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NCCR Evolving Language
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Exploring the past, present, and future of language
💬|🐵|🧠|📱 Based at the University of Geneva, the University of Zurich and the University of Neuchatel.
Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
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I'm very grateful to have been awarded grant funding from the European Research Council @erc.europa.eu . I like that this grant scheme allows for untried methods.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@johnbasil.bsky.social has received an ERC grant for the project “Conceptual Diversity and the Evolution of Abstract Thought”, to develop a method for reconstructing the evolution of abstract concepts, especially spirituality, ethics, and social relations.

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Studying the Evolution of Abstract Thought - NCCR Evolving Language
In the new ERC-funded project, “Conceptual Diversity and the Evolution of Abstract Thought” (CONCEVO), Mansfield will lead a team of researchers to develop a method for reconstructing the evolution of...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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🐕 Anne-Lise Giraud : parlons chiens

🍼 Natalité en berne : la France doit-elle refaire des bébés à tout prix ?

🚙 Dès ses débuts, la voiture électrique avait son avenir plombé

🐙 Un poulpe qui joue du piano ?
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📖 Les chiens peuvent-ils nous comprendre ? Pourquoi leur parlons-nous sur un ton "stupide" ? Dans son nouveau livre Ann-Lise Giraud décrypte la communication entre les humains et les chiens.

"Parlons-nous chien, ou pense-t-ils humain ?" est disponible ici : www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/parlon...
Parlons-nous chien ou pensent-ils humain ?-Anne-Lise GIRAUD-Editions Hermann
Il ne leur manque que la parole, entend-on souvent dire à propos des chiens. En effet, pourquoi après 35 000 ans de cohabitation, d’amitié, de services rendus, ne nous parle...
www.editions-hermann.fr
December 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🇬🇧 Starting this year, Sandra Oliveira has taken on a position as Assistant Professor in Genetic and Linguistic Evolution at the University of Zurich. Her expertise brings a new light to the research of the NCCR Evolving Language.

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Linking Genetics and Language Evolution with Prof. Sandra Oliveira - NCCR Evolving Language
Starting this year, Sandra Oliveira has taken on a position as Assistant Professor in Genetic and Linguistic Evolution at the University of Zurich. Her expertise brings a new light to the research of ...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The human brain doesn’t just recognize human voices—it also recognizes those of #chimpanzees.

🧠 Using #fMRI, @leoceravolo.bsky.social, @thibaudgruber.bsky.social, & colleagues played vocalizations from humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, & macaques to 23 participants. ⬇️

🧪 🧬 #neuroskyence #evobio
a close up of a chimpanzee 's face with a national geographic logo in the corner
ALT: a close up of a chimpanzee 's face with a national geographic logo in the corner
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December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
During the Fall Semester 2025, seniors from Uni3 (University of Geneva) had the unique opportunity to visit the Human Neuroscience Platform at Campus Biotech, on three separate occasions.

Visits were led by Coralie Debracque (NCCR) and Olivier Reynaud (FCBG).

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Uni3 Seniors Explore the Human Neuroscience Platform at Campus Biotech - NCCR Evolving Language
During the Fall Semester 2025, seniors from Uni3 (University of Geneva) had the unique opportunity to visit the Human Neuroscience Platform at Campus Biotech, on three separate occasions.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🎙️ Une expérience art-science inédite: isoler et reproduire les sons des chants dont rêvent les oiseaux. Découvrez en plus sur ce projet et l'exposition de Robin Meier Wiratunga, en collaboration avec le PRN Evolving Language.

www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2025/audio/les-reves-des-oiseaux-29070431.html
Les rêves des oiseaux | RTS
Des chercheurs et un artiste sonore ont mené une expérience inédite: isoler et reproduire les sons des chants dont rêvent les oiseaux. Le fruit de cette collaboration, une exposition immersive à l'Uni...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🎙️ Comment le bisou, avec ses fonctions sociales, reproductives et de transmission dʹinformations, est-il apparu chez les grands singes ? Dans l'émission CQFD (RTS), le chercheur Thibaud Gruber @thibaudgruber.bsky.social en dit plus !

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Comment le bisou est né chez les grands singes | RTS
Bien avant Homo sapiens, nos ancêtres primates échangeaient déjà des baisers. Une étude parue dans Evolution and Human Behaviour montre que ce geste, à la fois intime et vecteur potentiel de maladies,...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
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November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📰Researchers from the UNINE compared the preference of humans and chimpanzees for individuals acting prosocial. The results uncover similarities that add to our knowledge on the origins of the extraordinary human collaborative and communicative abilities.

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A shared preference in humans and chimpanzees - NCCR Evolving Language
A new study from researchers at the University of Neuchâtel, published in The Royal Society Open Science, compared the preference for prosocial behaviour, e.g. cooperation, in humans and chimpanzees. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🚨 New paper out!
Using a touchscreen task, we explored how humans and chimpanzees perceive social interactions by comparing their responses to prosocial, neutral, and antisocial interactions.

Check out more on 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
The perception of prosocial agents by chimpanzees and humans | Royal Society Open Science
The human propensity for prosocial behaviour has no equal, not even in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. However, it remains unclear whether this difference is grounded in the sheer perce...
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Last days for early registration to #ABIM 2026 !
Get ready for the biggest #ABIM yet! 🥳 We're celebrating our 20th anniversary with a special edition you won't want to miss.
🗓️ Registration & abstract submission: www.unige.ch/ABIM/partici...
💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Get ready for the biggest #ABIM yet! 🥳 We're celebrating our 20th anniversary with a special edition you won't want to miss.
🗓️ Registration & abstract submission: www.unige.ch/ABIM/partici...
💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
📍The "Mind-Body Problem" exhibition, by Robin Meier Wiratunga, in collaboration with the NCCR Evolving Language, opened its doors. The science-art installations can be discovered until December 14th at the Salle d'Exposition de l'UNIGE (Bd Carl-Vogt 66, Geneva)!

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Kicking-off the "Mind-Body Problem" exhibition with Robin Meier Wiratunga - NCCR Evolving Language
On October 28th, the exhibition "The Mind-Body Problem" opened its doors to the public. It is the fruit of a collaboration between the NCCR Evolving Language and artist Robin Meier Wiratunga.This work...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
📢 The Department of Language and Information Sciences of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) is looking for a first assistant in computational humanities. More information in the link below!

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Opportunités de carrière : Premier·ère assistant·e en humanités computationnelles (22518)
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October 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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🚨 On cherche encore des participant·e·s bilingues français–allemand ! Votre aide est précieuse pour faire avancer la recherche 🧠
⏱️ 90 min
💸 15 CHF / EUR équiv.
📍 100 % en ligne
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October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📰 The contributions of recently passed Dre. Jane Goodall transformed primatology and how we understand humans in the animal kingdom. In this article, members of the NCCR Evolving Language reflect on the impact Dre. Goodall has on their work and lives.

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Reflecting on the impact of Dr. Jane Goodall with the NCCR community - NCCR Evolving Language
On October 1st, 2025, Dr. Jane Goodall passed. Her contributions throughout her long life transformed the field of primatology and reshaped the way we understand humans within the animal kingdom. Here...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Mensch ärgere dich 🎲

Seit Jahrtausenden bringen Gesellschaftsspiele Menschen zusammen – ob beim Würfeln, Planen oder Verlieren. 💬

@moritzdaum.bsky.social erklärt im Interview mit der CoopZeitung, warum Spielen viel mehr ist als nur Zeitvertreib.
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
📰 Many of our researchers attended the 58th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) in August 2025 hosted at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne in Bordeaux, France, and contributed through workshops, talks and poster sessions.

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Our researchers at the Societas Linguistica Europaea Conference 2025 - NCCR Evolving Language
Many of our researchers attended the 58th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) from 26-29th of August 2025 hosted at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne in Bordeaux, France, and con...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📍In September, the NCCR Evolving Language welcomed representatives of the SNSF and a panel of international experts for its site visit. Researchers gave presentations and prepared interactive posters on the center's activities and future. Our warmest thanks to all participants!
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📰 NCCR members participated to the SNL 2025 conference and organized a follow-up virtual activity on the evolution of language. This was a great introduction to the next edition, which will be held in Geneva from September 30 to October 2, 2026.

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Tightening the relation between the NCCR Evolving Language and the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) - NCCR Evolving Language
Nina Kazanina, Valentina Borghesani, and Giulia Li Calzi represented the NCCR Evolving Language at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) 2025 conference. This was a great introduction to ...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💬“For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by the human capacity for learning” - This year, Lucie Attout joined the University of Geneva and the NCCR Evolving Language as an assistant professor in Psycholinguistics and Speech-Therapy.

👉 More in this interview:

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In search of the strategies behind memory with Prof. Lucie Attout - NCCR Evolving Language
Lucie Attout joined the Faculté de Psychologie et Sciences de l’Education (FAPSE) of the University of Geneva as an assistant professor in Psycholinguistics and Speech-Therapy and the NCCR Evolving La...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 Le Prof. Adrian Bangerter (UNINE) propose une conférence sur "Le pouvoir des récits, démocratiques et anti-démocratiques", le lundi 6 octobre (12h30-13h30) dans le cadre de la Semaine de la Démocratie.

📍 Salle MR060, UniMail, Université de Genève

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Le pouvoir des récits, démocratiques et anti-démocratiques - Semaine de la démocratie - NCCR Evolving Language
Offline Le pouvoir des récits, démocratiques et anti-démocratiques – Semaine de la démocratie 6 octobre 2025 @ 12.30h - 13.30h Semaine de la démocratie Adrian Bangerter Salle MR060, UniMail, Universit...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM