Department of Geosciences

Department of Geosciences

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More than

30

Professorships

More than

12

Million €/a External Funding

In total

18

Study Programs

More than

300

Graduates per Year

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Two bird figurines carved from ivory found at the site of Hohle Fels

29.07.2026

Two bird figurines found in World Heritage Site of Hohle Fels are declared „Find of the Year”

Archaeologists from the University of Tübingen identify a unique signature in miniature works of Ice…

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Portrait of Katerina Harvati.

27.07.2026

Katerina Harvati receives Albert Einstein World Award for Science

World Cultural Council pays tribute to palaeoanthropologist’s research into the origins and…

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Replicas of a Homo habilis skull (right) and an early Homo sapiens skull (left).

06.07.2026

Larger Brain, Smaller Face: Human Evolution Took a Different Course Than Previously Thought

New study challenges long-held assumptions about the evolution of the human skull

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