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Katerina Harvati

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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

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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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European Diamond Capacity Hub @eudch.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 6d

« 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

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 7d

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

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Marc Berthold @marcberthold.bsky.social · 7d

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 !

agir.greenvoice.fr

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Palaeotrails @palaeotrails.bsky.social · 8d

We are hiring a Project Co-ordinator! 🚨

Are you extremely organised with great interpersonal skills?
Able to multitask efficiently?
Interested in African prehistory?
Keen to work with an enthusiastic team?
We want to hear from you!

Closing date: 17 October, 2025

Project Coordinator (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a 12-month Project Co-ordinator position on the NG'IPALAJEM project, funded by the ERC. The project aims at collecting new palaeontological, archaeological and geological

www.cam.ac.uk

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 13d

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! ✨

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Gabriele Russo @gabrieleru1.bsky.social · 13d

Thrilled to have won the Student Poster Prize at #ESHE2025! 🏆 Grateful for the opportunity to share my work on Lebanese fauna and for all the inspiring conversations throughout the conference!

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 14d

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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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 14d

feel better Marta!! We miss you!

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 14d

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! 🤗🤗

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 14d

#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. 👏

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 14d

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! 👏👏👏

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 14d

#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 😀

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 14d

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Watching online @katharv.bsky.social talk about Apidima at #ESHE2025 , extremely important and intriguing site: what is the taphonomic context of these two skulls of different ages?

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Melania Ioannidou @melaniarocks.bsky.social · 15d

Happy to present my poster at #ESHE2025! ✨ “Rethinking dental traits in hominin origins: Insights from Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Late Miocene, Greece).” 🐵🦷 Thanks to everyone who stopped by! #Miocene #apes

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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · 15d

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! 👏🏻

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 17d

and on the Munich subway :-)!

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 17d

So proud of my daughter Maria (www.instagram.com/ria.roz/) whose art - and activism - was featured in the Süddeutsche Zeitung yesterday😀😍✨

www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mue...

„Fridays For Future“-Aktivistin Maria Papatheodorou: Sie malt über ihre Sorgen

Maria Papatheodorou hat in Athen „Fridays For Future“ gegründet, jetzt greift sie in München in ihren Bildern die Sorgen vor dem Klimawandel auf.

www.sueddeutsche.de

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · 22d

Time flies and soon it will be time to close the Apidima excavation, after a very productive season!🔨👲

In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D 😍
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 25d

Out today in @commsearth.nature.com from some of my newest colleagues at UMMP: evidence that the extinction of dinosaurs led to fundamental shifts in terrestrial environments, and that this signal is recorded in facies shifts tied to the K-Pg boundary: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Dinosaur extinction can explain continental facies shifts at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary - Communications Earth & Environment

Dinosaurs promoted open habitats in the Late Cretaceous, and their extinction could have led to a radical reorganization of the landscape and ecosystem structure at the beginning of the Paleogene, acc...

www.nature.com

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 27d

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it’s the only power source that won’t fry the planet.

Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet

www.newscientist.com

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last chance to apply!!

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 We are hiring! 🥳
Applications are open until September 10th! Feel free to circulate! ✨️ Last chance to apply!

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 8

📢Now hiring:independent junior research group leader-Biomechanics🦴💻
The #HumanOrigins Cluster at Uni Tübingen invites applications for a leader in biomechanics.
📝Start: Jan 1, 2026
🗓 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
Interested? Apply now!
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Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 We are hiring! 🥳
Applications are open until September 10th! Feel free to circulate! ✨️ Last chance to apply!

Harvati Lab @harvatilab.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Paolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · Sep 7

Excellent thread on what is going on at academic journals, from the perspective of an editor.

Clearly highlights the strain (direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...) caused by quantitative incentives, and that publishers cannot be allies in solving the mess -- they are part of the problem & profit from it.

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are also looking for to fill the managing director position for the new Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS at the University of Tübingen!

Please see below for English text and the link for the German advert.

Deadline: Sept. 15!
lnkd.in/gJZrvGnk

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Sep 3

There is still time to apply to these great early career opportunities!!

Three Junior Research Group leader positions at the new University of Tübingen Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS' (in biomechanics, phenotype-genotype interactions, experimental archaeology - see links)

Deadline Sept. 10!

Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 7

Job Alerts!🚨 We are looking to fill three Independent Junior Research Group Leader positions in the 'HUMAN ORIGINS' Cluster of Excellence at the University of Tübingen
Application deadline: Sept. 10, Starting Jan. 1, 2026

1. Genotype-Phenotype interactions:
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Independent Junior Research Group Leader (m/f/d, 100%)

uni-tuebingen.de

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄️ @mu-peter.bsky.social · Aug 29

A history of multiple Denisovan introgression events in modern humans🏺🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Review of evidence suggests several Denisovan populations, who likely had an extensive geographical range, were adapted to distinct environments and introgressed into modern humans multiple times.

Overview of the distinct Denisovan populations that introgressed into modern humans.

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 29

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds

Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very cool!

bioRxiv Paleontology @biorxiv-paleo.bsky.social · Aug 29

Earliest Evidence of Elephant Butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Reveals the Evolutionary Impact of Early Human Megafaunal Exploitation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.28.672811v1

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bioRxiv Paleontology @biorxiv-paleo.bsky.social · Aug 29

Earliest Evidence of Elephant Butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Reveals the Evolutionary Impact of Early Human Megafaunal Exploitation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.28.672811v1

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