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New timeline for Neandertal gene flow event

Evolutionary Genetics

Scientists unravel timing and impact of Neandertal gene flow into early modern humans

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Not all bonobos are the same – three genetically distinct populations in the Congo

Evolutionary Genetics

Historically small population at high risk of extinction

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Cell atlas of regenerating liver

Evolutionary Genetics

Leipzig scientists analyse 21,000 cells from tissue samples

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Shedding light on past encounters between hominin groups

Research Groups
Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Unearthing ancient social structures with sediment DNA

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Probing the deep genetic structure of Africa

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Increased efficiency, precision and reliability in DNA editing

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Investigating Taiwanese genomic diversity

Evolutionary Genetics

Genetic analysis of Indigenous Taiwanese peoples sheds light on Austronesian expansion

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Traces from the past

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Human dispersals during the Holocene

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Meet the first Neandertal family

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Nobel Prize for Svante Pääbo

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neandertals

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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The brains of Neanderthals developed differently from those of modern humans

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Pre-historic Wallacea - a melting pot of human genetic ancestries

Evolutionary Genetics
Archaeogenetics

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

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Covid-19 genetic risk variant protects against HIV

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Several million euros in EU funding for Max Planck early career researchers

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Modern humans developed a more effective protection against oxidative stress

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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DNA in archaeological sediments

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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Molecular Analysis Reveals the Oldest Denisovan Fossils Yet

Evolutionary Genetics

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

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