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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leipzig MPI EVA
Leipzig MPI EVA

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (German: Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, shortened to MPI EVA) is a research institute based in Leipzig, Germany, that was founded in 1997. It is part of the Max Planck Society network. Well-known scientists currently based at the institute include founding director Svante Pääbo and Johannes Krause (genetics), Christophe Boesch (primatology), Jean-Jacques Hublin (human evolution), Richard McElreath (evolutionary ecology), and Russell Gray (linguistic and cultural evolution).

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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz, Leipzig Southeast center (Mitte)

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Deutscher Platz 6
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