Publications

FIRSTSTEPS team members and collaborators are highlighted in bold.

2024

Harvati K., Stringer C., Folorunso A. 2024. Comparative 3D shape analysis of the Iwo Eleru mandible, Nigeria. PaleoAnthropology 2024:1, 99-111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48738/2024.iss1.1084

Roditi E., Bocherens H., Konidaris G.E., Athanassiou A., Tourloukis V., Karkanas P., Panagopoulou E., Harvati K.2024. Life-history of Palaeoloxodon antiquus reveals Middle Pleistocene glacial refugium in the Megalopolis basin, Greece. Scientific Reports 14, 1390. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-51592-9

Konidaris G.E., Athanassiou A., Tourloukis V., Chitoglou K., van Kolfschoten T., Giusti D., Thompson N., Tsartsidou G., Roditi E., Panagopoulou E., Karkanas P., Harvati K. 2024. The late Early–Middle Pleistocene mammal fauna from the Megalopolis Basin (Peloponnese, Greece) and its importance for biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment. Quaternary 7, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7040041

Butiseaca G.A., van der Meer M.T.J., Bludau I.J.E., Karkanas P., Vasiliev I., Tourloukis V., Junginger A., Mulch A., Panagopoulou E., Harvati K. 2024. Impact of the MIS 12 glacial stage on the middle Pleistocene hominins in the eastern Mediterranean (Megalopolis basin - Greece). Global and Planetary Change 242, 104585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104585

Kunze J., Harvati K., Hotz G., Karakostis F.A. 2024. Human-like manual activities in Australopithecus. Journal of Human Evolution 196, 103591

Rathmann H., Vizzari M.T., Beier J., Bailey S., Ghirotto S., Harvati K. 2024. Human population dynamics in Upper Paleolithic Europe inferred from fossil dental phenotypes. Science Advances 10, eadn8129 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn8129

SilvestriniS., RealC.,Federico LugliF., DelpianoD., HarvatiK., CollinaC., PeresaniM., Spinapolice E.E., RomandiniM.,Benazzi S. 2024. Hunting game: new data on the subsistence strategies during the Uluzzian in Italy. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 57, 104575

Limmer L.S., Santon M., McGrath K., Harvati K., ElZaatari S. 2024. Differences in childhood stress between Neanderthals and early modern humans as reflected by dental enamel growth disruptions. Scientific Reports 14, 11293 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61321-x

Mori T., Riga A., Aytek A. I., Harvati K. 2024. A new virtual reconstruction and geometric morphometric analysis of the Kocabaş hominin fossil from Turkey. Journal of Human Evolution 191, 103517 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103517

GretzingerJ., Schmitt F., Mötsch A., Carlhoff S., Lamnidis T.C., Huang Y., Ringbauer H._,Knipper C., Francken M., Mandt F., Hansen L., Freund C., Huang Y., Ringbauer H.,Posth C., Rathmann H., Harvati K., WielandG., Granehaell L., Maixner F., ZinkA., Schier W., Krausse D., Krause J., Schiffels S. 2024. Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites. Nature Human Behaviour https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01888-7

2023

Schmidt, P., Koch T.J., Charrié-Duhaut A., Karakostis, F.A., Harvati, K., Dresely, V., Blessing, M.A. 2023. Production method of the Königsaue birch tar documents cumulative culture in Neanderthals. Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Science 15, 84. Doi: 10.1007/s12520-023-01789-2

Konidaris G.E., Tourloukis V., Boni G., Athanassiou A., Giusti D., Thompson N., Syrides G., Panagopoulou E., Karkanas P., Harvati K. 2023. Marathousa 2: A New Middle Pleistocene Locality in the Megalopolis Basin (Greece) With Evidence of Hominin Exploitation of Megafauna (Hippopotamus). PaleoAnthropology 2023:1, 34-55 . Doi: 10.48738/2023.iss1.810

Röding C., Stringer C., Lacruz R.S., Harvati K. 2023. Mugharet el’Aliya: affinities of an enigmatic North African Aterian maxillary fragment. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 180(2), 352-369. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24642

Rathmann H., Perretti S., Porcu V., Hanihara T., Scott G.R., Irish J.D., Reyes-Centeno H., Ghirotto S., Harvati K. 2023. Inferring human neutral genetic variation from craniodental phenotypes. PNAS Nexus 2, 1-11
doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad217

Posth C., … Harvati K., Semal P., Jungklaus B., Suvorov A., Schulting R., Moiseyev V., Mannermaa K., Buzhilova A., Terberger T., Caramelli D., Altena E., Haak W., Krause J. 2023. Paleogenomics of Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers. Nature 615, 117–126 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05726-0

Buzi C., Profico A., Liang C., Khonsari R.H., O’Higgins P., Moazen M., Harvati K. 2023. Icex: advances in the automatic extraction and volume calculation of cranial cavities. Journal of Anatomy DOI: 10.1111/joa.13843

2022

Harvati K., Reyes Centeno H. 2022. Evolution of Homo in the Middle and Late Pleistocene. Journal of Human Evolution 173, 103279. Open access: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0047248422001397

Harvati K., Ackermann R.R. 2022. Merging morphological and genetic evidence to assess hybridization in Western Eurasian Late Pleistocene hominins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6, 1573-1585 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01875-z

Balzeau A., Albessard-Ball L., Kubicka A.M., Filippo A., Beaudet A., Santos E., Bienvenu T., Arsuaga J.-L., Bartsiokas A., Berger L., Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Brunet M., Carlson K. J., Daura J., Gorgoulis V.G., Grine F.E., Harvati K., Hawks J., Herries A., Hublin J.-J., Hui J., Ives R., Joordens J.A., Kaifu Y., Kouloukoussa M., Léger B., Lordkipanidze D., Margvelashvili A., Martin J., Martinón-Torres M., May H., Mounier A., du Plessis A., Rae T., Röding C., Sanz M., Semal P., Stratford D., Stringer C., Tawane M., Temming H., Tsoukala E., Zilhão J., Zipfel B., Buck L.T. 2022. Frontal sinuses and human evolution. Science Advances 8, eabp9767 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abp9767