Audio & video

detektor.fm, 17 August 2023: The glacier mummy Ötzi has fascinated scientists for more than 30 years. Now researchers have gained new insights from his genes. Where did Ötzi really come from and how is our image of him changing? Link to podcast episode in German.

Offspring Magazine - The Podcast (Max Planck PhDNet), August 05, 2023: Today, Bea talks to Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. His research focuses on the analysis of ancient DNA to investigate topics such as pathogens from historic and prehistoric epidemics, human genetic history, and human evolution. Link to podcast episode.

3sat Wissen, May 25, 2023: With 27 bones each, hands are an anatomical marvel. We can write and create things with them, thanks to fine motor skills our hands are a perfect multifunctional tool. Video in German.

ARD Wissen, May 22, 2023: Where is our language heading? For at least 40,000 years, we humans have been able to do something absolutely unique: produce and understand language and thus also capture abstract and symbolic contexts. How do we do that? Video in German.

ARTE, 42 - The answer to almost everything, February 12, 2023: No other species on this planet is as advanced as we are. But have we already reached the end of the line? Have we managed, thanks to our culture, medicine and technology, to make ourselves more or less completely independent of nature? Or does evolution continue for us humans as well? In other words, could a new human species emerge from us and what would it look like? Video in German.

Kinderuni Vogtland, November 05, 2022: Lecture for children by Professor Dr. Johannes Krause from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. "If you were to write down the DNA blueprint, it would fill 300 Harry Potter books with a total of 150,000 pages." Video in German.

Deutsches Museum, November 02, 2022: The field of archaeogenetics deals with the extraction and analysis of genetic material from archaeological finds such as bones and teeth. For example, studies have shown that the settlement history of Europe since the Ice Age has been marked by numerous migratory movements - both into and out of Europe. In addition, with the help of archaeogenetics, it is now possible to genetically trace certain disease patterns, characteristics such as skin, hair and eye color, as well as other adaptations over several thousand years. Video in German.

DLF, May 04, 2022: With the expansion of the Roman Empire, the domestic rat also spread in Europe, with its collapse it died out again. This is what researchers led by anthropologist Johannes Krause conclude from the analysis of ancient DNA from rats. The most important finding: this could also be the explanation for the fact that the Plague disappeared in Europe for several hundred years. It is originally a rat disease. Audio in German.

Cicero Science Podcast, April 22, 2022: Johannes Krause is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. One of his major scientific achievements is the reconstruction of the mitochondrial DNA of the so-called Denisovans, a previously unknown group of extinct humans. In this podcast Krause talks with ancient historian Michael Sommer and evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer about the current state of knowledge in genetics and archaeogenetics. Audio in German.

NDR, DAS!, April 19, 2022: Arrogance, self-conceit and presumption - all this is contained in the Greek word "hybris". For anthropologist Prof. Johannes Krause, the term describes humanity's fateful attitude of subjugating planet Earth to its own needs. The consequences: Species die, oceans acidify, temperatures rise, soils desertify. What we can learn from the past for our survival is described [...] in his current book "Hybris". Video in German.