(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

📰 🐒 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...

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/...

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 🧪

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

🌍 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!

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!