@melaniarocks.bsky.social
Dr. π Geologist βοΈ Paleoanthropologist ππ¦΄π¦· #Miocene apes π Postdoc and lecturer @Harvatilab at Uni TΓΌbingen β¨οΈ
Itβs a wrap! π Huge thanks to the organizers, members and everyone involved for making #ESHE2025 a success! π Special thanks to our Christina Siali for her wonderful work. π And big congrats to Harmony Hill and Gabriel Russo for winning the student prizes! ππ See you next year in Burgos, Spain! β¨
27.09.2025 16:59 β π 27 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Happy to present my poster at #ESHE2025! β¨ βRethinking dental traits in hominin origins: Insights from Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Late Miocene, Greece).β π΅π¦· Thanks to everyone who stopped by! #Miocene #apes
25.09.2025 17:46 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1The #ESHE2025 meeting in Paris starts tomorrow (please use this hashtag for sharing). If you are interested in the program, you find it here mcusercontent.com/9347aa3598d5... - Members have received an email for accessing the live stream! We hope you all enjoy the conference in person or online. /MW
24.09.2025 10:30 β π 20 π 10 π¬ 0 π 1
Time flies and soon it will be time to close the Apidima excavation, after a very productive season!π¨π²
In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D π
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC
So happy and proud! β¨οΈππΌ
Check the online version of the book β¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈ
Our article on Kayaca, a new Miocene locality in Turkey, is now out in the Senckenberg journal Paleodiversity and Paleoenvironments! Congratultions to George Konidaris, Ahmet Aytek and the whole team!
The first result from this wonderful collaboration β¨π
#openaccess
Congratulations to George Konidaris on successfully completing his #habilitation! A major milestone and well-deserved recognition of his academic dedication and expertise. β¨οΈππ»π
#PrivatDozent
@melaniarocks.bsky.social leads us in 'Exploring the post-canine mandibular #dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (#Primates, Hominoidea): a #3D approach' at #EAVP2025
05.07.2025 11:45 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
What an amazing and packed week! Had an absolute blast at #EAVP2025 in Krakow. I also had the chance to present my latest updates on the dentition of #Ouranopithecus π΅π¦§ Huge thanks to all the organizers! β¨ππΌ @eavpalaeo.bsky.social
#Paleontology
π Welcome to #EAVP2025! LET THE FOSSIL FUN begin!
Check-in (today only): Museum of Natural History ISEA PAS (Εw. Sebastiana 9; maps.app.goo.gl/XA5mPrdVdz6Y...)
See you soon! #Palaeontology
Third Circular & the Final Program of #EAVP2025 in Krakow is now out! see the website:
eavp2025.wixsite.com/eavp2025
Exciting week ahead! π¦΄π Paleontological #excavations kicked off this Monday at the TSR locality (Lower Pleistocene) in Greece - a joint effort between Uni TΓΌbingen and Uni Thessaloniki. ππ»ππΌ Stay tuned for some exciting discoveries! πβ¨οΈπ¦΄
18.06.2025 07:03 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Very proud to be part of this extraordinary team! What a time to be working and living in TΓΌbingen βοΈπ΅π¦§π¦΄π
23.05.2025 10:02 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0π₯³ππ
23.05.2025 07:09 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Excited to share this new #OpenAccess pub. It completely overturns our understanding of...nothing. It won't be in your newsfeed. Sometimes #science advances by basic, gut-it-out research. Would love comments about our approach to fossil alpha-taxonomy.
paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 1 #openaccess
πRead Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
π’Job alert!
W3 (Full) Professorship in Human Ecology at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of TΓΌbingen.
βοΈβπ₯ berufungen.uni-tuebingen.de
Deadline for applications: May 22, 2025 π
Please share and repost ππΌ π€©
For questions please contact Prof. Harvati.
New #openaccess paper by our PhD student, Stephanie Lismann, and other colleagues on the reconstruction of the demographic profile of Final Neolithic and Early Bronze populations in Baden-WΓΌrttemberg, Germany! Congrats! π
βοΈβπ₯ Link to the paper β¬οΈ
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ak...
From left to right, the skulls of a gorilla, chimpanzee and human, drawn in a pencil-like style. The himan shows a flatter face than the other apes. The chin is protruding forward in humans and backward in apes.
#PrimatePost π¦§π€
Humans are the only #primates with a chin! In humans, the anterior part of the mandible (symphysis) protrudes forward, in line with the face, π flatter than in other species.
π§ͺ #science πΊ #BioAnth #anatomy #primatology
π· from Kaiwei Zhang
Christmas lab meeting πβ¨οΈ
We had to use a wide angle lens to fit all the team in one photo. π€π€©
