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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female mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Female mountain gorillas stop reproducing long before the end of their lives

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Females live long past the birth of their last offspring

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Why women live longer than men - evolutionary insights on longevity

Primate Behavior and Evolution

Study traces the evolutionary roots of the lifespan gap between women and men

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Evolutionary anthropology: Joint appointments agreed, new degree programme planned

Leipzig University, the Max Planck Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology sign…

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