#Max Planck Society

Author: Bruce Bower / Source: Science News Hundreds of years before changing the genetic face of Bronze Age Europeans, herders based in western Asia’s steppe grasslands were already mingling and occasionally mating with nearby farmers in southeastern Europe. That surprising finding, published

Author: Jessica Leigh Hester / Source: Atlas Obscura At first glance, there was nothing unusual-looking about the old tooth, or the skeleton of the woman it came from. Neither tooth nor bones showed signs of deformity, disease, or trauma. The tooth was pointy, yellowed, average—and that’s exactly

Author: Derek Beres / Source: Big Think The brain’s reward system releases dopamine when tasting food. Researchers at Max Planck discovered a second dopamine release in the stomach, affecting higher cognitive functions. The more we desire a food, the weaker the second release, which might lead

Author: Shaena Montanari / Source: Forbes Medieval Cold Snap That Caused Famine And Death Reveals Danger Of Climate Change J. Krause/ MPI An entrance to the archaeological site of Vindija Cave, Croatia where Neandertal DNA was found in the cave sediment. Need DNA? No body? No problem. New