Simon W. Townsend
@SimonWTownsend
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Assoc. Prof. (Evo Anth) @uzh_en; Interested in animal communication. Main question that bothers me: How did language evolve?
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Very happy to share our new paper investigating compositionality in the vocal system of wild bonobos in @ScienceMagazine led by @BerthetMelissa w/@kokolopori!.@snsf_ch @UZH_Science @NCCR_Language.
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Delighted to see our new paper out in @ScienceAdvances investigating the evolution of infant directed communication, led by Franziska Wegdell, Johanna Schick and Caroline Fryns @UZH_Science @cog_comp_Neuch.
New research suggests infant-directed communication expanded in humans and likely emerged after diverging from our great ape common ancestor approximately 6 to 8 million years ago. Learn more in this weekās issue of Science Advances:
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RT @YannickBecker7: šØ Language connection FOUND in chimpanzees? š§ š£ļø. For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre coā¦.
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RT @NakedPrimate: TLDR: new paper headed up by @EleuteriVesta .& with an awesome team, incl @AndreaRavignani , showing chimps have rhythm iā¦.
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RT @ISLE_uzh: š£ PhD position in Statistical Modelling of Language Evolution at our institute, to work with Prof Balthasar Bickel on modelliā¦.
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RT @Limor_Raviv: Interested in the evolution of human language and in understanding the pressures that shape languages today? Come do a PhDā¦.
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RT @AdrianSoldati: Our new paper is out!šš.Studying two wild chimpanzee populations, we found they flexibly adjust pant hoot acoustics to cā¦.
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How did vocal communication come to dominate human language? In our new @PLOSBiology paper @NeuroSLAMlab and I suggest the uterine environment might represent a small but significant piece of the language evolution puzzle! @NCCR_Language @UZH_Science .
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RT @cerrito_paola: Fully funded PhD position on Hominin Life History Evolution available in my new lab @UZH_en .Please retweet!.Link: httpsā¦.
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Wild bonobosāour closest living relativesācommunicate using vocal calls organized in compositionally complex semanticā¦.
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RT @phschlenker_ac: Exciting new methods and results by MĆ©lissa Berthet, Martin Surbeck and Simon Townsend:.
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RT @UZH_ch: Bonobos, unsere nƤchsten lebenden Verwandten, bilden komplexe Lautfolgen, die menschlichen Wortkombinationen Ƥhneln: https://t.ā¦.
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RT @NBCNews: The peeps, hoots and grunts of wild bonobos, a species of great ape living in the African rainforest, can convey complex thougā¦.
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RT @ChrisKrupenye: We have lost a legend. Yesterday morning, I received the devastating news that Kanzi, the worldās most famous bonobo, diā¦.
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New paper @RSocPublishing investigating the representations underlying bonobo food and alarm calls w/Nicole Lahiff @zannaclay Amanda Epping, Jared Taglialatela and Katie Slocombe. @snsf_ch @UZH_Science @NCCR_Language .
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RT @maxplanckpress: ā¼ļøSave the dateā¼ļøThe new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applā¦.
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RT @RSocPublishing: The #BiologyLetters Early Career Researcher Competition is back for 2025! You must be an #ECR to opt-in and submit yourā¦.
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RT @TheNudeApe: Happy #WorldBonoboDay! šµ. Bonobos are our closest relatives (along with chimpanzees), yet there are only an estimated 10,00ā¦.
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RT @RossanoFederico: New article on how dogs are using their soundboards at home is finally out! Using a large dataset (250K) of button preā¦.
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