Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is a leading German research institute in Leipzig dedicated to studying human evolution through genetics, anthropology, and related disciplines.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology canonical | 15 |
| Department of Human Evolution | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T437321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Context triple: [Svante Pääbo, employer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]
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Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society is a leading German research organization renowned for its network of institutes that conduct cutting-edge basic research across the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
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Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry is a leading German research institute in Göttingen that conducts interdisciplinary fundamental research at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics.
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Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization is a German research institute in Göttingen specializing in the fundamental physics and interdisciplinary study of complex, nonlinear, and self-organizing systems.
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a major German learned society and research institution based in Berlin, continuing the tradition of the historic Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a prestigious German learned society and research institution known for its contributions to mathematics, natural sciences, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Target entity description: The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is a leading German research institute in Leipzig dedicated to studying human evolution through genetics, anthropology, and related disciplines.
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A.
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society is a leading German research organization renowned for its network of institutes that conduct cutting-edge basic research across the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities.
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B.
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry is a leading German research institute in Göttingen that conducts interdisciplinary fundamental research at the interface of biology, chemistry, and physics.
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C.
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization is a German research institute in Göttingen specializing in the fundamental physics and interdisciplinary study of complex, nonlinear, and self-organizing systems.
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a major German learned society and research institution based in Berlin, continuing the tradition of the historic Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a prestigious German learned society and research institution known for its contributions to mathematics, natural sciences, and the humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Max Planck Institute
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research institute ⓘ |
| buildingType | research facility ⓘ |
| city | Leipzig ⓘ |
| coordinates | international research projects on human evolution ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
archaeological institutions
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universities worldwide ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| employs | Svante Pääbo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archaeology
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comparative genomics ⓘ evolutionary anthropology ⓘ genetics ⓘ human evolution ⓘ linguistics ⓘ paleoanthropology ⓘ primatology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ancient DNA
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human genetic diversity ⓘ study of great apes ⓘ study of human evolution ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Max Planck Society ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
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Department of Evolutionary Genetics ⓘ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Human Evolution
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution ⓘ Department of Primatology ⓘ |
| hasDoctoralProgram |
graduate training in evolutionary anthropology
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graduate training in evolutionary genetics ⓘ |
| hasHeadquarters | Leipzig ⓘ |
| hasLaboratory | ancient DNA laboratory ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.eva.mpg.de ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ancient human genomics
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comparative studies of great apes and humans ⓘ research on Denisovans ⓘ sequencing the Neanderthal genome ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
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German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
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Leipzig ⓘ Saxony ⓘ |
| memberOf | Max Planck Society ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Max Planck ⓘ |
| notableResearcher | Svante Pääbo ⓘ |
| partOf |
Max Planck Society
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surface form:
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Description of subject: The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology is a leading German research institute in Leipzig dedicated to studying human evolution through genetics, anthropology, and related disciplines.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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hasDivision
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Department of Human Evolution
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
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describesWorkOf
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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subject surface form:
Svante Pääbo
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
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partOf
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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