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The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology investigates the #history and #evolution of #humans and other #primates.

Leipzig, Germany
https://www.eva.mpg.de/index.html
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⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️

🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍

Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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From Oct 28–30, the 7th FDM-Workshop united ~100 researchers, librarians, and data stewards to exchange insights on digital research infrastructure, data management, and new tools. Co-hosted with the @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social​ 🧠 The verdict? Let’s run this event more often 😉🙌
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.

All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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And on Tuesday Nov. 11 5pm EST at Harvard and online: Ancient DNA illuminates the Origins and Early Migrations of the Slavs sohp.fas.harvard.edu/event/ancien... Joscha Gretzinger @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Why women live longer than men. A new study #ScienceAdvances by an intl. research team led by Johanna Stärk and Fernando Colchero @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social traces the evolutionary roots of the #lifespan gap between women and men. tinyurl.com/yrt4ju9u & www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Why women live longer than men
Study traces the evolutionary roots of the lifespan gap between women and men
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October 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Warum Frauen länger leben. Eine neue Studie in #ScienceAdvances von einem intl. Team um Johanna Stärk und Fernando Colchero vom @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social untersucht die evolutionären Ursachen der unterschiedlichen #Lebenserwartung von Frauen und Männern. www.mpg.de/25472354/092...
Warum Frauen länger leben
Eine neue Studie untersucht die evolutionären Ursachen der unterschiedlichen Lebenserwartung von Frauen und Männern
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October 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Die @unileipzig.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de & @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social bauen ihre Zusammenarbeit in Forschung & Lehre aus: 5 gemeinsame Professuren & geplanter Master-Studiengang f. evolutionäre Anthropologie an der Fakultät f. #Lebenswissenschaften der Uni Leipzig. www.eva.mpg.de/de/presse/ak...
Evolutionäre Anthropologie: Gemeinsame Berufungen beschlossen, neuer Studiengang geplant
Universität Leipzig, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und -Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie schließen Vereinbarung über gemeinsame Berufungen
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September 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools
September 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Congratulations to Oleg Sobchuk and Arthur Kocher on being awarded @erc.europa.eu Starting Grants!! 🥳 @sobchuk.bsky.social will be exploring the macroevolution of European literature, while Kocher will be studying ancient pathogen dynamics. See: tinyurl.com/mr2m2zms & tinyurl.com/9cwdnc54
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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A study led by @zhofmanova.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social used ancient DNA to investigate the spread of Slavic language and culture 1,500 years ago. “This wasn’t a migration of elites, or a few male warriors,” 1 co-author says. “This was the migration of an entire population.” @science.org
Ancient skeletons’ genes reveal origin of the Slavic people
DNA connects modern Slavs to a wave of migration following the fall of the Roman Empire
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September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How the #Slavic #migration reshaped Central & Eastern #Europe. Ancient #DNA provides new insights into early medieval communities. Study @nature.com by an intl. team led by Joscha Gretzinger, @zhofmanova.bsky.social & Johannes Krause. #HistoGenes More: tinyurl.com/msuys4mu & doi.org/10.1038/s415...
How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities
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September 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Slawische Wanderungen prägten die #Genetik Mittel- & Osteuropas. Alte #DNA gibt neue Einblicke in frühmittelalterliche Gesellschaften. Neue @nature.com‬ Studie von einem intl. Team um Joscha Gretzinger, @zhofmanova.bsky.social & Johannes Krause. #Archäogenetik #HistoGenes www.mpg.de/25272516/082...
Slawische Wanderungen prägten die Genetik Mittel- und Osteuropas
Alte DNA aus dem Mittelalter belegt umfangreiche Migrationsbewegungen, regionale Vielfalt und gibt neue Einblicke in frühmittelalterliche Gesellschaften
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September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#Bird species: Exploration & dispersal are key traits driving grackles' rapid expansion into new areas. 🐦‍⬛ New studies @peercomjournal.bsky.social led by Corina Logan, @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy & Kelsey McCune. tinyurl.com/mu6k78m3 & doi.org/10.24072/pcj... & doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
Exploration and dispersal are key traits involved in a rapid range expansion
Researchers find that behavioural flexibility is related to exploration, and that great-tailed grackles disperse farther at their range edge
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August 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#Vogelarten: Erkundungsfreude & geringere Sesshaftigkeit treiben schnelle Ausbreitung in neue Gebiete voran. 🐦‍⬛ Zwei neue Studien @peercomjournal.bsky.social von einem intl. Team um Corina Logan, @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy & Kelsey McCune. #TheGrackleProject www.mpg.de/25181118/081...
Erkundung neuer Gebiete und geringere Sesshaftigkeit treiben schnelle Expansion voran
Verhaltensflexibilität fördert die Bereitschaft zur Erkundung – so können Vögel am Rande ihrer Ausbreitung tiefer in neue Gebiete vordringen
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August 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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🚀Exciting News for the MPG Community!🚀

The 7th FDM-Workshop 2025 program is online!

📅 When: October 28-30, 2025
📍 Where: @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

🔗 More details: https://rdm.mpdl.mpg.de/mpdl-services/workshops/7-fdm-workshop-2025-forschungsdatenmanagement-in-der-max-planck-gesellschaft/
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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So intriguing! Researchers have isolated the genetic material of a prehistoric #plague pathogen from a 4,000-year-old sheep tooth, marking the first detection outside human remains & reshaping our view of early disease spread. www.mpg.de/25157082/080... @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social #yersiniapestis
Pathogen discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth
In the late Neolithic and Bronze Ages, sheep were apparently involved in the spread of an early form of the plague.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia. New research by @keyfm.bsky.social and @i-light-maka.bsky.social now published in @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage
A Yersinia pestis genome from a Bronze Age domesticated sheep provides insight into the host range, evolution, and possible transmission scenarios of an ancient lineage of the plague-causing bacteria,...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's not all about size. New research on female #gorillas challenges the male power narrative. Study by @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy & Martha Robbins now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social. #primates @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @utu.fi More: tinyurl.com/y778faw2 & www.cell.com/current-biol...
It's not all about size
Female gorillas challenge the male power narrative
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August 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Es kommt nicht nur auf die Größe an. Neue Erkenntnisse zu weiblichen #Gorillas stellen männliche #Machtstrukturen infrage. Studie in @currentbiology.bsky.social von @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy ‬& Martha Robbins. #Primaten @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @utu.fi www.mpg.de/25122188/073...
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Neue Erkenntnisse zu weiblichen Gorillas stellen männliche Machtstrukturen infrage
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August 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#Population history of the Southern #Caucasus: Archaeogenetic study generates #DNA transect spanning nearly 5,000 years. In @cellpress.bsky.social by Eirini Skourtanioti, Xiaowen Jia, @hringbauer.bsky.social & an intl. team. #PopulationGenetics More: tinyurl.com/8r39ywfu & doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Population history of the Southern Caucasus
Archaeogenetic study reveals this region’s population history in unprecedented detail, generating a DNA transect spanning nearly 5,000 years
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August 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Bevölkerungsgeschichte der #Südkaukasus Region: Archäogenetische Studie liefert #DNA Querschnitt von fast 5.000 Jahren. Jetzt neu in @cellpress.bsky.social von einem intl. Team um Eirini Skourtanioti, Xiaowen Jia & @hringbauer.bsky.social @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social. www.mpg.de/25118072/073...
Bevölkerungsgeschichte der Südkaukasus Region
Archäogenetische Studie enthüllt die Populationsgeschichte dieser Region in beispielloser Detailtiefe und liefert einen DNA-Querschnitt von fast 5.000 Jahren
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August 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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New paper! Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys 🐒 🔨🌰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @neoprego.org 🧪
Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys
Identifying the conditions that facilitate and shape tool use is a central focus in the field of human evolution and animal behaviour. Particular inte…
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August 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
#Archäogenetiker Johannes Krause @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social wurde als neues Mitglied in die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften #Leopoldina aufgenommen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳 @leopoldina.org @maxplanck.de tinyurl.com/75yk6x8x
Neue Mitglieder der Leopoldina erhalten ihre Urkunden traditionell am Vorabend des jährlichen Symposiums ihrer Fachklasse. Gestern hieß Leopoldina-Präsidentin Bettina Rockenbach auf diese Weise die neuen Mitglieder der Klasse III – Medizin willkommen: www.leopoldina.org/presse-1/nac...
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM