Almost forgot for a second I had bluesky!

Don't miss our Fieldwork preparation workshop tomorrow 8th of July from 🕓 4 p.m to 6 p.m! How to join you ask? Easy here's the link: meet.google.com/tha-xcuy-yqo

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🇨🇵 La semaine dernière s'est déroulé le 37ème colloque de la SFDP à Poitiers et nous étions présents pour parler terrain! 🇬🇧 Last week was the 37th conference of the SFDP in Poitiers and we were present to talk about the field!

🎥De nouvelles vidéos vous attendent sur notre chaîne YouTube! Découvrez: 1️⃣ Des astuces pour une nouvelle destination 2️⃣ Du matériel solide pour le terrain 3️⃣ Le matériel en forêt Vous partez bientôt sur le terrain? Partagez vos vidéos et aidez la communauté! youtube.com/@ParlonsTerrain

(FR)👉 Notre groupe évolue! Nous avons maintenant un site officiel… et un superbe logo 🎉✨ Retrouvez toutes les infos sur notre mission, notre équipe, nos objectifs, nos interventions, nos ressources en ligne et les ateliers que nous proposons sur parlonsterrain.wixsite.com/parlons-terr... 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Why do humans "baby talk"? A new study shows we're the only great ape that does so regularly—and it may have shaped the evolution of language. #PrimateCommunication #HumanEvolution #BabyTalk #Anthropology #Linguistics #CognitiveScience @carolinefryns.bsky.social @franziswegdell.bsky.social

Why Humans Talk to Babies: The Evolutionary Puzzle of Infant-Directed Speech

Among all great apes, only Homo sapiens showers its infants with babbling, cooing, and high-pitched “baby talk.” A new study shows just how rare—and recent—this trait may be.

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📰 🐒 These exciting new results from our consortium are also featured in an article from The New York Times, by Carl Zimmer. 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...

NCCR Evolving Language@nccrlanguage.bsky.social · last yr.

📰 Humans from different cultures talk to their children using “child-directed speech”, or “baby talk”. But according to new research, this characteristic is however far from prevalent in our closest relatives, the non-human great apes... evolvinglanguage.ch/baby-talk-a-...

We studied the evolution of infant-directed communication by comparing vocal input rates across great apes! A collaborative study led by @carolinefryns.bsky.social, Johanna Schick and me; www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

New paper by our @nccrlanguage.bsky.social team w @franziswegdell.bsky.social, @carolinefryns.bsky.social , J Schick , @zuberbuehler.bsky.social, C v Schaik, S Townsend, and myself. Child-directed communication is a driver of language evolution. shorturl.at/eAfjW

1/n Hot off the press! The first empirical chapter of my PhD and the fruit of a hugely collaborative project led with Franziska Wegdell and Johanna Schick is out! We explore if immature-directed vocalisations are present and in what quantity in wild great apes. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes

Human infants receive more directed communication than other great ape infants, indicating that it evolved alongside language.

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New work by @nccrlanguage.bsky.social members @franziswegdell.bsky.social @carolinefryns.bsky.social J. Schick @sabinestoll.bsky.social @zuberbuehler.bsky.social S. Townsend: The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing input across all great apes, revealing an important shift in us 🧪

The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes

Human infants receive more directed communication than other great ape infants, indicating that it evolved alongside language.

science.org

One thing that makes humans remarkable is baby talk. And that might be one reason why we have language. Here's my story [Gift link] nyti.ms/4k5duXd

Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.

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🌍 Pint of Science Switzerland 2025 is here! 🗓 Monday, May 19 – 19h 🇬🇧 📍 Moonshinners - Rue des Fausses-Brayes 1, Neuchâtel 🐺 Wolves, 🐒 primates, 🌱 plants & 🌍 conservation: Co-existing Program: pintofscience.ch/event/co-exi... @pintsworld.bsky.social #PintCH #Pint25 @nccrlanguage.bsky.social

1/2 Parlons Terrain (*Let's Talk Fieldwork) is expanding! Our group started for French speakers, but now we are welcoming EVERYONE no matter the language you speak! You have done or will do #fieldwork? You want to connect with others to talk about your experience? Join us!

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1/2 Notre workshop "Preparation au terrain" c'est ce jeudi a 18h CET. Si vous partez bientot sur le terrain & avez des questions, c'est The place to be! Decouvrez le panel des intervenant.e.s qu'on a reunit pour repondre a vos questions! Lien du meeting: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Since we just arrived on this platform and quite a few members have joined our lab. We decided to present our team throughout the week!

Vous avez de l'expérience sur le terrain? Pourquoi ne pas nous rejoindre, le 19 décembre, pour partager votre expérience avec ceux qui planifient de partir pour la première fois sur le terrain? Contactez-nous avant la fin de la semaine pour faire partie de notre panel d'intervenants!

New paper alert 📢 Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…

First time going to the Montier festival 📷and it's snowing ❄️

A vos agenda! Notre prochain atelier "Préparation au Terrain" aura lieu Jeudi 19 Décembre à 18h CET. Vous souhaitez partager votre expérience? Contactez-nous! Vous partez bientôt sur le terrai. Et avez 10 000 questions? Rejoignez nous le 19! Lien: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Working on my pictures through the weekend! I had to share this one of a #leopard chilling out and not giving a bother that we were there! #wildlifephotography #canon

Its picture time again! Here is a saddle bill stork caught enjoying a rainy day in Uganda!

I finally took some time to go through (some of) my pictures! I'm hoping posting a lot more of these in the coming weeks and /or months! So here is a mushroom growing out of a fallen log in the Budongo forest! (Canon R6MKii)

My first post, and how fitting it be at the end of my fieldwork phase of my PhD! I'm still trying to grasp how blue sky functions but happy to be here!