I think we moved past this too quickly: researchers can’t remove this Neanderthal from the ground without destroying it, so they sent a camera into the nasal cavity instead. And they found that nose doesn't seem cold-adapted after all. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s... 🏺

I love these little snapshots into human history. An intimate glimpse of how someone lived tens of thousands of years ago www.zmescience.com/science/arch...

#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. 👏

#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 😀

The 2025 excavation season is now officially underway at Apidima in Greece! ⛏️✨️ #excavations #fieldseason #Paleoanthropology

There is a job opening (Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2 years, 100%) in my new VW project on the macro-evolution of Pleistocene technological ecosystems in Europe: ecolithic.uni-koeln.de/opportunitie... Deadline 25.05.2025 Please distribute widely! 🏺🦣

A great opportunity to meet so many inspiring colleagues—thanks to the organizers of the 'Variability within the Aurignacian' session for making it possible! @armandofalcucci.bsky.social @julienrs.bsky.social

On Monday we launched the first PaleolITica meeting, to foster exchange between young researchers in Italian #Palaeolithic lithic technology. It was very productive, thank you to all the participants! shorturl.at/6J9ba @boneslab.bsky.social #archaeology #FlintFriday #FindsFriday🏺

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our joint paper on the Bipolar knapping! An experimental-based approach to define the Bipolar as a systematic method in the Uluzzian @boneslab.bsky.social link.springer.com/10.1007/s125...

Excited to be in Ravenna for a #FIRSTSTEPS meeting with many team members! Thank you Bones Lab for having us! 😊 #archeology #teamwork

Brainstorming, networking, and sharing new ideas! Thrilled to have hosted our friends and colleagues for the ERC FIRSTSTEPS midterm meeting – what an inspiring exchange of knowledge and perspectives! @katharv.bsky.social @harvatilab.bsky.social