News and Colloquia

All news concerning the Center "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools" are announced on this site in chronological order. This includes the bi-weekly colloquia, additional invited talks, published articles related to the center, and all the information on the yearly symposia.

23.06.2025

Presenting an innovative statistical pipeline for directly identifying and quantifying meaningful brain–hand interactions during stone tool use using experimental data, with many exciting possibilities for future research

New publication in Brain Structure and Function by junior research group members Simona Affinito et…

23.06.2025

Introducing “The Mind & Muscles”, the first experimental approach in archaeological sciences for simultaneously recording brain (EEG) and muscle (EMG) activation patterns during stone tool use

New open-access publication in PLOS ONE by junior research group members Brienna Eteson et al. (with…

25.04.2025

VERA 2.0 method for tracking muscle-driven bone changes now published

New open-access publication in PLOS ONE by junior research group leader Dr. Karakostis (with…

19.11.2024

Junior Research Group publishes New Study on the Cognitive Implications of Early Hominin Stone Tool Use

Published article in Scientific Reports

12.11.2024

New Open-Access Publication in Scientific Reports by Dr. Judith Beier and Colleagues

Published article in Scientific Reports

11.11.2024

New Study Published in Journal of Human Evolution Uncovers Human-like Grasping Patterns in Early Hominin Fossils

02.09.2024

Junior Research Group Publishes Open-Access Study on Early Stone Tool Efficiency in AJBA

16.08.2024

New Science Advances Study Reveals Human Population Dynamics in Upper Paleolithic Europe