German Primate Center

Lauriane Faraut

Guinea baboons share meat according to fixed social rules

A study shows parallels between Guinea baboons and human hunter-gatherer societies

Vladyslav Ivanov, erstellt mit AFNI_25.2.18

Controlling prostheses with the power of thought

How research into movement planning in the brain is helping to advance the development of neuroprostheses

KITTISAK_SRITHORN

The new “DPZ-Magazin” is here!

In focus: 20 years of field research in Thailand

Johanna Henke-von der Malsburg

Lemurs in Madagascar: Diversity through repeated evolutionary bursts

Tessa Ohrndorf

Sleeping in good company

Alecia Carter

Power relations between males and females: more complex than thought

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[Translate to Englisch:] A baboon in a dry, leaf-strewn forest holds a spotted bushbuck calf and runs through the undergrowth between thin branches.

Lauriane Faraut

October 23, 2025

Guinea baboons share meat according to fixed social rules

3D representation of a human brain in side view with a transparent, pink surface against a black background; three areas are highlighted in color: a green and a yellow area close together on the upper lateral cerebral cortex and a blue area further forward.

Vladyslav Ivanov, erstellt mit AFNI_25.2.18

October 20, 2025

Controlling prostheses with the power of thought

Susanne Schumacher

October 01, 2025

The new “DPZ-Magazin” is here!

emur with orange eyes perched in the splintered trunk of a tree in a forest, looking toward the camera.

Johanna Henke-von der Malsburg

August 27, 2025

Lemurs in Madagascar: Diversity through repeated evolutionary bursts

Vier Guinea-Paviane ruhen in den Kronen der Galeriewälder des Niokolo-Koba-Nationalparks in Senegal.

Tessa Ohrndorf

July 30, 2025

Sleeping in good company: strategies for using sleeping places among Guinea baboons

Two chacma baboons fighting, with the male (right) attacking a female. In this species, the males are twice as large as the females, and the males dominate over the females.

Alecia Carter

July 07, 2025

Beyond the alpha male

Manfred Eberle

May 08, 2025

Red alert for our closest relatives

Susanne Schumacher

May 07, 2025

Research highlights to read

KI-generiert von Gemini

April 10, 2025

How the brain controls movement under uncertainty

The image shows a digital representation of a workspace with various statistical graphics and tools. In the foreground are blue-colored 3D bar and line charts on blue paper, with a pie chart and a bar chart below. In the background are several stacks of coloring sheets and pens, as well as a pen field with different colors. The scenery conveys a sense of structure and organization.

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April 02, 2025

How the brain evaluates rewards

Susanne Schumacher

April 01, 2025

DPZ aktuell: The new issue is here!

Fluorescence image of a chimpanzee brain organoid, showing various cell types in vivid colors and highlighting the complex tissue structure.

Nesil Esiyok

March 27, 2025

How did the large brain evolve?

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Karin Tilch

March 11, 2025

Erin Wessling and Michael Heide each win a scholarship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation

: Four baboons, including a juvenile, sit around a transparent research device containing food, testing how to access the reward.

Tessa Frank

March 05, 2025

Strategic mate choice in Guinea baboons

Sylvia Ranneberg

February 12, 2025

The DPZ is now on Bluesky

Microscopic image of star-shaped cells with red cell processes on a black background.Zellfortsätzen auf schwarzem Hintergrund.

Dioscuri Center for Chromatin Biology and Epigenomics

February 11, 2025

Astrocytes - guardians of the brain

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February 03, 2025

Keeper or corner? How the brain enables flexible decisions

Illustration of a human heart with an applied heart patch. The heart patch has a honeycomb-like structure with small holes and is visible on the front of the heart. The depiction symbolizes the use of the heart patch for regenerating damaged heart tissue.

Eva Meyer-Besting / UMG

January 29, 2025

Animal studies confirm the safety and effectiveness of the heart patch

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Thomas Steuer

January 23, 2025

New EU research project develops broad-spectrum antiviral drugs

A female Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) with an infant

Thawat Wisate

January 22, 2025

Stress during early pregnancy affects offspring into adulthood

Susanne Schumacher

December 19, 2024

Photo and video award: the best of 2024

Wolf Schuchardt

December 18, 2024

DPZ Cafeteria under new management starting January 7th

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Karin Tilch

December 18, 2024

DPZ virologists among the ‘Highly Cited Researchers’

The picture shows a monkey with reddish-brown fur sitting on a tree.

Susanne Schumacher

December 18, 2024

DPZ aktuell published

ChatGPT, Dimitri Lindenwald

November 21, 2024

Our new webpage is online

NGUYEN VAN TRUONG

October 28, 2024

Why langurs drink salt water

Die 3D-gerenderte rasterelektronenmikroskopische Aufnahme zeigt SARS-CoV-2-Viren (rot), die an der Oberfläche einer Wirtszelle austreten.

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June 25, 2024

How SARS-CoV-2 affects our immune system

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