Press releases (archive)

The sequencing of the nuclear genome from an ancient finger bone from a Siberian Cave shows that the cave dwellers were neither Neandertals nor modern…

Census confirms increase in population of the critically endangered Virunga mountain gorillas

The analysis of a census conducted in March and April…

Synchrotron Reveals Human Children Outpaced Neanderthals by Slowing Down

While it may seem like kids grow up too fast, evolutionary anthropologists …

Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have documented species differences in the pattern of brain…

The advantages of a spatial memory – Mangabey monkeys are less efficient in finding food when they enter a new area

Studying the…

High social status and maternal support play an important role in the mating success of male bonobos

Success makes sexy - this does…

Analysis of the Neandertal genome indicates that, contrary to previous beliefs, humans and Neandertals interbred

The first genome…

Max Planck scientists decode the mitochondrial genome of a previously unknown hominin from the mountains of Central Asia

An…

The current status of the critically endangered mountain gorilla will soon be revealed through a census to determine its population…

Max Planck researchers report 18 cases of adoption of orphaned youngsters by group members in Taï forest chimpanzees. Half of the orphans were adopted…