Yannick Becker (@ybecker.bsky.social)

🚨 Language connection FOUND in chimpanzees? 🧠🗣️ For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains. New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒 📖 Read the full story: rdcu.be/el857 1/n 🧵👇

Are humans the only species that communicates when a collaborator is missing information? @TownrowLuke and I show that our closest relatives, bonobos, can track when a partner is knowledgeable or ignorant, and tailor communication accordingly @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

2 scholarships for international applicants only! With @MindaBrain we jointly offer 2 four-year doctoral scholarships. These doctoral positions will be funded by the DAAD. More Infos here: mind-and-brain.de/doctoral-progr…

Fantastic postdoc opportunity: the Mensch und Tier Stiftung is looking for two candidates for two-year postdoc fellowships of great ape behavior, conservation, or habitat protection! 🥁🎺🤓

Call for projects - Postdoctoral Study Grants 2025