Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology brings together scientists from diverse backgrounds (natural sciences and humanities) with the aim of investigating the history of humankind from an interdisciplinary perspective using 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 humans.

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Chimpanzees are better at solving resource dilemmas in larger, more tolerant groups

Comparative Cultural Psychology

Research with chimpanzees shows that cooperation and leadership shape sustainable use of resources in our…

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“Nutcracker Man” ventured further and wider than first thought

Human Origins

The discovery of a Paranthropus fossil that dates back 2.6 million years changes our understanding of early…

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Leipzig research team discovers possible Black Death mass grave near Erfurt (Germany)

Archaeogenetics

Finds will provide material for genetic analyses at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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