Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology unites scientists with various backgrounds (natural sciences and humanities) whose aim is to investigate the history of humankind from an interdisciplinary perspective with the help of 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 human beings.

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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…

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Dairy Cultures: the Science of Mongolian Heritage

Archaeogenetics

Exhibit opens today at the Natural History Museum in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Behavior is the secret to success for a range expansion

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Researchers find that behavioral flexibility and persistence help species, like the great-tailed grackle,…

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