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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇵 La semaine dernière s'est déroulé le 37ème colloque de la SFDP à Poitiers et nous étions présents pour parler terrain!

🇬🇧 Last week was the 37th conference of the SFDP in Poitiers and we were present to talk about the field!

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · 2d

🎥De nouvelles vidéos vous attendent sur notre chaîne YouTube!
Découvrez:
1️⃣ Des astuces pour une nouvelle destination
2️⃣ Du matériel solide pour le terrain
3️⃣ Le matériel en forêt

Vous partez bientôt sur le terrain? Partagez vos vidéos et aidez la communauté!

youtube.com/@ParlonsTerrain

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · 21d

(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... 🇫🇷🇬🇧

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Primatology.net @primatology.net · Jun 28

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

Why Humans Talk to Babies: The Evolutionary Puzzle of Infant-Directed Speech

Among all great apes, only Homo sapiens showers its infants with babbling, cooing, and high-pitched “baby talk.” A new study shows just how rare—and recent—this trait may be.

www.primatology.net

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 26

There is some evidence of "gesturese" in great apes. So it could just be absent in the vocal modality but very much present in others! Would be super interesting to look at it through a multimodal lense for sure!

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NCCR Evolving Language @nccrlanguage.bsky.social · Jun 26

📰 🐒 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...

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Dr. Franziska Wegdell @franziswegdell.bsky.social · Jun 26

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....

The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes

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Sabine Stoll @sabinestoll.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 25

5/5 Finally, this study would not have been possible without @nccrlanguage.bsky.social

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 25

4/n But all great apes hear quite a large amount of surrounding vocalisations as well (except for the semi-solitary orangutans).
We suggest early hominins probably relied on surrounding communication while infant-directed vocal communication became more prominent with human language!

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 25

3/n After all that time in the forest, we compared the amount of immature-directed vocalisations across all great apes including humans!
While there is some instances of immature-directed vocalisations in non-human great apes, the difference between infant directed speech is huge!

an advertisement for netflix shows a man in a dark room and says big difference

ALT: an advertisement for netflix shows a man in a dark room and says big difference

media.tenor.com

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 25

2/n Infant or child-directed speech is very much present across multiple human cultures. But what about in great apes? We sampled vocalisations from wild populations of bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Jun 25

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/...

The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes

Human infants receive more directed communication than other great ape infants, indicating that it evolved alongside language.

www.science.org

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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · Jun 25

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 🧪

The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes

Human infants receive more directed communication than other great ape infants, indicating that it evolved alongside language.

www.science.org

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Jun 25

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

Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.

nyti.ms

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Pint of Science Switzerland 🇨🇭 @pintofscience.ch · May 13

🌍 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

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · Mar 7

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!

a bald man in a blue suit is pointing at the words come join us .

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · Dec 16

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/…

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Comparative Cognition Neuchâtel @cogcompneuch.bsky.social · Dec 9

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!

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · Dec 4

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!

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Taï Chimpanzee Project @taichimpproject.bsky.social · Nov 21

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.…

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Nov 21

First time going to the Montier festival 📷and it's snowing ❄️

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Parlons Terrain @parlonsterrain.bsky.social · Nov 18

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/…

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Mar 16

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

Leopard chilling on a branch in the middle of a tree in Queen Elizabeth National Park

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Caroline Fryns @carolinefryns.bsky.social · Mar 2

Ah that would be wicked! I think I have a few more bird pics coming soon actually! Thanks!

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