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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 6d

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 6d

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 12d

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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Max Planck School of Cognition @mps-cognition.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Andrew Curry @spoke32.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Sep 3

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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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 1

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...

Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 18

#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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 18

#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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MPDL - Max Planck Digital Library @mpdl.mpg.de · Aug 14

🚀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/

Ein grüner Hintergrund mit schwarzen und orangefarbenen Formen.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 12

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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Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology @mpiib-berlin.mpg.de · Aug 11

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 7

#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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 7

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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Tiago Falótico @tfalotico.bsky.social · Aug 4

New paper! Material matters: raw material influences stone tool performance in capuchin monkeys 🐒 🔨🌰 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 4

#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

Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · Jul 10

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...

Gruppenfoto von 13 Personen, die bei einer feierlichen Übergabe von Urkunden posieren. In der Mitte steht eine Frau mit Amtskette, umgeben von neuen Mitgliedern der Leopoldina, die blaue Mappen in den Händen halten.

Group photo of 13 people posing at an official certificate ceremony. In the center stands a woman wearing a chain of office, surrounded by new members of the Leopoldina holding blue folders.

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Rhianna Drummond-Clarke @savannarhianna.bsky.social · Jul 29

Great coverage by @primatology.net, too! If your eyes need a break they have an audio deepdive that discusses our findings really nicely 🐵🌳

Primatology.net @primatology.net · Jul 29

New study on Issa Valley chimpanzees shows bipedalism may have evolved in trees, not just on the ground. Foraging needs in open woodlands kept apes climbing. Rethinking human origins? 🐒🌳 #HumanEvolution #Primatology #Anthropology #Archaeology #Bipedalism

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Chiara Barbieri @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social · Jul 29

New paper on the genetic legacy of living inhabitants of the Northern Coast of Peru. With Ricardo Fujita and José Sandoval of USMP Lima,master student Lea Huber,@epifaniaarango.bsky.social,@kkshimizu1.bsky.social Genetic lineages characteristic of the region link to aDNA from local archaeo sites...

Peru's Hidden Genetic Legacy links to Ancient Moche Populations - NCCR Evolving Language

The northern coast of Peru is a region known for its rich archaeological heritage, but its people’s history is still underexplored. An international team of geneticists and linguists investigated the ...

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Jul 25

Individual circumstances & social context influence the aggressive behaviour of female #gorillas towards group members. New study by Nikolaos Smit & Martha Robbins now out in @elife.bsky.social. @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @utu.fi More: tinyurl.com/3baw5dr7 & elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Gorillas’ personal circumstances shape their aggression towards groupmates

Animals can adapt the direction of aggression to more or less powerful rivals to suit their individual needs and social contexts

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Jul 25

Individuelle Umstände & sozialer Kontext beeinflussen das #Aggressionsverhalten weiblicher #Gorillas gegenüber Gruppenmitgliedern. Neue Studie von Nikolaos Smit & Martha Robbins now out in @elife.bsky.social‬. #Tierverhalten #Primaten @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @utu.fi www.mpg.de/25104158/per...

Persönliche Umstände prägen die Aggression von Gorillas gegen Gruppenmitglieder

Je nach individueller Situation und sozialem Kontext können Tiere ihre Aggression an mehr oder weniger starke Rivalen richten

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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Jul 22

Urban #bird species' key to success: flexibility & persistence. New studies on #grackles by Corina Logan, @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy‬, Kelsey McCune & colleagues in @peercomjournal.bsky.social. #TheGrackleProject tinyurl.com/yh5ruyr8 & doi.org/10.24072/pcj... & doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

When the city comes to you, get flexible; when you go to the city, be persistent

Researchers find that foraging behavior breadth, persistence, and variability of flexibility could facilitate a rapid geographic range expansion

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