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).
💬|🐵|🧠|📱 Based at the University of Geneva, the University of Zurich and the University of Neuchatel.
Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
📰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
📰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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/a-shared-pre...
evolvinglanguage.ch/a-shared-pre...
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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...
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
🚨 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...
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...
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.
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💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
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💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Last days for early registration to #ABIM 2026 !
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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
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💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
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💰Early bird fee ends November 9th!
#ABIM2026 #neuroimaging
📍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 "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)!
evolvinglanguage.ch/kicking-off-...
evolvinglanguage.ch/kicking-off-...
📢 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
📢 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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October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 On cherche encore des participant·e·s bilingues français–allemand ! Votre aide est précieuse pour faire avancer la recherche 🧠
⏱️ 90 min
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⏱️ 90 min
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📰 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
📰 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.
👉 evolvinglanguage.ch/reflecting-o...
👉 evolvinglanguage.ch/reflecting-o...
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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.
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
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.
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.
📰 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...
evolvinglanguage.ch
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📰 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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/our-research...
evolvinglanguage.ch/our-research...
📍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
📍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!
📰 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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👉 evolvinglanguage.ch/tightening-t...
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 ...
evolvinglanguage.ch
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 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.
👉 evolvinglanguage.ch/tightening-t...
👉 evolvinglanguage.ch/tightening-t...
💬“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:
evolvinglanguage.ch/in-search-of...
👉 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...
evolvinglanguage.ch
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
💬“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:
evolvinglanguage.ch/in-search-of...
👉 More in this interview:
evolvinglanguage.ch/in-search-of...
📢 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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📍 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
📢 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
evolvinglanguage.ch/fr/event/le-...
📍 Salle MR060, UniMail, Université de Genève
evolvinglanguage.ch/fr/event/le-...
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Join our upcoming webinars “Peer Review and its Diversification”!
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September 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join our upcoming webinars “Peer Review and its Diversification”!
📅 15-16 October 2025 on Zoom
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#PeerReview #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025 #metasci #academicsky
📅 15-16 October 2025 on Zoom
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Looking for a job in research and conservation? Check out the advert 👇 and apply within the next two-and-a-half weeks.
📢JOB alert📢
Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
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Application for the camp manager position at the @taichimpproject.bsky.social is open now. We seek a new camp manager starting on January 1, 2026, for 2+1 years (3rd year optional) working with and for wild chimpanzees in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.👇
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/I...
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Looking for a job in research and conservation? Check out the advert 👇 and apply within the next two-and-a-half weeks.
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@rujoanna.bsky.social, Stephanie Wermelinger, and I from @kweltentdeckende.bsky.social share our call for papers for the special issue of @Infant and Child Development on “Capturing the #Diversity in Early #Multilingualism”.
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Infant and Child Development Call for Papers Capturing the Diversity in Early Multilingualism
Infant and Child Development: prenatal, childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood is a premier developmental science journal for transparent and open research.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
@rujoanna.bsky.social, Stephanie Wermelinger, and I from @kweltentdeckende.bsky.social share our call for papers for the special issue of @Infant and Child Development on “Capturing the #Diversity in Early #Multilingualism”.
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Social functions of language may drive faster change and faster diversification in some features.
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Linguistic Diversification and Rates of Change: Insights From a Diverse Sample of Sociolinguistic Studies
Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community l....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Social functions of language may drive faster change and faster diversification in some features.
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to growing diversity in variationst sociolinguistics, I gathered studies of 63 languages from 28 families. Here I sketch some potential patterns
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Great few days in beautiful #neuchatel discussing and evaluating the world leading #language #research from @nccrlanguage.bsky.social - worth a follow 😊
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Great few days in beautiful #neuchatel discussing and evaluating the world leading #language #research from @nccrlanguage.bsky.social - worth a follow 😊
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📰 new paper! lnkd.in/dYdrvZAz, by @irenebalboni.bsky.social , Alessandra Rampinini, @olgakepinska.bsky.social, @berthele.bsky.social, @nargolestani.bsky.social, @nccrlanguage.bsky.social showing the importance of multimodal approaches for uncovering brain-behaviour relationships
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September 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📰 new paper! lnkd.in/dYdrvZAz, by @irenebalboni.bsky.social , Alessandra Rampinini, @olgakepinska.bsky.social, @berthele.bsky.social, @nargolestani.bsky.social, @nccrlanguage.bsky.social showing the importance of multimodal approaches for uncovering brain-behaviour relationships
📍 Morgen Abend spricht Pascale Hatt in der Biberburg (Hirschthal) über „Die Welt der Orcas“. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter dem Link.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📍 Morgen Abend spricht Pascale Hatt in der Biberburg (Hirschthal) über „Die Welt der Orcas“. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter dem Link.
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A very special paper where we did something NEW! 🔥combining a large genetic dataset 🧬, a large linguistic dataset 💬, and Bayesian multilevel logistic regressions 📈, counting the effects of areal contact (geographic constrains) 🌎. Genetic admixture explains higher levels of linguistic exchanges...
Our paper is out! We linked genetic and linguistic data to study how contact changes language and found consistent patterns of borrowing across contact situations
@balthasarbickel.bsky.social @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521
@balthasarbickel.bsky.social @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521
Patterns of genetic admixture reveal similar rates of borrowing across diverse scenarios of language contact
Human population contact leads to consistently similar rates of linguistic borrowing, but effects vary across linguistic features.
www.science.org
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A very special paper where we did something NEW! 🔥combining a large genetic dataset 🧬, a large linguistic dataset 💬, and Bayesian multilevel logistic regressions 📈, counting the effects of areal contact (geographic constrains) 🌎. Genetic admixture explains higher levels of linguistic exchanges...
📰When populations meet, they exchange genes, but also language features. According to a new study by NCCR researchers, contact between human populations increases the resemblance between their languages to similar extents all over the world, but differently.
evolvinglanguage.ch/capturing-la...
evolvinglanguage.ch/capturing-la...
Capturing language change through the genes - NCCR Evolving Language
When populations meet, they typically exchange genes. Their languages meet too, and such encounters can change languages. But how much do languages actually change through contact, and do these change...
evolvinglanguage.ch
August 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📰When populations meet, they exchange genes, but also language features. According to a new study by NCCR researchers, contact between human populations increases the resemblance between their languages to similar extents all over the world, but differently.
evolvinglanguage.ch/capturing-la...
evolvinglanguage.ch/capturing-la...
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New paper out in Science Advances!
We studied language & genetic evolution using the GeLaTo database—focusing on burrowing and schismogenesis.
Link: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Special thanks to @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @annagraff.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
We studied language & genetic evolution using the GeLaTo database—focusing on burrowing and schismogenesis.
Link: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Special thanks to @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @annagraff.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Patterns of genetic admixture reveal similar rates of borrowing across diverse scenarios of language contact
Human population contact leads to consistently similar rates of linguistic borrowing, but effects vary across linguistic features.
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New paper out in Science Advances!
We studied language & genetic evolution using the GeLaTo database—focusing on burrowing and schismogenesis.
Link: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Special thanks to @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @annagraff.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
We studied language & genetic evolution using the GeLaTo database—focusing on burrowing and schismogenesis.
Link: doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Special thanks to @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @annagraff.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Only 3 days left to register for the Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning X-PPL 2025! The event will take place on the 1st and 2nd of September in Zurich.
@isle-uzh.bsky.social
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@isle-uzh.bsky.social
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Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning 1st - 2nd September 2025 | X-PPL 2025
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August 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Only 3 days left to register for the Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning X-PPL 2025! The event will take place on the 1st and 2nd of September in Zurich.
@isle-uzh.bsky.social
www.isle.uzh.ch/en/events/x-...
@isle-uzh.bsky.social
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