Scientists found a method for the environmentally friendly production of important starting material for the chemical industry
has benefited from their expertise for millennia, from making yogurt and brewing beer
A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, gained new insights into whom the Bronze Age Minoans and Mycenaeans married through analysing genetic material from Bronze Age human bones.
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Harvard, and PSL University, have designed a gaming applet where players compete to classify the letter shapes of the world’s writing systems. Researchers will better understand how letter shapes evolve to be distinctive and informative thanks to this crowdsourced typology.
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
An analysis of the famous composer’s genetic make-up has revealed that DNA data has so far been too imprecise in capturing a person’s abilities
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
Isotopic evidence reveals surprising dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups in Morocco
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
Researchers develop a new potential standard tool for studying prehistoric transitional periods
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
Forschende entdecken unterschiedliche ökologische Nischen für Bakterien im Sediment
Brüwer, Dirk de Beer, Rudolf Amann, Katrin Knittel Niche separation in bacterial
The Science of a Billboard Hit Song
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
Only some 3500 years ago people began to colonize the South Pacific archipelagos of Oceania. An international team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena now analyzed for the first time, the genomes of the first settlers who lived on the island chains Tonga and Vanuatu 3100-2500 years ago. The results, published today in Nature contradict common assumptions about the colonization of the region and point to another large and previously unknown migration wave from Melanesia.
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
A joint project between the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Auckland analyzed the evolution of 155 Island South East Asian and Pacific societies to determine that, rather than intensification of agriculture leading to social stratification, the two evolve together. The study, published in PNAS, illustrates the way social and material factors combine to drive human cultural evolution.
History A cross-cultural study tests the extent to which the consumption of wine and beer
