The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Menschheitsgeschichte) performs basic research into archaeogenetics and linguistic cultural evolution. The institute is one of 80+ research institutes of the Max Planck Society and is located in Jena, Germany.The co-directors of the institute are: Russell Gray (Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution) Johannes Krause (Department of Archeogenetics)↑