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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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Long distance voyaging among the Pacific Islands

Linguistic and Cultural Evolution

Geochemical analyses of stone artefacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium

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Grambank shows the diversity of the world's languages

Linguistic and Cultural Evolution

An international team has created a new database that documents patterns of grammatical variation in over 2400 of the world’s languages

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Ancient DNA reveals the multiethnic structure of Mongolia’s first nomadic empire

Archaeogenetics

The Xiongnu dominated the Eurasian steppes two millennia ago and foreshadowed the rise of the Mongol Empire

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A visit to Rwanda to promote the healthy development of children

Comparative Cultural Psychology

International research project investigates diseases of modern life

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How dogs are used impacts how they are treated

Linguistic and Cultural Evolution

Data from 124 societies shows that dogs’ functions predict their treatment, with closer bonds forming in societies where dogs have multiple roles

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Beethoven’s genome

Archaeogenetics

Scientists have sequenced the composer’s genome using five genetically matching hair locks

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Language acquisition in multilingual children

LMRG BirthRites

Researchers studied the vocal experiences of children growing up on Malakula Island in Vanuatu where multilingualism is the norm

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Surprising similarities in stone tools of early humans and monkeys

LMRG Technological Primates

Accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts

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Ice Age Survivors

Archaeogenetics

Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe…

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Oldest human genome from southern Spain

Archaeogenetics

A human genome from the Ice Age refuge in southern Spain

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How could we evolve such a huge brain?

Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture

Specialised foraging skills could have made the essential difference

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Exploring Human Origins

Human Origins

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, welcomes Tracy Kivell as new Director

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Collaboration on eye level

Comparative Cultural Psychology

New Great Ape Research Network unites expertise of European zoos with latest scientific insights

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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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Marriage in Minoan Crete

Archaeogenetics

New archaeogenetic data allow exciting insights into the social order of the Aegean Bronze Age

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Ancient DNA from medieval Germany tells the origin story of Ashkenazi Jews

Archaeogenetics

Research team analyzed genome-wide data for 33 Jewish individuals from 14th century Erfurt, Germany

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Genes and tongues are not always tied together

Linguistic and Cultural Evolution

GeLaTo, a global database, helps to explore the complex history of our genes and languages

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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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