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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PaleoAnthropology in the news! 'Dive First, Run Later? The Role of Endurance Diving in Human Evolution' by Josephine Joordens & Erika Schagatay published in Early View. Featured by @discovermag.bsky.social, @sciencex.bsky.social and @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social! paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Serena Lombardo @serena-lombardo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the way back from #ESHE2026! ✨ Grateful for the opportunity to share our work on the #EarlyAurignacian of Klissoura 1 and for the inspiring exchanges with friends and colleagues! @eshesociety.bsky.social @harvatilab.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social @cenieh.bsky.social @fatapuerca.bsky.social
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More #ESHE2026! 🤩🤩🤩
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
✨️Excited to present the latest results from our study of the Apidima legacy collections at #ESHE2026! ✨️
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#ESHE2026 Day2 started with a bang! Many fantastic presentations including that of the Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis) handheld wooden tools by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social published in Febr 2026 in the PNAS, the oldest known in the world! @erc.europa.eu @dfg.de @sgn.one
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Team Tübingen had a strong showing on #ESHE2026 Day 1: @serena-lombardo.bsky.social and M. Soubra on the UP of Greece & Lebanon! Stay tuned!
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#ESHE2026 Day 1 - wonderful to spend time with colleagues, students and friends and have vibrant scientific exchanges in such a lovely setting as Burgos!✨️
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European Society for the Study of Human Evolution @eshesociety.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📢 A reminder that the #ESHE2026 meeting begins this Wednesday in Burgos! If you're joining us, be sure to download the latest program schedule and abstract booklet on our website. We look forward to welcoming you to Burgos for an exciting week of scientific exchange and networking! #ESHE #Burgos
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Serena Lombardo @serena-lombardo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And that's a wrap on another fantastic season at #Apidima! Until next time 🌊🪨⛏️ @harvatilab.bsky.social @katharv.bsky.social @unituebingen.bsky.social
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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A huge shout-out to all my co-authors, thank you so much! This research is part of the ERC-funded #REVIVE project, in close collaboration with the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory in #Beirut and the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities @harvatilab.bsky.social @humanorigins.bsky.social 9/9
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was a pleasure to attend the Homo erectus conference in Tbilisi last week to present our work on Megalopolis. What a treat to visit the Dmanisi site, have the chance to look at fossils and connect with colleagues ✨️ Many many thanks to the organizers for flawless organization and hospitality! 🙏🙏
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Quentin Cosnefroy @quentin-cosnefroy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Last week I had the chance to co-organize with my colleagues Jeremy Duveau, Pierre Gousset and Laurent Pallas: Functional Anatomy and Natural History of the Catarrhine Femur 🐒🦍🏃‍♀️ A Workshop in the frame of the @irnbipedalism.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social at the @museedelhomme.fr
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Do you have a PhD in Proteomics, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, or related fields, an outstanding research record, and look for the next step in your career, consider applying till September 27, 2026! Check also the other ads on our page for more opportunities: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
‼️ Here's another great Early Career opportunity within our cluster: ‼️ Come work with us as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead in the field of Archeo- and Paleoproteomics! #paleosky 🏺 uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
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Job advertisment: Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100 %)
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‼️Looking for a exciting PhD project intertwining archaeology, cognitive science and psychology? There’s still time to apply for this opportunity within HUMAN ORIGINS. Deadline at September 15th is approaching, though! uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
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Job advertisement: PhD Position / Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apidima excavation update: 📢 This year we focus on Caves C and D, which document the Upper Paleolithic (very rare in Greece): Cave C (left) Protoaurignacian, Cave D (right) (Epi)Gravettian (see: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...) @erc.europa.eu @sgn.one @unituebingen.bsky.social ky.social
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 04/09/2026
The authors report a limited role of gradual directional selection and underscore the importance of stabilizing selection and constraints in our lineage’s evolution. #humanevolution #hominin #paleoanthropology www.nature.com/articles/s41... @katharv.bsky.social @harvatilab.bsky.social
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Evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo - Nature Communications
This study tests the evolutionary processes shaping the cranial morphology of the genus Homo. The authors report a limited role of gradual directional selection and underscore the importance of stabil...
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good luck to our team 🙏🏼🫂✨️ Apidima 2026 😎💯 #Paleoanthropology #Fieldwork 🏺
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New opportunity: fully funded PhD position within the Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success. Deadline: 15 September 2026.
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
‼️ Fantastic new opportunity within our Cluster HUMAN ORIGINS ‼️ Full Professorship Early Prehistory at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Tübingen! Deadline for applications: 2nd October 2026. More info: uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
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W3-Professorship in Early Prehistory
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yet ANOTHER great opportunity at our cluster HUMAN ORIGINS: ❗️ We‘re looking for a Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of hominin postcranial evolution ❗️ Apply here till October 15th: uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit... #Paleosky
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Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thank you to my Alma Mater, CUNY GC!
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Happy #FossilFriday! 🦴👣 A few moments from our recent fieldwork in Baringo, Kenya 🇰🇪 Exciting things ahead! Many thanks to our team members and to the local partners whose support and assistance were invaluable throughout the fieldwork. 🙏🏼✨️ @humanorigins.bsky.social
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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 Katerina Harvati vom Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche #Archäologie und dem #Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment wird mit dem Albert Einstein World Award for Science 2026 des World Cultural Council ausgezeichnet: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…
Porträtfoto von Katerina Harvati, Text im Bild: „Katerina Harvati erhält den Albert Einstein World Award for Science“.
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Incredibly honored to be selected as the recipient of the 2026 Albert Einstein World Award of Science! Thank you to the selection committee, team members, partners &institutions supporting me @sgn.one @dfg.de @erc.europa.eu @unituebingen.bsky.social www.consejoculturalmundial.org/news/winner-...
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Congrats to our speaker @katharv.bsky.social, who was just announced as the winner of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science!
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Katerina Harvati erhält den Albert Einstein World Award for Science
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
✨Great to see our recent article on evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo featured by our local press 😀 www.swp.de/lokales/tueb...
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Studie der Universität Tübingen: Wie sich menschliche Schädel wirklich entwickelten
Größeres Gehirn, kleineres Gesicht: Die menschliche Evolution verlief anders als gedacht. Eine neue Studie der Universität Tübingen und der University of Tennessee in Knoxville stellt langjährige Anna...
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Serena Lombardo @serena-lombardo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thrilled to see our paper on the #Uluzzian of Klissoura Cave now published! It was a truly wonderful collaborative effort, and I’m grateful to everyone involved! ❤️ @harvatilab.bsky.social @boneslab.bsky.social
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
✨Our paper on the Uluzzian of Klissoura Cave, Greece, is now published online #openaccess ✨, one of the important studies of the @erc.europa.eu Advanced Project FIRSTSTEPS and a Greek-Italian collaboration! Congratulations to Giulia Marciani, @serena-lombardo.bsky.social and team! 🎉👏 rdcu.be/ftlpN
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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Bigger brains made us human... but did evolution actually select for them? 🧠 This exciting new study challenges one of the classic assumptions about human evolution 🤯 Definitely worth a read. Congrats @katharv.bsky.social!
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Evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo - Nature Communications
This study tests the evolutionary processes shaping the cranial morphology of the genus Homo. The authors report a limited role of gradual directional selection and underscore the importance of stabil...
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨Our new article in the series of papers on the paleoenvironment of the Middle Pleistocene Megalopolis Basin (Greece) is now published! Congratulations to Ines Bludau and team!✨🎉 #openaccess #humanevolution @sgn.one @dfg.de @erc.europa.eu @humanorigins.bsky.social
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Drilling the Marathousa palaeo‐lake in Greece (Peloponnese): inferring the environmental context of a Middle Pleistocene archaeological site
The Megalopolis Basin is located in the central Peloponnese (Greece), a region that is situated along one of the primary Pleistocene biogeographical corridors for intracontinental hominin migration. ....
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Nice write-up of the recent paper by Hubbe and Harvati (2026) ✨️💀🧠 #humanevolution
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📢 New #openaccess paper out! Exploring the evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo. 🧠💀 Check it out here: rdcu.be/fsgmj Congrats to Mark and Katerina @katharv.bsky.social for this work! ✨️ #humanevolution @humanorigins.bsky.social
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Likely no hunters of Elephants nor masters of fire - new paper on taphonomic analysis challenges former assumptions on Homo floresensis. Congratulations to Grace Veatch, who recently started her position as an Independent Junior Research Group Lead at Human Origins! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis
Homo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior.
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations to Christina and Gabriele. Best wishes ✨️🥹🎊
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The final session took us to the Italian and Greek records and their connections. Wonderful to see everything coming together and the progress the team has made over the last four years 👏 Thank you to all the team members and collaborators who presented their work! @erc.europa.eu #humanevolution
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The afternoon session started with some in-depth comparative analysis of human fossils from Greece and the Balkans, one of the main objectives of FIRSTSTEPS. So nice to see this work slowly coming to fruition! 😀 @erc.europa.eu #humanevolution
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Our FISTSTEPS workshop continued with faunal and microfaunal analyses, paleoproteomics and human osteological analyses focusing on the record of the Apidima caves 😀 @erc.europa.eu #humanevolution
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The first session of the @erc.europa.eu project FIRSTSTEPS workshop is concluded, with exciting reports on the Apidima excavation, geomorphology and sediment micromorphology! wonderful to see the results coming together ✨ #humanevolution
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Congratulations, Serena! ✨️🤗
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Just back from the Senckenberg convention in Frankfurt! So nice to spend time with the hundreds of scientists that make up this amazing community of diverse institutes - I always learn something new about this incredible institution that we call home :-) @sgn.one
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Lecture Announcement! Dr.Grace Veatch, Independent Junior Research Group Leader at Human Origins, on „An Unexpected Journey: Human Evolution and Island Biogeography on Flores, Indonesia“. Join us this Friday, June 12th, at 10:15 a.m. , live on site or via Zoom: zoom.us/j/9643057107... 🏺 #paleosky
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
✨New opportunity✨ Fully funded PhD position in our Experimental Archaeology Lab lead by @egveatch.bsky.social! Find all necessary information on our website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/... #HumanOrigins #EarlyCareerArchaeologists
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Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨Deadline approaching🚨 for this fully funded PhD-position at Uni Tübingen! Want to know more? ➡️ Get in touch!
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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Very happy to announce the publication of our latest article, on the reconstruction and analysis of the Paradolicopithecus cranium from Dafnero, Greece. Congratulations to Stelios Koutalis and the entire team! ✨🎉 #openaccess www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Virtual reconstruction and analysis of the face of DFN3-150 Paradolichopithecus aff. arvernensis specimen from Dafnero, Greece - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Virtual reconstruction and analysis of the face of DFN3-150 Paradolichopithecus aff. arvernensis specimen from Dafnero, Greece
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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🦴 PaleoAnthropology 2026 Issue 1 — Human Evolution 📖 Naumann & Harvati Upper Paleolithic human remains from La Rochette paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... 📖 Hopkins et al. Middle–Upper Paleolithic transition at Kozarnika Cave paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #HumanEvolution
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HUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🚨Fully funded PhD-position🚨 in our Genotype-Phenotype Evolution in Space (GPS) Lab. Interested in the question on how climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of hominin populations? Come work with us in Tübingen! uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We’re excited to announce that the first 2026 issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! A big thank you to everyone who made this issue possible. 📖 Read it here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #PaleoAnthropology #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #OpenAccess
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Last week, #REVIVE PhD student Gabriel Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social, presented his main PhD results at SAA in San Francisco which he will defend this June!🦌🦴Congrats! ✨️ #SAA2026SFO @zig-saa.bsky.social
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Katerina gave a talk yesterday in Leiden as part of the “Experimental Archaeology Days”! ✨ She presented the recently published paper on the oldest handheld tools from Marathousa 1 🪵🔍- truly exciting work! What a wonderful symposium! 🙌🎉 @katharv.bsky.social #Archaeology #academia #science 🏺
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