Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology brings together scientists from diverse backgrounds (natural sciences and humanities) with the aim of investigating the history of humankind from an interdisciplinary perspective using comparative analyses of genes, cultures, cognitive abilities, languages and social systems of past and present human populations, as well as those of primates closely related to humans.

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Did ancient tools create gender roles – or just reflect them?

Archaeogenetics

Alissa Mittnik receives an ERC Synergy Grant to uncover how everyday tasks like grinding grain or weaving…

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Chimpanzees learn when to use some of their calls - with parallels to how humans learn words

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Studying the chimpanzee 'raspberry' sound reveals its meaning is learned, not inherited

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Dependable infants and their protest behaviours predict fetal loss in wild mandrills

Primate Behavior and Evolution

New research suggests that miscarriage may help mothers to balance their investment in current and future…

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