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Historically small population at high risk of extinction

Leipzig scientists analyse 21,000 cells from tissue samples

Mateja Hajdinjak starts a new Max Planck Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig

An ERC Consolidator Grant was awarded to Benjamin Vernot, leader of the Max Planck Research Group for Ancient Environmental Genomics at the Max Planck…

DNA research from human populations thought to be uncontactable or extinct helps probe the deep genetic structure of Africa

New method brings breakthrough in the precise introduction of mutations in human genomes

Genetic analysis of Indigenous Taiwanese peoples sheds light on Austronesian expansion

Scientists recover an ancient woman’s DNA from a 20,000-year-old pendant

Genomic evidence from ancient and modern human DNA indicates a complex history for human migrations

Ancient genomes of thirteen Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization

The director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig is honoured for his pioneering work in the field of palaeogenetics,…

Due to the change of a single amino acid, brain evolution has proceeded differently

Brain stem cells of modern humans make fewer mistakes in the distribution of their chromosomes to the daughter cells

To shed light on the archipelago’s settlement history, researchers sequenced and analyzed sixteen ancient genomes

A Covid-19 risk variant inherited from Neandertals reduces a person’s risk of contracting HIV by 27 percent

Eleven Max Planck projects receive starter grants from the European Research Councils (ERC); humanities and social sciences lead the internal ranking

Neanderthal variant of the protein glutathione reductase increases risk for inflammatory bowel disease and vascular disease

Ancient human and animal DNA can remain stably localized in sediments, preserved in microscopic fragments of bone and feces

Denisova Cave has yielded new Denisovan remains associated with archaeological artifacts in its lowermost layers dating to 200,000 years ago

Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova Cave