Social play is key for development in many animals, yet how solitary species with single young acquire playmates has remained a quandary. We unlock this using long-term data from 31 Bornean orangutan mother-offspring pairs in our new publication in PNAS. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2621225123. 🧵

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New paper led by @lucahahn.bsky.social! Jackdaw partners coordinate & accept short-term costs to stay together. Relationships promote access to food & info. @uniexecec.bsky.social @shoalgroup.bsky.social @guillmcivor.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org @swbiodtp.bsky.social tinyurl.com/rrv483hb

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Our paper on how orangutan mothers plan and alter their space use at personal costs so their offspring may play with similarly aged offspring (independent of kinship and fruit productivity) has transitioned from preprint to peer reviewed publication doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Andy was also part of the move to online-only publishing for sustainability, and added requirements for mandatory data and code provision, in order to improve reproducibility. He also negotiated the new 7-year publishing contract that underpins the vast majority of ASAB funding for its members $$$

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Before becoming executive editor and council trustee, Andy was a consulting editor for the journal and an ordinary ASAB council member. As exec editor, he has been involved in making several significant changes: There are now paper prizes to support students, ECRs and low-middle income countries.

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