoma, C. (eds), 2022, "Interacting primates: the biological roots of human communication", Taylor & Francis - Ethology, Ecology & Evolution

Palagi, E. & Demuru, E., 2017, "Pan paniscus or Pan ludens? Bonobos, playful attitude and social tolerance", in BONOBOS: Unique in Mind, Brain and Behavior, Hare, B. & Yamamoto, S. (eds), Oxford University Press

Caselli, M., Russo, E., Guéry, J.P., Demuru, E. & Norscia, I., 2023, "More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior", Animals, 13

Caselli, M., Malaman, B., Cordoni, G., Guéry, J.P., Kok, J., Demuru, E. & Norscia, I., 2023, "Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group", Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 261

Demuru, E., Clay, Z. & Norscia, I., 2022, "What makes us apes? The emotional building blocks of intersubjectivity in hominids", Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 34

Cordoni, G., Pirarba, L., Elies, S., Demuru, E., Guéry, J.P. & Norscia, I., 2022, "Adult–adult play in captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)", Primates, 1

Norscia, I., Caselli, M., De Meo, G., Cordoni, G., Guéry, J.P. & Demuru, E., 2022, "Yawn contagion in bonobos: Another group, another story", American Journal of Primatology, 84

Demuru, E. & Giacoma, C., 2022, "Interacting primates: the biological roots of human communication", Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 3

Demuru, E., Caselli, M., Guéry, J.P., Michelet, C., Alexieff, F. & Norscia, I., 2022, "Female bonobos show social swelling by synchronizing their maximum swelling and increasing bonding", Scientific Reports, 12

Cordoni, G., Gioia, M., Demuru, E. & Norscia, I., 2021, "The dark side of play: play fighting as a substitute for real fighting in domestic pigs, Sus scrofa.", Animal Behaviour , 175, pp. 21-31

Anzà, S., Demuru, E. & Palagi, E., 2021, "Sex and grooming as exchange commodities in female bonobos’ daily biological market", Scientific Reports, 11

Demuru, E., Pellegrino, F., Dediu, D. & Levréro, F., 2020, "Foraging postures are a potential communicative signal in female bonobos", Scientific Reports, 10:15431

Demuru, E., Ferrari, P. & Palagi, E., 2018, "Is birth attendance a uniquely human feature? New evidence suggests that Bonobo females protect and support the parturient", Evolution and Human Behavior, 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.05.003

Palagi, E., Leone, A., Demuru, E. & Ferrari, P., 2018, "High-ranking geladas protect and comfort others after conflicts", Scientific Reports, 8:15291

Baragli, P., Demuru, E., Scopa, C. & Palagi, E., 2017, "Are horses capable of mirror self-recognition? A pilot study.", PLoS ONE, 12:5, pp. e0176717

Norscia, I., Demuru, E. & Palagi, E., 2016, "Difference in contagious yawning between susceptible men and women: why not?", Royal Society Open Science, 3:9, pp. 1075 – 1102

Cordoni, G., Demuru, E., Ceccarelli, E. & Palagi, E., 2016, "Play, aggression and reconciliation in preschool children: What matters?", Behaviour, 153:9-11, pp. 1075-1102

Norscia, I., Demuru, E. & Palagi, E., 2016, "She more than he: gender bias supports the empathic nature of yawn contagion in Homo sapiens", Royal Society Open Science, 3:2, pp. 150459

Palagi, E., Cordoni, G., Demuru, E. & Bekoff, M., 2016, "Fair play and its connection with social tolerance, reciprocity and the ethology of peace", Behaviour, 153:9-11, pp. 1195 – 1216

Palagi, E., Stanyon, R. & Demuru, E., 2015, "Play to learn, teach by play", Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38

Demuru, E., Ferrari, P. & Palagi, E., 2015, "Emotionality and intentionality in bonobo playful communication", Animal Cognition, 18, pp. 333-344

Palagi, E., Norscia, I. & Demuru, E., 2014, "Yawn contagion in humans and bonobos: emotional affinity matters more than species", PeerJ, 2, pp. e519

Palagi, E., Dall'Olio, S., Demuru, E. & Stanyon, R., 2014, "Exploring the evolutionary foundations of empathy: consolation in monkeys", Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, pp. 341-349

Demuru, E. & Palagi, E., 2012, "In Bonobos Yawn Contagion Is Higher among Kin and Friends", PloS ONE, 7, pp. e49613