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Finds will provide material for genetic analyses at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Ancient DNA from Southern Italy showcases the origins and social structure of a Middle Bronze Age Community

The Director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig is being honoured for his contributions to archaeogenetics and for…

Arthur Kocher receives ERC Starting Grant to study ancient pathogen dynamics

Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities

An ancient Yersinia pestis genome recovered from sheep sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia for over…

Archaeogenetic study reveals this region’s population history in unprecedented detail, generating a DNA transect spanning nearly 5,000 years

The Max Planck Institute warmly congratulates Prof. Krause on this special recognition.

A new study has reconstructed two 4000-year-old genomes from the rare pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis

A new study reveals the significance of regional dispersals and local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea

Top-level research projects at Leipzig University and the University of Tübingen to receive millions in funding over the coming years

Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential maritime cultures in history

A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African humid period more than 7,000 years ago

Far-reaching genetic ties between the Mongolian steppe and Central Europe under Hun rule

Ancient genomes show integration of genetically different groups to the same early medieval Avar society in the Vienna Basin, Austria

Syphilis originated in the Americas prior to the arrival of Columbus, and European colonialism made it globally dominant

Genomes of seven early Europeans show they belonged to a small, isolated group that had recently mixed with Neandertals but left no present-day…

Genetic analysis challenges traditional narratives about Pompeii’s past and reveals Pompeians’ cosmopolitan ancestry

Alexander Herbig receives ERC Synergy Grant to study the complex influences of genetics, environment, society and climate on disease outcomes

Genetic study of the wider Caucasus region shows how movement of people and innovation transfer enabled pastoralists to exploit the steppe zones of…