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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Inside the ankle: bone structure reveals how primates move

Human Origins

New study links internal bone architecture and joint shape to locomotion in humans, apes, and monkeys

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25 Years of Pongoland

Comparative Cultural Psychology

Leipzig Zoo and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology celebrate a unique global centre for…

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Canine companions: revealing the genetic history of our first friends

Archaeogenetics

The largest ancient DNA study of canid remains to date sheds light on how the first farmers adopted…

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