Bacho Kiro Cave provides key insights into the technological and behavioral evolution of pioneer Homo sapiens in Europe
Isotopic evidence reveals surprising dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups in Morocco
The arrival of Homo sapiens in cold northern latitudes took place several thousand years before Neanderthals disappeared in southwest Europe
Jean-Jacques Hublin and Heino Falcke are among the four winners of the prestigious prize
Using zinc isotopes, researchers investigated the diet of megalodon, the largest shark to have ever lived
Flexible adaptation to changing environmental conditions
New insights into the diet of our species' earliest member in the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia
New insights into the climatic backdrop for an early wave of dispersal of our species into Europe during the last glacial period
New puzzle piece for understanding future natural systems
Isotopic study of the soldiers of 1491
Isotope analyses performed on single amino acids in Neandertals’ collagen samples shed new light on their debated diet
DNA fragments from Neandertals in the human genome shed light on brain evolution A characteristic feature of modern humans is the unusually round…
New find indicates the appearance of a unique technological complex in North Africa around 90,000 years ago A single bone artefact found in a…
New chronological data for the Middle Pleistocene glacial cycles push back the first glaciation and early human appearance in central Germany by about…
As early as 64,000 years ago Iberian Neanderthals created cave paintings
At least 70,000 years ago Homo sapiens used perforated marine shells and…
Homo sapiens fossils demonstrate a gradual evolution of the human brain towards its modern globular shape
In a paper researchers from the Max Planck…
13-million-year-old “Alesi“, a fossil discovered in Kenya, sheds light on ape ancestry
The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape…
Royal award for Max Planck Director
Jean-Jacques Hublin, Director of the Human Evolution Department at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
Scientists discover the oldest Homo sapiens fossils at Jebel Irhoud, Morocco
New finds of fossils and stone tools from the archaeological site of…
Findings from Lapa do Santo show oldest evidence in the continent of humans performing elaborated funerary rituals based on the manipulation and…
