Humans and dogs have been birds of a feather for millennia. But how can such distant species understand each other? A recent study published in PLOS Biology by researchers from the University of Genev...

From September 9th to 12th in Geneva, the yearly "Science of Aphasia" conference gathered over a hundred researchers to talk about aphasia, with a special focus on language evolution.

This weekend, the researchers of the NCCR Evolving Language presented their research involving the apes of the Basel Zoo to the visitors of the "Basel Zoo Nacht"!

The NCCR Evolving Language is a national research consortium studying the evolution of language with a transdisciplinary approach. In June 2024, the project started its second phase. Discover all about it with NCCR director Balthasar Bickel in this video. Chapters: 00:00-00:55 What is the NCCR Evolving Language? 0:55-1:31 What did the NCCR achieve in the last 4 years? 1:31-2:10 What are the novelties for this 2nd phase? 2:10-2:23 Credits Where to find us : https://evolvinglanguage.ch/ https://www.instagram.com/nccr_language/ https://x.com/NCCR_Language Subscribe to our newsletter: https://evolvinglanguage.ch/nccr-newsletter/ Credits: Produced by the NCCR Evolving Language Directed and edited by Célia Lazzarotto and Iloné Adoboli Special thanks to the participating institutions and persons, especially Balthasar Bickel, the University of Geneva, the University of Zurich, the University of Neuchatel, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Basel Zoo, the LiRI facility at UZH, and the HNP facility at Campus Biotech. Thumbnail made with illustration by Sarah Saneii on Midjourney v.6. Music credits: https://www.bensound.com License code: HGRRFLOAMH7BONLE

Is there a reason behind the structure of the words we use? Linguist Chundra Cathcart from the University of Zurich and the NCCR Evolving Language investigated a new hypothesis that could explain the ...