📢📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2026! Join our vibrant research community @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social or @unileipzig.bsky.social! Our Intl. Max Planck Research School The Leipzig School of Human Origins offers fully funded PhD positions. Interested? Find out more: www.leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/application/...

No matter where in the world: #Children help one another. The way they do it is shaped by their #upbringing. 🌏💛 New study @pnas.org by an intl. research team led by Henriette Zeidler, Michael Tomasello & @dbmhaun.bsky.social. See: tinyurl.com/dx593a2k & www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Egal, wo auf der Welt: #Kinder helfen einander. Wie sie das tun, ist durch die jeweilige #Erziehung geprägt. 🌏💛 Neue Studie @pnas.org von einem intl. Forschungsteam um Henriette Zeidler, Michael Tomasello & @dbmhaun.bsky.social. www.mpg.de/26994462/kin...

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We are excited to welcome you for the next Culture Conference, taking place 31 March to 2 April 2027
at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social in Leipzig, Germany!

Stay tuned for future announcements here & on the website 🔎 culture-conference.com

Next stop after #ESHE2026 is a reunion with colleagues at #MPIEVA @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and an institute seminar on #TalesTeethTell. 🦷 for the win!

How does seasonal scarcity shape cooperation & defection in the use of natural resources? New study from #Pemba shows how seasonal fluctuations lead to illegal resource extraction, shedding light on the enduring human challenge of managing the commons. tinyurl.com/3k79uccd & doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...

Wie beeinflussen saisonale Engpässe Kooperation & Fehlverhalten beim Umgang mit natürlichen Ressourcen? Studie #Pemba verdeutlicht, wie saisonale Schwankungen zu illegaler Ressourcenentnahme führen & beleuchtet Herausforderungen beim Management gemeinschaftl. Ressourcen. www.mpg.de/26982220/sai...

Endurance #running or endurance #diving - which came first? 🤿🐟🐚🌊 New study @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social by Josephine Joordens & Erika Schagatay takes a land-and-water perspective on the #evolution of our exceptional human #stamina. More: tinyurl.com/42pt2cvr & paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

Ausdauerlaufen oder Ausdauertauchen – was kam zuerst? 🤿🐟🐚🌊 Neue Studie in @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social von Josephine Joordens & Erika Schagatay betrachtet die #Evolution der außergewöhnlichen menschlichen #Ausdauer aus einer Land-und-Wasser-Perspektive. www.mpg.de/26978145/aus...

📖 #Lesen ist #Gehirntraining: Es stärkt Aufmerksamkeit, Gedächtnis und kritisches Denken. Warum diese Kulturtechnik zunehmend unter Druck gerät und es so wichtig ist, sie zu trainieren, erklärt @falkhuettig.bsky.social in der @faznet.bsky.social. 🏋️🧠 www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

Who were the #Denisovans? The ancient humans, who lived at an abandoned quarry in southwestern China for at least 30,000 years, crafted bone tools similar to those of the #Neanderthals, and were skilled hunters. www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

Aus Knochen & Zähnen gewinnt Johannes Krause uraltes Erbgut und hat so eine neue Menschenart entdeckt, den Denisovaner. In diesem Podcast erklärt er, wie sich die #Menschheitsgeschichte rekonstruieren lässt & wo die Disziplin an Grenzen stößt detektor.fm/wissen/die-g... @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

First protein analysis of Homo naledi fossils finds no male markers & adds to the mystery of how these bones ended up deep underground. New study @cellpress.bsky.social by an intl. team led by @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social & Enrico Cappellini. See: tinyurl.com/4efmxn7m & www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...