News 2020

New research shows that a uniform technical strategy and a regional network for supplying raw materials formed the bases of Elementeitan resilience more

Every week @realscientists invites a new expert curator to host their Twitter account. Read Ayushi's interview with Real Scientists here. more

New research pushes this development back roughly 1,000 years and sheds light on motivating factors more

A new interdisciplinary study indicates agricultural market integration centuries before Roman conquest, suggesting the mechanisms that led to the Anthropocene began much earlier than assumed more

In a new paper a multidisciplinary team shows that domesticated millet was incorporated into an ongoing reliance on local fish and forest foods, demonstrating mixed subsistence practices in the rainforests of Central Africa for thousands of years. more

The fellowship program fosters interdisciplinary skills and supports the careers of young scientists more

Her Excellency Ms. Manori Unambuwe recently visited the Department of Archaeology more

New biochemical research shows significant turnovers in Southeast Asian environments and animals during the Pleistocene more

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New archaeological research presents the oldest securely dated evidence for humans in Arabia more

In a recent paper published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a group of multidisciplinary authors discuss the future of field-based sciences in a COVID-19 world more

In a new study published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, a team of researchers from the Department of Archaeology, MPI-SHH and the University of Pisa reveals changes in the human diet in Tuscany (central Italy) following the fall of the Western Roman Empire. more

The Honorary Professorship was awarded in the Department of Classics and Archaeology of The University of Malta, Malta, with which the Pan-African Evolution Research Group already enjoys close collaborative relationships. more

By analyzing the tool forms that frequently occur together, researchers have developed a neural network that reliably distinguishes between Middle and Later Stone Age assemblages more

August 19, 2020 - Dr. Patrick Roberts of the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has received a National Geographic Explorer grant to further his work investigating the formation and collapse of urban societies in tropical Sri Lanka more

August 17, 2020 - New archaeological research in Saudi Arabia documents hundreds of stone structures interpreted as monumental sites where early pastoralists carried out rituals. more

August 14, 2020 - The discovery of Mediterranean migrants among the hundreds of skeletons at the Himalayan lake site highlights the power and importance of interdisciplinary, collaborative research more

Aug. 5, 2020 - The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’ across continents. more

July 17, 2020 - 4000 years of plant and animal introductions to the Philippine Archipelago more

July 13, 2020 - The YAE is a pan-European initiative of outstanding young scientists for networking, scientific exchange and science policy more

June 12, 2020 - Ancient DNA documents the population changes of foragers, herders and farmers in central and eastern Africa from the Neolithic to the Iron Age more

June 12, 2020 - New archaeological research demonstrates earliest projectile technology in the tropical rainforests of Sri Lanka more

June 9, 2020 - Professor Michael Petraglia answers questions about current research, discoveries in the field of archaeology, his favorite memory from the field, and much more. more

June 1, 2020 - Genetic analysis of 55 ancient individuals finds that genetic changes in Yellow River, West Liao River and Amur River populations correlate with the intensification of farming and the inclusion of a pastoral economy. more

Mai 21, 2020 - A new study details 67 sites spanning from the Early Stone Age to the recent past more

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May 13, 2020 - The first identifications of Boa on Martinique, Basse-Terre and La Désirade islands point to the snake’s significance for pre-Columbian Amerindians more

May 07, 2020 - Investing in the future: Researchers show how cannibalism among the invasive comb jelly enables adults to survive severe conditions at the edge of their ecological range. more

Apr. 29, 2020 - New isotopic study of fossil teeth shows flexible human adaptations to Pleistocene island life through time more

Apr. 20, 2020 - In a new study a team of researchers, including Noel amano from the Department of Archaeology at MPI-SHH, describes the complex human-non-human primate interactions in Java, Indonesia from around 10,000 to 5000 years ago. more

Apr. 6, 2020 - Social, economic and cultural responses to climate change by ancient peoples highlight vulnerabilities of modern societies and the need for sustainable new solutions more

March 31, 2020 - Dr. Roberts is one of two new Germany-based members selected for the prestigious multidisciplinary academy and is the sixth member selected from the Max Planck Society in the history of the organization. more

March 24, 2020 - New lake records track changes in Indian Ocean Monsoon, showing changing precipitation across 3,000 years more

March 18, 2020 - New study conducted in northern Iberia reveals that molluscs contributed significantly more to the diet of Mesolithic peoples living in Atlantic Europe than previously hypothesized. more

March 3, 2020 - Stable isotope analyses reveals dramatic diet diversification at the onset of the steppe’s earliest empires more

March 2, 2020 - Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Steppe by more than 1700 years, pointing to migration as a potential means of introduction more

Febr. 27, 2020 - In a new manuscript, Dr. Robert Spengler argues that all of the earliest traits of plant domestication are linked to a mutualistic relationship in which plants recruited humans for seed dispersal. more

Febr. 25, 2020 - New archaeological work supports the hypothesis that human populations were present in India by 80,000 years ago and that they survived one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last two million years. more

Febr. 7, 2020 - Results of investigations at Kitulgala Beli-lena led by researchers from the Department of Archaeology confirm human occupation of Sri Lanka’s rainforest region as early as ca. 45,000 cal. BP more

Jan. 23, 2020 - A recent publication in the Journal of Archaeological Science provides landscape-scale strontium isotope data and a proof of concept using animal teeth associated with major palaeoanthropological findings, showing that animal migrants coming far from the Oldupai Gorge region can be identified. This has major implications for the study of past hominin mobility in this important part of East Africa. more

Jan. 23, 2020 - Inhabitants of Bel’sk remained local to the urban complex, with few individuals engaging in long-distance mobility, while engaging in farming and pastoralism. more

Jan. 23, 2020 - New study lead by William Taylor and Nicole Boivin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History provides insights into early pastoral economies and herding transitions in eastern Eurasia. more

As part of the MPI SHH's Distinguished Lecture Series, come hear on January 30, Professor Manica discuss advances on reconstructing the past of our species by quantitatively combining climatic reconstructions, ecological and palaeontological data, as well as genetics from both modern and ancient genomes. more