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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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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Children from six cultures reliably help their peers – but in different ways

Comparative Cultural Psychology

New study shows that helping others is a universal part of childhood, shaped by local upbringing

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Seasonal scarcity and the challenge of preserving natural resources

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

New study shows how predictable income shortfalls can put shared forests under pressure

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