Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

About Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is a research institute in the Max Planck Society network, based in Leipzig, Germany. It was founded in 1997 by French-Swiss primatologist Christophe Boesch and Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo as part of the Max Planck Society network, and was a central location in the development of archaeogenetics and molecular anthropology as scientific disciplines. The institute currently represents researchers from over 30 nations, and is closely affiliated with Leipzig University. Many MPI EVA researchers hold joint appointments at the University, which also co-administrates the institute's International Max Planck Research School, the Leipzig School of Human Origins.