The recording of "Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Mani: Results from the 2023 Apidima Field Season" is now available on our YouTube Channel! Whether you joined us online or in person, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your participation and engagement. youtu.be/m2BgTFaFCyA?si…

Happy #FieldFriday with a group photo from this year's #Paleolithic excavation at Podlipa cave (Bosnia & Herzegovina)! 🤠⚒️ The FIRSTSTEPS team members & our colleagues from the University of Belgrade & Museum in Doboj completed the excavation a few weeks ago 🙌🏼🙏🏼

This #FindsFriday, we have not one artefact, but a whole flinty assemblage!😲

Members of the #FIRSTSTEPS team having "fan" working in Athens! 🥵🤣

Are backed tools specific of modern behaviour? How, when and how many times were these tools invented? What's their connection with ergonomics and hafting? Check our new paper in Evolutionary Anthropology Journal! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our latest U.S. National Science Foundation-funded study challenges long-standing assumptions about stone tool backing. Controlled tests show no significant difference in adhesion between backed and non-backed lithic edges. Dive into the details: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ar… 🪨🔍

Happy #FieldFriday from Apidima, Greece, where the 2024 excavation season is in full swing! 👩🏽‍🚒👨🏼‍🚒 #excavations #archeology

Mission impossible - Apidima season 3 😅🤣 Norwegian Institute at Athens #excavation #archeology #fieldseason

ESHE day 1! The first team member contribution at #ESHE2024 is Effrosyni Roditi, who will be presenting tomorrow morning (virtually) at the first Pecha Kucha session, the isotopic paleoecology of megaherbivores from the Megalopolis basin, Greece! 🐘🦛 Break a leg! 🙏🏼😄 🧵

Finally!🤩 BonesLab The Harvati lab at University of Tübingen 🤍🪨

Late #Uluzzian site in Greece: #Klissoura Cave (Layer 5 - 40.3-39.3 cal BP). Local raw material (80% radiolarite) except a poss 100 km rare Andedite. >3000 lithics; lunates 30% of retouched tools; “extremely managed” use of bipolar technique & amazing anvils😍! #ESHE2024

Happy #FieldFriday from Apidima! 🤩✨️

Shoutout to the flotation and lab teams of Apidima season 2024! Your work and dedication are crucial to the success of the field campaign! 🙌🏻🙏🏼✨️ Norwegian Institute at Athens #archeology #fieldwork #fossils #teamwork

Six weeks have already passed! I feel lucky to work with such a great team at such an amazing site! ❤️ see you next year Apidima!

I understand that the great Palaeolithic archaeologist Paola Villa has passed. She made major contributions to human evolutionary studies throughout her career with many great insights and impactful publications. A truly inspiring researcher. colorado.edu/cumuseum/dr-pa…

Our new seminal paper is out 🥳 and is #OpenAccess ! Study led by Jeff Rose ICArEHB Archeologický ústav Mapping lateral stratigraphy at Palaeolithic surface sites: A case stu... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Enjoy the beautiful lithics and stay tuned for exiting aftermath ... ARDUQ Arabia

The result of a great team effort finally online!😍🎉

Christmas lab meeting 🎄✨️ We had to use a wide angle lens to fit all the team in one photo. 🤭🤩

Happy to share my latest work with archaeologist Manuel Will on lithic flake variability at the Middle Stone Age site of Sibhudu, South Africa. As a bioanthropologist, this was my first non-bone paper, and I loved the interdisciplinary journey! nature.com/articles/s4159…

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!