Research by Imperial College London & MPI-EVA Leipzig shows secure boundaries are vital for sustainable resource management. When communities feel safe, they make collective conservation decisions. Without boundaries, fear of theft may lead to over-harvesting

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Pflanzen auf dem Speiseplan: Isotopenanalyse enthüllt überraschende Ernährungsgewohnheiten vorlandwirtschaftlicher Menschengruppen in #Marokko . Neue Studie in NatureEcoEvo von zineb moubtahij, Klervia Jaouen & intl. Team. MPI-EVA Leipzig UMR 5563 GET mpg.de/21867511/0424-…

(S+) #Steinzeit -Forschung im Labor. Der Knochenjob. Jonas Breng von DER SPIEGEL besuchte den Archäogenetiker Johannes Krause am MPI-EVA Leipzig. 🥼🦴🧪🧬 (aus: SPIEGEL Geschichte 2/2024) spiegel.de/geschichte/pal…

The Avars dominated southeastern central Europe for hundreds of years, leaving one of Europe's richest archaeological heritages.

As Magdalena Bunbury (@jcu) + Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone (@MPI_EVA_Leipzig) write, DNA reveals details of their societies. theconversation.com/ancient-nomads…

Vor rund 1500 Jahren pflegten die Awaren im Karpatenbecken besondere Familiensitten: Die Männer standen an der Spitze und schickten ihre Frauen für diplomatische Beziehungen fort. ⬇️ spektrum.de/news/awaren-ge…

Using DNA from hundreds of burials—including entire Avar cemeteries—researchers have filled in some of the gaps in history, using kinship data to reconstruct Avar mating patterns, mobility, and even local politics. scim.ag/6Io

Hundreds of genomes shed light on the marriage habits and social norms of the Avar people of central Europe go.nature.com/44eiQcm

Decoding #Avar society using ancient #DNA & archaeological evidence. New paper in nature by a multidisciplinary team ERC SyG HistoGenes, incl. MPI-EVA Leipzig researchers Guido Gnecchi Ruscone, Johannes Krause & Zuzana Hofmanova. More: tinyurl.com/2nn6b7zr & nature.com/articles/s4158…

Entschlüsselung frühmittelalterlicher Sozialstrukturen mittels alter #DNA & archäologischer Belege. Neues nature Paper von einem multidisziplinären Team ERC SyG HistoGenes, darunter MPI-EVA Leipzig Forschende Guido Gnecchi Ruscone, Johannes Krause & Zuzana Hofmanova. mpg.de/21857501/0422-…

📢 Mo, April 22, 6 p.m. CET, #GrowingUpinAcademia  feat. Corina Logan, Senior Researcher at the MPI-EVA Leipzig
Sign up for this online talk to learn about her personal journey as a researcher: ae.mpg.de/growingup
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If you are interested in facial growth and evolution in apes 🐒🦍🦧 and what makes humans special, check out our new paper in Proceedings B doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
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Congrats to Pia Lehmann MPI-EVA Leipzig for winning the 2nd prize & audience award 🏆😊 for her bachelor thesis 'Developing a web application for doctors to help diagnose rare diseases by retrieving information from open medical databases'. DMEA - Connecting Digital Health #DMEA24 dmea.de/en/newcomers/n…

📢 HAAM-summer school (from 17-19/6/2024) is now open for registration!
Find more information here: haam-community.github.io/news/2024/04/0…
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We are looking forward to welcoming #MatthiasMeyer to Vienna next week as part of the #HEASSeminar series in #AncientGenomics . Registration for online and in-person participation is on our website 👇🔗 Pinhasi Lab

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With the world turning away from diversity we need public anthropology more than ever. I’ve decided to do my bit to share what we know about cultures of reproduction & why they matter for evolution. PEOPLE LIKE US coming in 2027 🙏🏻 Will Francis Picador Books Andrea Henry

Summer School 'Bridging #Archaeogenetics & Medieval Studies: Using #aDNA as a source for migration, demographics, kinship & pathology' from 23-27 September BBAW in Berlin & MPI-EVA Leipzig (on 25 September). 🥼🧪🧬 Register by 30 April! More: tinyurl.com/mvu5dkfw

We'r bringing back the ✨BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGICAL GAP WORKSHOP✨!!!

Join us in Aug MPI-EVA Leipzig to learn about cutting-edge tech innovations like eye-tracking & motion-tracking to study human & animal minds.

More info and app here: eva.mpg.de/comparative-cu…

🚨The SPAAM Community is happy to announce that it will offer its third (virtual) summer school course sponsored by the Werner Siemens-Stiftung
INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT METAGENOMICS
⏰ 5th - 9th Aug 2024
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DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means. The short answer: Usually not as much as you might think. Read more in this The Conversation piece by Shai Carmi & Harald Ringbauer. theconversation.com/dna-says-youre…