Silvan Spiess
@babblingbirds.bsky.social
PhD Student @UZH_ch in evolutionary biology, studying the variability of complex vocalisations in Chestnut-Crowned Babblers. Avian & non-avian dinosaur enthusiast.
Reposted by Silvan Spiess
This research sheds light on a fundamental aspect of what makes us human: our capacity for language and how it is passed from one generation to the next. A key part of this process is infant-directed communication - communication directed to children.
a man is cleaning a stroller with the words goochy goochy goo written on the bottom
ALT: a man is cleaning a stroller with the words goochy goochy goo written on the bottom
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June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This research sheds light on a fundamental aspect of what makes us human: our capacity for language and how it is passed from one generation to the next. A key part of this process is infant-directed communication - communication directed to children.
Reposted by Silvan Spiess
Aaand we even made the cover! With beautiful Gloria, who is grooming her infant, Gwen, two bonobos of the Kokoalongo community at the Kokolopori Fieldsite in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Aaand we even made the cover! With beautiful Gloria, who is grooming her infant, Gwen, two bonobos of the Kokoalongo community at the Kokolopori Fieldsite in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.