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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Fieldwork and Ancient DNA Research in Nepal

Archaeogenetics

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) in Leipzig, Germany, present…

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Liver steatosis in ancient and modern humans

Archaeogenetics

Ancient genomes show that the main genetic variant responsible for fatty liver diseases dates back to beyond…

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Learning from conspecifics

Comparative Cultural Psychology

Chimpanzees may use social learning to acquire new skills

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