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Dr. Hannes Rathmann

Dr. Hannes Rathmann

Research Associate

Biostatistics

Contact

E-mail address: hannes.rathmann@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Clinic / Institute / Center

  • “Human population history of Upper Paleolithic Europe inferred from fossil dental remains”, Program for the Promotion of Junior Researchers of the University of Tübingen
  • Since 2026
    Research Associate, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, University Hospital Tübingen
  • 2020 - 2026
    Research Associate and Curator of the Osteological Collection, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment
  • 2020 - 2021
    Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor, Department of Prehistory and Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
  • 2018 - 2019
    Research Associate, DFG Center for Advanced Studies “Words, Bones, Genes, Tools,” University of Tübingen
  • 2014 - 2018
    Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Paleoanthropology, University of Tübingen
  • 2011 - 2013
    Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) in Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen
  • 2008 - 2011
    Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Prehistory, Protohistory, and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
  • Innovation in Dental Anthropology Award, received from the Dental Anthropology Association (DAA)
  • Francken M, Röding C, Rathmann H (2025). A healed arrowhead injury in a Celtic elite burial near the Heuneburg, Germany: Insights into ancient warfare and healthcare practices. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 35 (2): e3395. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3395
  • Will M, Rathmann H (2025). Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change. Scientific Reports 15: 1571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85399-z
  • Rathmann H, Vizzari MT, Beier J, Bailey SE, Ghirotto S, Harvati K (2024). Human population dynamics in Upper Paleolithic Europe inferred from fossil dental phenotypes. Science Advances 10 (33): eadn8129. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn8129
  • Beier J, Santon M, Rathmann H (2024). Estimating trauma prevalence from incomplete human skeletal remains. Scientific Reports 14: 27713. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76231-1
  • Gretzinger J, Schmitt F, Mötsch A, Carlhoff S, Lamnidis TC, Huang Y, Ringbauer H, Knipper C, Francken M, Mandt F, Hansen L, Freund C, Posth C, Rathmann H, Harvati K, Wieland G, Granehäll L, Maixner F, Zink A, Schier W, Krausse D, Krause J, Schiffels S (2024). Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe. Nature Human Behaviour 8: 1467-1480. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01888-7
  • Rathmann H (2024). Biodistance analysis. Encyclopedia of Archaeology, 2nd Edition, Volume 2B: 882-891. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90799-6.00005-7
  • Rathmann H, Perretti S, Porcu V, Hanihara T, Scott GR, Irish JD, Reyes-Centeno H, Ghirotto S, Harvati K (2023). Inferring human neutral genetic variation from craniodental phenotypes. PNAS Nexus 2 (7): pgad217. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad217
  • Rathmann H, Lismann S, Francken M, Spatzier A (2023). Estimating inter-individual Mahalanobis distances from mixed incomplete high-dimensional data: Application to human skeletal remains from 3rd to 1st millennia BC Southwest Germany. Journal of Archaeological Science 156: 105802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105802
  • Rathmann H, Stoyanov R, Posamentir R (2022). Comparing individuals buried in flexed and extended positions at the Greek colony of Chersonesos (Crimea) using cranial metric, dental metric, and dental nonmetric traits. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 32 (1): 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3043
  • Rathmann H, Reyes-Centeno H (2020). Testing the utility of dental morphological trait combinations for inferring human neutral genetic variation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117 (20): 10769-10777. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914330117
  • Rathmann H, Kyle B, Nikita E, Harvati K, Saltini Semerari G (2019). Population history of southern Italy during Greek colonization inferred from dental remains. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 170 (4): 519-534. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23937
  • Rathmann H, Reyes-Centeno H, Ghirotto S, Creanza N, Hanihara T, Harvati K (2017). Reconstructing human population history from dental phenotypes. Scientific Reports 7: 12495. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12621-y
  • Reyes-Centeno H, Rathmann H, Hanihara T, Harvati K (2017): Testing modern human out-of-Africa dispersal models using dental non-metric data. Current Anthropology 58 (S17): S406-S417. https://doi.org/10.1086/694423
  • Rathmann H, Saltini Semerari G, Harvati K (2017). Evidence for migration influx into the ancient Greek colony of Metaponto: A population genetics approach using dental nonmetric traits. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27 (3): 453-464. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2569
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