Human Evolution at the Crossroads

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Peer reviewed articles (23)

ESR Dating Ungulate Teeth and Molluscs from the Paleolithic Site Marathousa 1, Megalopolis Basin, Greece

Author(s): Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Neeraj Sakhrani, Impreet K. Singh, Kalyani K. Gopalkrishna, Vangelis Tourloukis, Eleni Panagopoulou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Joel I.B. Blickstein, Anne R. Skinner, Jonathan A. Florentin, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary, Issue 1/3, 2018, Page(s) 22, ISSN 2571-550X
DOI: 10.3390/quat1030022

Revisiting Ursus etruscus (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Greece with description of new material

Author(s): George D. Koufos, George E. Konidaris, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2017, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.09.043

The Lower Palaeolithic site of Marathousa 1, Megalopolis, Greece: Overview of the evidence

Author(s): Eleni Panagopoulou, Vangelis Tourloukis, Nicholas Thompson, George Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Domenico Giusti, Georgia Tsartsidou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.031

A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction (based on palaeobotanical data and diatoms) of the Middle Pleistocene elephant ( Palaeoloxodon antiquus ) butchery site at Marathousa, Megalopolis, Greece

Author(s): M.H. Field, M. Ntinou, G. Tsartsidou, D. van Berge Henegouwen, J. Risberg, V. Tourloukis, N. Thompson, P. Karkanas, E. Panagopoulou, K. Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.014

Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities

Author(s): Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Gerhard Hotz, Vangelis Tourloukis, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 4/9, 2018, Page(s) eaat2369, ISSN 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat2369

Lithic artifacts and bone tools from the Lower Palaeolithic site Marathousa 1, Megalopolis, Greece: Preliminary results

Author(s): Vangelis Tourloukis, Nicholas Thompson, Eleni Panagopoulou, Domenico Giusti, George E. Konidaris, Panagiotis Karkanas, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.043

Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece

Author(s): Vangelis Tourloukis, Giovanni Muttoni, Panagiotis Karkanas, Edoardo Monesi, Giancarlo Scardia, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.043

The skeleton of a straight-tusked elephant ( Palaeoloxodon antiquus ) and other large mammals from the Middle Pleistocene butchering locality Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis Basin, Greece): preliminary results

Author(s): George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Vangelis Tourloukis, Nicholas Thompson, Domenico Giusti, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2017, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.001

Sedimentology and micromorphology of the Lower Palaeolithic lakeshore site Marathousa 1, Megalopolis basin, Greece

Author(s): Panagiotis Karkanas, Vangelis Tourloukis, Nicholas Thompson, Domenico Giusti, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.037

The ornithological remains from Marathousa 1 (Middle Pleistocene; Megalopolis Basin, Greece)

Author(s): Dimitrios Michailidis, George E. Konidaris, Athanassios Athanassiou, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.045

Optical dating of K-feldspar grains from Middle Pleistocene lacustrine sediment at Marathousa 1 (Greece)

Author(s): Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li, Panagiotis Karkanas, Vangelis Tourloukis, Nick Thompson, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.029

Beyond maps: Patterns of formation processes at the Middle Pleistocene open-air site of Marathousa 1, Megalopolis basin, Greece

Author(s): Domenico Giusti, Vangelis Tourloukis, GeorgeE. Konidaris, Nicholas Thompson, Panagiotis Karkanas, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.01.041

The small mammal fauna from the palaeolithic site Marathousa 1 (Greece)

Author(s): Constantin Doukas, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Katerina Papayianni, Eleni Panagopoulou, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Quaternary International, 2018, ISSN 1040-6182
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.036

Similar cranial trauma prevalence among Neanderthals and Upper Palaeolithic modern humans

Author(s): Judith Beier, Nils Anthes, Joachim Wahl, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Nature, 2018, ISSN 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0696-8

Recursive anisotropy: a spatial taphonomic study of the Early Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage of Tsiotra Vryssi, Mygdonia Basin, Greece

Author(s): Domenico Giusti, George E. Konidaris, Vangelis Tourloukis, Mattia Marini, Matteo Maron, Andrea Zerboni, Nicholas Thompson, George D. Koufos, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Boreas, Issue 48/3, 2019, Page(s) 713-730, ISSN 0300-9483
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12368

The evolutionary history of the human face

Author(s): Rodrigo S. Lacruz, Chris B. Stringer, William H. Kimbel, Bernard Wood, Katerina Harvati, Paul O’Higgins, Timothy G. Bromage, Juan-Luis Arsuaga
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Issue 3/5, 2019, Page(s) 726-736, ISSN 2397-334X
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0865-7

State of the art forensic techniques reveal evidence of interpersonal violence ca. 30,000 years ago

Author(s): Elena F. Kranioti, Dan Grigorescu, Katerina Harvati
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 14/7, 2019, Page(s) e0216718, ISSN 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216718

Apidima Cave fossils provide earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia

Author(s): Katerina Harvati, Carolin Röding, Abel M. Bosman, Fotios A. Karakostis, Rainer Grün, Chris Stringer, Panagiotis Karkanas, Nicholas C. Thompson, Vassilis Koutoulidis, Lia A. Moulopoulos, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis, Mirsini Kouloukoussa
Published in: Nature, Issue 571/7766, 2019, Page(s) 500-504, ISSN 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1376-z

Late Miocene proboscideans from Samos Island (Greece) revisited: new specimens from old collections

Author(s): George E. Konidaris, George D. Koufos
Published in: PalZ, Issue 93/1, 2019, Page(s) 115-134, ISSN 0031-0220
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-018-0432-6

The first record of Anancus (Mammalia, Proboscidea) in the late Miocene of Greece and reappraisal of the primitive anancines from Europe

Author(s): George E. Konidaris, Socrates J. Roussiakis
Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Issue 38/6, 2018, Page(s) e1534118, ISSN 0272-4634
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1534118

Early bison remains from Mygdonia Basin (Northern Greece)

Author(s): Dimitris S. Kostopoulos, Ioannis Maniakas, Evangelia Tsoukala
Published in: Geodiversitas, Issue 40/3, 2018, Page(s) 283, ISSN 1280-9659
DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a13

Experimental proof that multivariate patterns among muscle attachments (entheses) can reflect repetitive muscle use

Author(s): Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Nathan Jeffery, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 9/1, 2019, ISSN 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53021-8

Experimental evidence that physical activity affects the multivariate associations among muscle attachments (entheses)

Author(s): Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Ian J. Wallace, Nicolai Konow, Katerina Harvati
Published in: The Journal of Experimental Biology, Issue 222/23, 2019, Page(s) jeb213058, ISSN 0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.213058

Thesis dissertations (3)

Marathousa 1; expanding the scene Reconstructing the regional environment of the Marathousa 1 (Megalopolis, Greece) butchering-site during the Middle Pleistocene using palynological data

Author(s): Lars den Boef
Published in: MSc Thesis, 2019

THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT ON EARLY HOMININS AT THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITE OF ‘MARATHOUSA 1’: A BOTANICAL INVESTIGATION CONTRIBUTING TO A MULTIPROXY APPROACH

Author(s): Sarah Barbier
Published in: MSc Thesis, 2019

STUDY OF RHINOCERATIDAE FROM THE FOSSIL SITES TSIOTRA VRYSSI AND PLATANOCHORI OF MYGDONIA BASIN

Author(s): Krystalia N. Chitoglou
Published in: BA Thesis, 2019

Conference proceedings (4)

Marathousa 2: A new Middle Pleistocene locality in Megalopolis Basin (Greece) with evidence of human modifications on faunal remains

Author(s): George E. Konidaris, Vangelis Tourloukis, Athanassios Athanassiou, Domenico Giusti, Nicholas Thompson, Eleni Panagopoulou, Panagiotis Karkanas, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Proceedings of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Issue 8, 2019, 2019, Page(s) 82, ISSN 2195-0784

Neanderthals habitually performed precise manual activities

Author(s): Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Gerhard Hotz, Vangelis Tourloukis, Katerina Harvati
Published in: Proceedings of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Issue 7, 2018, 2018, Page(s) 98, ISSN 2195-0784

Interdisciplinary evidence of the effects of physical activity in the patterns of human hand entheses

Author(s): Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Katerina Harvati
Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Issue Volume 160, Issue S68, 2019, 2019, Page(s) 119-120

Cranial trauma prevalence in Neanderthals and early Upper Paleolithic modern humans

Author(s): Judith Beier, Nils Anthes, Joachim Wahl, Katerina Harvati
Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Issue Volume 168, Issue S68, 2019, 2019, Page(s) 15-16