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10,000-year-old human genomes are genetically similar to those of ethnic groups living in the region today
Harald Ringbauer receives ERC Starting Grant to study the DNA of Medieval Black Death victims
Bacho Kiro Cave provides key insights into the technological and behavioral evolution of pioneer Homo sapiens in Europe
Study on Issa Valley chimpanzees challenges traditional views on arboreal behaviour and hominin evolution
Leipzig scientists analyse 21,000 cells from tissue samples
Study highlights economic and environmental efficiency of Indigenous harvesting in the Canadian Arctic communities
Also using chemical analysis, new study finds no evidence
No evidence in Sahelanthropus postcranial remains supporting habitual bipedalism
An ERC Advanced Grant has been awarded to Wolfgang Haak, head of the Molecular Anthropology Research Group in the Department of Archaeogenetics at the…
Scientists reconstruct ancient genomes of the two most deadly malaria parasites, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum
Ancient Maya genomes reveal the practice of male twin sacrifice and the enduring genetic legacy of colonial-era epidemics
Genetic analyses of Celtic burial mounds from 500 BCE reveal close relationships and provide new insights into the power structures of early Celtic…
First-mover advantage may be key to success in the music industry
Mateja Hajdinjak starts a new Max Planck Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig
Linguistic analysis provides insight into the vocabularies for body parts in more than a thousand languages
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences honors Jenny Tung for her outstanding contributions
Isotopic evidence reveals surprising dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups in Morocco
Using ancient DNA and archaeological evidence to unravel the kinship, social practices and transformations of early medieval steppe groups in Europe
More than a third of Africa’s great ape population faces risks related to mining
New study suggests animals can live alongside humans—if they are risk-analysis experts
