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News from the #Paleoanthropology 🦴🦷⚒️ lab at the University of Tübingen 🎓 & Senckenberg 🌍
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I was extremely honored to present my long term research in Greece at the gathering of the Omoioi of Mani yesterday, who recognized me as an honorary member. It was a great pleasure and honor!
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I was extremely honored to present my long term research in Greece at the gathering of the Omoioi of Mani yesterday, who recognized me as an honorary member. It was a great pleasure and honor!
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The artwork that illustrated our PNAS paper on the oldest wooden tools was made by Gleiver Prieto, who has also worked with me on illustrations for previous projects, including the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Marathousa 1.
Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩
Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The artwork that illustrated our PNAS paper on the oldest wooden tools was made by Gleiver Prieto, who has also worked with me on illustrations for previous projects, including the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Marathousa 1.
Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩
Gleiver's art really brings Pleistocene Megalopolis to life ✨ 🤩
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Die bisher frühesten bekannten Holzwerkzeuge, die Menschen nutzten, stammen aus Griechenland. Ein Forschungsteam der Universitäten Tübingen und Reading sowie der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung hat rund 430.000 Jahre alte Belege entdeckt: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…#Archäologieie
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Die bisher frühesten bekannten Holzwerkzeuge, die Menschen nutzten, stammen aus Griechenland. Ein Forschungsteam der Universitäten Tübingen und Reading sowie der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung hat rund 430.000 Jahre alte Belege entdeckt: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet/…#Archäologieie
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That's a name to keep in mind: Sorry Schöningen spears, but there's a new top dog in town - the #Marathousa tools from southern #Greece may have been used to butcher elephants ... 400,000 years ago:
🏺 www.science.org/content/arti... by @andrewcurry.com for science.org
🏺 www.science.org/content/arti... by @andrewcurry.com for science.org
Oldest wooden tools may have been used to butcher elephants
Branches sharpened 400,000 years ago shine light on humans’ early toolmaking
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
That's a name to keep in mind: Sorry Schöningen spears, but there's a new top dog in town - the #Marathousa tools from southern #Greece may have been used to butcher elephants ... 400,000 years ago:
🏺 www.science.org/content/arti... by @andrewcurry.com for science.org
🏺 www.science.org/content/arti... by @andrewcurry.com for science.org
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
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Usually, stones and bones get all the attention, but wood was part of the toolkit too, and the evidence is growing! 🪵
A new paper by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social et al. reports the earliest handheld wooden tools (~430 ka) from Marathousa 1 (Greece)! @harvatilab.bsky.social 🦣🧪🏺
A new paper by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social et al. reports the earliest handheld wooden tools (~430 ka) from Marathousa 1 (Greece)! @harvatilab.bsky.social 🦣🧪🏺
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Usually, stones and bones get all the attention, but wood was part of the toolkit too, and the evidence is growing! 🪵
A new paper by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social et al. reports the earliest handheld wooden tools (~430 ka) from Marathousa 1 (Greece)! @harvatilab.bsky.social 🦣🧪🏺
A new paper by @annemiekemilks.bsky.social et al. reports the earliest handheld wooden tools (~430 ka) from Marathousa 1 (Greece)! @harvatilab.bsky.social 🦣🧪🏺
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A great write up of our paper in New Scientist by @michael-marshall.bsky.social!
www.newscientist.com/article/2509...
www.newscientist.com/article/2509...
Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
Excavations at an opencast mine in Greece have uncovered two wooden objects more than 400,000 years old that appear to have been fashioned as tools by an unknown species of ancient human
www.newscientist.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A great write up of our paper in New Scientist by @michael-marshall.bsky.social!
www.newscientist.com/article/2509...
www.newscientist.com/article/2509...
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Such a pleasure to share our latest article on the wooden tools from Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis), the oldest known in the world at 430 ka.
Congratulations to the team!
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Congratulations to the team!
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS
The Middle Pleistocene (MP; ca. 774 to 129 ka) marks a critical period of human evolution,
characterized by increasing behavioral complexity and th...
www.pnas.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Such a pleasure to share our latest article on the wooden tools from Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis), the oldest known in the world at 430 ka.
Congratulations to the team!
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Congratulations to the team!
Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#teammember Frini Roditi was invited to give a talk today at the Biogeology seminar at the University of Tübingen! ✨ She shared her exciting ongoing work in the Megalopolis Basin, Greece 🦣🌍🦛 Well done! 🙌🏻
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
#teammember Frini Roditi was invited to give a talk today at the Biogeology seminar at the University of Tübingen! ✨ She shared her exciting ongoing work in the Megalopolis Basin, Greece 🦣🌍🦛 Well done! 🙌🏻
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As a belated Christmas present, our article on the human remains from the Grotta Del Poggio is now published open access in the AJBA 😀
Congratulations to Erica Piccirilli and the whole team!! ✨🎉
#humanevolution #openaccess #ERCprojectFIRSTSTEPS
Congratulations to Erica Piccirilli and the whole team!! ✨🎉
#humanevolution #openaccess #ERCprojectFIRSTSTEPS
The Human Remains From the MIS 6 Site of Grotta Del Poggio (Cilento, Southern Italy): A Taxonomic and Chronological Reassessment
Objectives Grotta del Poggio is a key site for exploring the Middle Paleolithic in southern Italy, as it contains a pivotal anthropogenic deposit, mainly attributed to MIS 6, while in the Metal Ages...
dx.doi.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
As a belated Christmas present, our article on the human remains from the Grotta Del Poggio is now published open access in the AJBA 😀
Congratulations to Erica Piccirilli and the whole team!! ✨🎉
#humanevolution #openaccess #ERCprojectFIRSTSTEPS
Congratulations to Erica Piccirilli and the whole team!! ✨🎉
#humanevolution #openaccess #ERCprojectFIRSTSTEPS
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Festive office vibes! 🎄✨ Happy holidays to all and warm wishes for the new year! Cheers to more research, discoveries and new adventures in 2026! 🐵🦴🌍📃
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Festive office vibes! 🎄✨ Happy holidays to all and warm wishes for the new year! Cheers to more research, discoveries and new adventures in 2026! 🐵🦴🌍📃
Happy holidays and happy new year from all of us! 🎄✨
Wishing you a restful break, joyful moments and an inspiring start to 2026. ✨️🦴🌍
Wishing you a restful break, joyful moments and an inspiring start to 2026. ✨️🦴🌍
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy holidays and happy new year from all of us! 🎄✨
Wishing you a restful break, joyful moments and an inspiring start to 2026. ✨️🦴🌍
Wishing you a restful break, joyful moments and an inspiring start to 2026. ✨️🦴🌍
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dalila de Caro for successfully defending her PhD today! @daliladecaro.bsky.social 🎊
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🎉 Huge congratulations to Dalila de Caro for successfully defending her PhD today! @daliladecaro.bsky.social 🎊
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And today it was the turn of the Megalopolis delegation to present our work at Marathousa 1 (Greece) 🙂
With dalil@daliladecaro.bsky.social
With dalil@daliladecaro.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And today it was the turn of the Megalopolis delegation to present our work at Marathousa 1 (Greece) 🙂
With dalil@daliladecaro.bsky.social
With dalil@daliladecaro.bsky.social
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A great pleasure to be invited, together with @daliladecaro.bsky.social, to participate in the symposium celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Vertesszolos discovery! Wonderful venue at the Hungarian National Museum 🤩 Many thanks to our hosts, the organizers G. Lengyel & Y. Zaidner
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A great pleasure to be invited, together with @daliladecaro.bsky.social, to participate in the symposium celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Vertesszolos discovery! Wonderful venue at the Hungarian National Museum 🤩 Many thanks to our hosts, the organizers G. Lengyel & Y. Zaidner
New paper alert! 🎉 #teammember David Naumann’s study on the La Rochette Upper Paleolithic human remains is now out in PaleoAnthropology journal (early view). @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social 🦴💻📊 #openaccess
Link to the paper 🔗 : share.google/MVCG2U9dMFHN...
Congrats, David! 🙌🏻
#archeology
Link to the paper 🔗 : share.google/MVCG2U9dMFHN...
Congrats, David! 🙌🏻
#archeology
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New paper alert! 🎉 #teammember David Naumann’s study on the La Rochette Upper Paleolithic human remains is now out in PaleoAnthropology journal (early view). @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social 🦴💻📊 #openaccess
Link to the paper 🔗 : share.google/MVCG2U9dMFHN...
Congrats, David! 🙌🏻
#archeology
Link to the paper 🔗 : share.google/MVCG2U9dMFHN...
Congrats, David! 🙌🏻
#archeology
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The new issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! 📢
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The new issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! 📢
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
It’s a wrap! 🎉 Huge thanks to the organizers, members and everyone involved for making #ESHE2025 a success! 🙌 Special thanks to our Christina Siali for her wonderful work. 😊 And big congrats to Harmony Hill and Gabriel Russo for winning the student prizes! 🏆👏 See you next year in Burgos, Spain! ✨
September 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s a wrap! 🎉 Huge thanks to the organizers, members and everyone involved for making #ESHE2025 a success! 🙌 Special thanks to our Christina Siali for her wonderful work. 😊 And big congrats to Harmony Hill and Gabriel Russo for winning the student prizes! 🏆👏 See you next year in Burgos, Spain! ✨
A snapshot from Katerina Harvati’s podium presentation at #ESHE2025 earlier today! ✨️ Her talk: “Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence.” ☠️🌍🪨
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A snapshot from Katerina Harvati’s podium presentation at #ESHE2025 earlier today! ✨️ Her talk: “Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence.” ☠️🌍🪨
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#ESHE2025
Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’
2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens).
Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO.
Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀
Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’
2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens).
Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO.
Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#ESHE2025
Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’
2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens).
Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO.
Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀
Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’
2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens).
Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO.
Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀
And finally today, team members Gabriel Russo and Marya Soubra presented their latest work on sites in Lebanon at #ESHE2025 poster session! 🌍🐆🦴🐾 Congratulations to both! 🤗🤗
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And finally today, team members Gabriel Russo and Marya Soubra presented their latest work on sites in Lebanon at #ESHE2025 poster session! 🌍🐆🦴🐾 Congratulations to both! 🤗🤗
#ESHE2025 featured posters from our team members on Greek sites: Klissoura (Marciani et al.), Megalopoli (Roditi et al.), and Apidima (Lombardo et al.)! 🌍🦴🐵 They couldn’t attend in person, but their work was well represented. 👏
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#ESHE2025 featured posters from our team members on Greek sites: Klissoura (Marciani et al.), Megalopoli (Roditi et al.), and Apidima (Lombardo et al.)! 🌍🦴🐵 They couldn’t attend in person, but their work was well represented. 👏
The #ESHE2025 poster session was on fire today! 🔥 Check out the great work from our team members Katerina Harvati, Laura Limmer, David Naumann, and Caroline Röding. 🤗✨ Huge congratulations to all authors and co-authors! 👏👏👏
September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The #ESHE2025 poster session was on fire today! 🔥 Check out the great work from our team members Katerina Harvati, Laura Limmer, David Naumann, and Caroline Röding. 🤗✨ Huge congratulations to all authors and co-authors! 👏👏👏
Team member Melania Ioannidou presented her poster on Ouranopithecus macedoniensis at #ESHE2025! 🐵🐒🦧 Congrats, Melania! 👏✨
September 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Team member Melania Ioannidou presented her poster on Ouranopithecus macedoniensis at #ESHE2025! 🐵🐒🦧 Congrats, Melania! 👏✨
Team member Majid Aljaber Abo Fakher kicked off this morning’s Pecha Kucha session at #ESHE2025 in Paris! His talk: “A strictly modern human trait? Tracing hypoconulid absence in first molars and its evolutionary implications.” 🦷🌍 Congrats, Majid! 👏🏻
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Team member Majid Aljaber Abo Fakher kicked off this morning’s Pecha Kucha session at #ESHE2025 in Paris! His talk: “A strictly modern human trait? Tracing hypoconulid absence in first molars and its evolutionary implications.” 🦷🌍 Congrats, Majid! 👏🏻