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Katerina Harvati

Katerina Harvati

@katharv.bsky.social

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Paleoanthropologist, human evolution, Neanderthals, modern human origins, S-E Europe and Greece.
Dog enthusiast!

Professor, University of Tübingen, Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironments & University of Bergen. Opinions my own. .. more

Katerina Harvati is a Greek paleoanthropologist and expert in human evolution. She specializes in the broad application of 3-D geometric morphometric and virtual anthropology methods to paleoanthropology. Since 2009, she is full professor and director of Paleoanthropology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. From 2020 to 2023 she was Director of the Institute for Archaeological Sciences and since 2023 she is Director of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen. .. more

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · May 22

I am extremely honored that our Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' was selected for funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft!! This is incredible news and I look forward to exciting times ahead setting up this new Cluster!

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 8h

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

Eine künstlerische Darstellung eines Menschen in prähistorischer Fellkleidung, der einen Ast bearbeitet. Im Hintergrund sind Landschaftselemente wie ein See, Berge und grasende Tiere zu sehen. Text im Bild: "Frühester Nachweis von Menschenhand genutzter Holzwerkzeuge". Oben ist das Wort "Forschung" zu lesen.

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 19h

And another by Ioanna Soufleri in To Vima!

www.tovima.gr/2026/01/26/s...

Μεγάλη ανακάλυψη στη Μεγαλόπολη: Εντοπίστηκαν τα αρχαιότερα ξύλινα εργαλεία του κόσμου | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ

Η Κατερίνα Χαρβάτη, παλαιοανθρωπολόγος του Πανεπιστημίου Τίμπιγκεν και επικεφαλής των ερευνών, εξηγεί τη σημασία των ευρημάτων αποκλειστικά στο ψηφιακό ΒΗΜΑ.

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 20h

A great write up of our paper in New Scientist by @michael-marshall.bsky.social!

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

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 20h

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/...

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...

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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw @idw-online.de · 21h

Earliest evidence of wooden tools used by humans
International research team from Germany, the UK and Greece finds evidence of wooden tool use in Greece 430,000 years ago...
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An artist’s reconstruction of a Marathousa 1 paleolithic woman producing a digging stick from a small alder tree trunk with a small stone tool. This kind of wood was used for the Marathousa 1 digging stick. - Copyright K. Harvati

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 1d

✨Super interesting article on elephant bone tool from Boxgrove! ✨
also referencing the bone tools from our excavation at Marathousa 1, Megalopolis, which are a bit younger, at ca 430 ka, but still among the oldest in Europe 😀

Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 5d

More Breaking Palaeo-news!
🐘 Boxgrove preserved oldest Elephant Bone beyond Africa.
🐘 Early Neanderthals using bone to shape beautiful tools.
🐘 New research from Simon Parfitt @uclarchaeology.bsky.social Silvia Bello of the @nhm-london.bsky.social.
🦣🏺🐘https://share.google/20WUjY5TybDAr4QoT

Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England and analyzed by archaeologists from UCL and the Natural His...

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Care of Earth and People Ensure A Future World 🌎 @bpermaculture.bsky.social · 2d

They built wind turbines to make power — but under the sea, they “produce” something no one expected
www.ecoportal.net/en/turbines-...

They built wind turbines to make power — but under the sea, they “produce” something no one expected

Offshore turbines with nature‑inclusive Reef Cubes help restore oceans, boosting marine life as Dutch wind farms show clean energy can heal underwater ecosystems.

www.ecoportal.net

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 5d

#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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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 5d

More Breaking Palaeo-news!
🐘 Boxgrove preserved oldest Elephant Bone beyond Africa.
🐘 Early Neanderthals using bone to shape beautiful tools.
🐘 New research from Simon Parfitt @uclarchaeology.bsky.social Silvia Bello of the @nhm-london.bsky.social.
🦣🏺🐘https://share.google/20WUjY5TybDAr4QoT

Prehistoric tool made from elephant bone is the oldest discovered in Europe

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England and analyzed by archaeologists from UCL and the Natural His...

Reposted by Katerina Harvati

Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 13d

A newly published H. habilis skeleton is just the fourth post-cranial skeleton ever found from the species. 🏺🧪

Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like features

Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

www.livescience.com

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 28d

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

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...

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 29d

Happy holidays and happy new year from all of us! 🎄✨
Wishing you a restful break, joyful moments and an inspiring start to 2026. ✨️🦴🌍

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Dec 27

The @nytimes.com Lost Science series continues. Here's my Q&A with a scientist who was studying how wildfire smoke threatens human health when the EPA decided that her research was no longer a funding priority. Gift link: nyti.ms/4jhpw14

Portrait of Marina Vance, a scientist, sitting in a Colorado grassland.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Dec 17

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center

www.nytimes.com

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Dec 11

Congratulations Dalila!!! 🎉✨👩‍🎓
and thank you to all committee members!

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Dec 11

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dalila de Caro for successfully defending her PhD today! @daliladecaro.bsky.social 🎊

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Dec 11

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dalila de Caro for successfully defending her PhD today! @daliladecaro.bsky.social 🎊

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Dec 7

For #AncientSiteSunday this fabulous aerial photo of the Acropolis at #Athens - a site I would love to be right now!

📷 Christos Kapoulas

#Greece

🏺

Aerial view of the Acropolis of Athens, situated on a rocky hill overlooking the city. The Parthenon, with its partially preserved columns and ruins, stands at the center. Other classical structures, including the Erechtheion and the Propylaea, are visible nearby. Below the Acropolis, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, a semicircular stone theater, is nestled into the hillside. The surrounding area is a mix of greenery and densely packed modern buildings, showing the contrast between ancient history and contemporary Athens.

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Nov 26

And today it was the turn of the Megalopolis delegation to present our work at Marathousa 1 (Greece) 🙂
With dalil@daliladecaro.bsky.social

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Nov 25

what a privilege to be able to visit the Vértesszőlős site yesterday, despite the snow and cold temperatures!

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Nov 24

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

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Nov 17

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

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Nov 12

And the abstracts of this year's ESHE meeting!

PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · Nov 11

15th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution Abstracts Paris, 25-27 September 2025
🔗 paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · Nov 11

15th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution Abstracts Paris, 25-27 September 2025
🔗 paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

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Erella Hovers @ehovers.bsky.social · Nov 7

check out this new issue of PaleoAnthropology including a special issue on late Middle and Late Pleistocene hominin systematics
paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

PaleoAnthropology

paleoanthropology.org

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Nov 6

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

PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · Nov 6

The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess

📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

#paleoanthropology #humanevolution

Front Cover of the 2025, Issue 2 PaleoAnthropology Journal. Featuring images from Balzeau et al.

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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · Nov 6

The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess

📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

#paleoanthropology #humanevolution

Front Cover of the 2025, Issue 2 PaleoAnthropology Journal. Featuring images from Balzeau et al.

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European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social · Oct 6

Excited to kick off #CRAFT_OA2025 in Göttingen at the @craft-oa.bsky.social Conference!

The whole EDCH team is on its way, ready to share our work and connect with the amazing #DiamondOA community.

We have three sessions lined up – explore the full programme here: buff.ly/DOhyE5U 👀

The EDCH at the CRaft-OA conference:
1. The EDCH: a collective for Diamond OA
2. The EDCH Training platform
3. The EDCH Registry and forum

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Mona Chollet @monachollet.bsky.social · Oct 4

« Ils ont traîné la petite Greta [Thunberg] par les cheveux sous nos yeux, l'ont battue et l'ont forcée à embrasser le drapeau israélien. Ils lui ont fait tout ce qu'ils pouvaient imaginer, en guise d'avertissement pour les autres » www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Oct 4

Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress

We can avoid the agonising wait for advances in women's healthcare

Simply listening to the experiences of women with conditions such as endometriosis will help to end the long-standing inequalities they face when it comes to medical progress

www.newscientist.com

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Marc Berthold @marcberthold.bsky.social · Oct 3

Hier geht’s zur #Petition zur Rettung des #Nachtzug von #Paris nach #Berlin und nach #Wien!

Knapp 60.000 haben schon unterschrieben. Nächste Etappe: 75.000! 💪

Unterschreibt jetzt! Und teilt sie mit Euren Freundinnen und Freunden! 🙏

🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne

Signez la pétition maintenant !

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