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).
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New PhD and post-doc job openings!
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 AM
New PhD and post-doc job openings!
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
Join me and Prof. Nina Kazanina @ Uni Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in an exciting project on relations and binding in language and vision, explored with cutting-edge neurophysiology (#iEEG and MEG).
Full details in the job offer below.
📰 The scientific expertise of local field assistants is immensely valuable in animal behaviour research, surpassing visiting international researchers, but it is often under-recognized. Researcher @adriansoldati.bsky.social explores this topic in a new article.
evolvinglanguage.ch/acknowledgin...
evolvinglanguage.ch/acknowledgin...
Acknowledging the skills of local experts - NCCR Evolving Language
Scientific expertise of local specialists is critical in animal behaviour research, but often under-recognized and under-appreciated. Based on research conducted at the Budongo Conservation Field Stat...
evolvinglanguage.ch
January 21, 2026 at 10:31 AM
📰 The scientific expertise of local field assistants is immensely valuable in animal behaviour research, surpassing visiting international researchers, but it is often under-recognized. Researcher @adriansoldati.bsky.social explores this topic in a new article.
evolvinglanguage.ch/acknowledgin...
evolvinglanguage.ch/acknowledgin...
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New paper out👂📢🐒! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants at BCFS (Uganda) in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
New paper out👂📢🐒! We highlight the remarkable expertise of local field assistants at BCFS (Uganda) in interpreting chimpanzee pant-hoot calls—identifying who is calling, their age, sex, and context—revealing scientific knowledge built through years of experience. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
📣 We are looking for a Machine Learning Expert! #jobad
Join the NCCR's team of data scientists, affiliated with the University of Zurich's Technology Platform LiRI. Help us advance our understanding of language using machine learning solutions 🖥️💬
👉 Apply here: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
Join the NCCR's team of data scientists, affiliated with the University of Zurich's Technology Platform LiRI. Help us advance our understanding of language using machine learning solutions 🖥️💬
👉 Apply here: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
UZH: Machine Learning Expert (all genders)
We seek to hire an expert in machine learning at the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language and its 46 different research groups from a large variety of disciplines across ...
jobs.uzh.ch
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
📣 We are looking for a Machine Learning Expert! #jobad
Join the NCCR's team of data scientists, affiliated with the University of Zurich's Technology Platform LiRI. Help us advance our understanding of language using machine learning solutions 🖥️💬
👉 Apply here: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
Join the NCCR's team of data scientists, affiliated with the University of Zurich's Technology Platform LiRI. Help us advance our understanding of language using machine learning solutions 🖥️💬
👉 Apply here: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
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Full room for the first day of #ABIM2026! A big shout-out to our sponsors @snsf.ch UNIGE @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @ant-neuro.com Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School (LNDS) @cibm.bsky.social Nordic NeuroLab @nirx-nirs.bsky.social ALLHERE @fcbg-neuro.bsky.social Commune de Champéry 🙏🏼
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Full room for the first day of #ABIM2026! A big shout-out to our sponsors @snsf.ch UNIGE @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @ant-neuro.com Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School (LNDS) @cibm.bsky.social Nordic NeuroLab @nirx-nirs.bsky.social ALLHERE @fcbg-neuro.bsky.social Commune de Champéry 🙏🏼
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in computational linguistics at UNIGE / @nccrlanguage.bsky.social The application deadline is around the corner (Jan 15)- don't miss it! linguistlist.org/issues/36/37...
LINGUIST List 36.3752 Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in computational linguistics at UNIGE / @nccrlanguage.bsky.social The application deadline is around the corner (Jan 15)- don't miss it! linguistlist.org/issues/36/37...
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‼️ Nous recherchons toujours des personnes bilingues français-allemand pour une importante étude sur le multilinguisme ! N'hésitez pas à partager et à participer si vous le pouvez ! Merci ! @nocelab.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
‼️ Nous recherchons toujours des personnes bilingues français-allemand pour une importante étude sur le multilinguisme ! N'hésitez pas à partager et à participer si vous le pouvez ! Merci ! @nocelab.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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Great calendar with photos from many different aspects of research on language and its evolution!
The February photo is from our EEG 🧠 study on processing the Äiwoo language (Solomon Islands). We found an interesting pull btw language experience & universal heuristics: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13340
The February photo is from our EEG 🧠 study on processing the Äiwoo language (Solomon Islands). We found an interesting pull btw language experience & universal heuristics: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13340
🎊 If you haven't found your calendar for 2026 yet, the NCCR is here to help! Made with amazing pictures from some of our collaborators, you can download and print at home the NCCR Evolving Language 2026 Calendar, available here: evolvinglanguage.ch/wp-content/u...
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
evolvinglanguage.ch
January 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Great calendar with photos from many different aspects of research on language and its evolution!
The February photo is from our EEG 🧠 study on processing the Äiwoo language (Solomon Islands). We found an interesting pull btw language experience & universal heuristics: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13340
The February photo is from our EEG 🧠 study on processing the Äiwoo language (Solomon Islands). We found an interesting pull btw language experience & universal heuristics: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13340
🎊 If you haven't found your calendar for 2026 yet, the NCCR is here to help! Made with amazing pictures from some of our collaborators, you can download and print at home the NCCR Evolving Language 2026 Calendar, available here: evolvinglanguage.ch/wp-content/u...
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
evolvinglanguage.ch
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
🎊 If you haven't found your calendar for 2026 yet, the NCCR is here to help! Made with amazing pictures from some of our collaborators, you can download and print at home the NCCR Evolving Language 2026 Calendar, available here: evolvinglanguage.ch/wp-content/u...
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!
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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.
@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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
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...
evolvinglanguage.ch
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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.
@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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
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...
evolvinglanguage.ch
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
evolvinglanguage.ch/studying-the...
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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 ?
🍼 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
🐕 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 ?
🍼 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 ?
👉 Pour aller plus loin, découvrez également l’interview d’Anne-Lise Giraud dans l’émission La Conversation Scientifique sur France Culture : www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Ferons-nous un jour parler les chiens ?
On sait que les chiens n’ont cessé d’évoluer à notre contact, que la domestication les a dotés de capacités que n’avait pas leur ancêtre commun, le fameux loup gris. Mais qu’échangeons-nous vraiment a...
www.radiofrance.fr
December 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
👉 Pour aller plus loin, découvrez également l’interview d’Anne-Lise Giraud dans l’émission La Conversation Scientifique sur France Culture : www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
📖 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 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
📖 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 pense-t-ils humain ?" est disponible ici : www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/parlon...
🇬🇧 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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/linking-gene...
evolvinglanguage.ch/linking-gene...
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 ...
evolvinglanguage.ch
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 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.
evolvinglanguage.ch/linking-gene...
evolvinglanguage.ch/linking-gene...
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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
🧠 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
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
🧠 Using #fMRI, @leoceravolo.bsky.social, @thibaudgruber.bsky.social, & colleagues played vocalizations from humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, & macaques to 23 participants. ⬇️
🧪 🧬 #neuroskyence #evobio
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).
evolvinglanguage.ch/uni3-seniors...
Visits were led by Coralie Debracque (NCCR) and Olivier Reynaud (FCBG).
evolvinglanguage.ch/uni3-seniors...
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.
evolvinglanguage.ch
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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).
evolvinglanguage.ch/uni3-seniors...
Visits were led by Coralie Debracque (NCCR) and Olivier Reynaud (FCBG).
evolvinglanguage.ch/uni3-seniors...
"The Mind Body Problem", une exposition immersive à découvrir jusqu'au 14 décembre à la salle d’exposition de l’Université de Genève, Bd Carl-Vogt 66, 1205 Genève
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The Mind Body Problem", une exposition immersive à découvrir jusqu'au 14 décembre à la salle d’exposition de l’Université de Genève, Bd Carl-Vogt 66, 1205 Genève
🎙️ 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
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...
www.rts.ch
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🎙️ 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
www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2025/audio/les-reves-des-oiseaux-29070431.html
🎙️ 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 !
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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,...
www.rts.ch
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 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 !
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
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🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨Who wants to work with Kalahari meerkats? A MSc project with @mathildemartin.bsky.social at the University of Zurich.
#bioacoustics 🧪
#bioacoustics 🧪
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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!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
With Chloé Berton, @vd0ubleu.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social, and @zuberbuehler.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
With Chloé Berton, @vd0ubleu.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social, and @zuberbuehler.bsky.social
📰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...
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. ...
evolvinglanguage.ch
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...