Welcome to the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Welcome to the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

We work in the field

We work in the field

We work in the lab

We work in the lab

We work all over the world

We work all over the world

We work in teams

We work in teams

Videos and Audios


arte 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles: Do dogs really love us?

arte 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles: Do dogs really love us?

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Anyone who has a dog is convinced that the relationship between dog and human is something unique. A close bond, unshakeable, perhaps even love. Dogs are the most popular pets worldwide. But why does the relationship between humans and dogs feel so special? Do dogs really love us? And if so, why?
“Balsam für die Mumie”

“Balsam für die Mumie”

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Balsam für die Mumie | Wissen Was News (video in German)
„Der Mensch ist zu einer geologischen Kraft geworden“

„Der Mensch ist zu einer geologischen Kraft geworden“

Podcast
Deutschlandfunk Kultur interview with Jürgen Renn (audio in German)
Anthropozän: Stecken wir schon in einem neuen Erdzeitalter?

Anthropozän: Stecken wir schon in einem neuen Erdzeitalter?

Podcast
SRF Interview with Jürgen Renn (audio in German)
Interview: Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50,000 Year-Old Social Network

Interview: Ostrich Eggshell Beads Reveal 50,000 Year-Old Social Network

Podcast
Dr. Jennifer Miller and Dr. Yiming Wang discuss how their research into ostrich eggshell beads reveals symbolic behavior and social networks in the distant past
Pollen, infectious disease and the Black Death with Adam Izdebski

Pollen, infectious disease and the Black Death with Adam Izdebski

Podcast
Adam Izdebski joins the Infectious Historians to discuss his work at the frontier between pollen and disease, and in particular in light of his recent work analyzing pollen from the time of the Black Death
Barbara Huber studies old plant remains by using biochemical and biomolecular approches

Barbara Huber studies old plant remains by using biochemical and biomolecular approches

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Barbara Huber is a Joachim Herz Foundation Add-On Fellow for Interdisciplinary Life Science. In her PhD research at the Max Planck Institute she studies old plant remains by using biochemical and biomolecular approches to find out how people used plants in the past

Latest Publications

Bräuer, J.: Bonobos: the peaceful apes; here's what we can learn from our dark, hairy cousins. (2023)
Shen, R.; Ebinghaus, R.; Vassão, D. G.; Ratcliffe, N.; Larsen, T.: Isotopic Evidence for Long-term Bioaccumulation of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Icelandic seabirds. (2023)
Nel, T. H.; Peters, C.; Richter, K. K.; Henshilwood, C.; van Niekerk, K.; Douka, K.: Peptide mass fingerprinting as a tool to assess micromammal biodiversity in Pleistocene South Africa: the case of Klipdrift Shelter. Quaternary Science Reviews 322, 108380, pp. 1 - 14 (2023)
Aguirre, M.; Brun, M.; Morin, O.; Reboul, A.; Mascaro, O.: Expectations of processing ease, informativeness, and accuracy guide toddlers’ processing of novel communicative cues. Cognitive Science: a multidisciplinary journal 47 (11), e13373 (2023)
Hamilton, R.; Gillespie, J.; Penny, D.; Ingrey, S.; Mooney, S.: Re-imagining Sydney’s freshwater wetlands through historical ecology. Landscape research, 2271421 (2023)
Hammarén, R.; Goldstein, S. T.; Schlebusch, C. M.: Eurasian back-migration into Northeast Africa was a complex and multifaceted process. PLoS One 18 (11), e0290423 (2023)
Fisher, M. T.: Stability of cultural information in unstable environments: data management for digital preservation of immovable cultural heritage against natural hazards. In: Managing disaster risks to cultural heritage: from risk preparedness to recovery for immovable heritage, 3 (Eds. Rouhani, B.; Ramao, X.). Routledge, London (2023)
Boivin, N. L.; Täuber, S.; Keller, U.: Nobel win: spotlight on the attrition of women in science, Nature 623, (2023)
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