FULL PROFESSOR
Research lines:
- Ecosocial behavior of hominids of the Sierra de Atapuerca during the Quaternary
- Evolution of the technical and subsistence behaviors during the lower and middle Palaeolithic in sout-west Europe
- Human ocupations and settlements evolution in central Chile
- Social and technological development in the Lower and middle Pleistocene
Most important publications (2001-2009):
- Lozano, M; Mosquera, M; de Castro, JMB, Arsuaga, J.L and Carbonell, E. (2009): Right handedness of Homo heidelbergensis from Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca, Spain) 500,000 years ago. Evolution and Human Behavior, 30 (5): 369-376
- Gracia, A.; Arsuaga, J.; Martinez, I.; Lorenzo, C.; Carretero, J. M.; Bermudez de Castro, J. M. and Carbonell, E. (2009): Craniosynostosis in the Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14 from the Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106 (16), 6573-6578.
- Carbonell, E., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Parés, J. M., Pérez-González, A., Cuenca-Bescós, G., Ollé, A., Mosquera, M., Huguet, R., van der Made, J., Rosas, A., Sala, R., Vallverdú, J., García, N., Granger, D. E., Martinón-Torres, M., Rodríguez, X. P., Stock, G. M., Vergès, J. M., Allué, E., Burjachs, F., Cáceres, I., Canals, A., Benito, A., Díez, C., Lozano, M., Mateos, A., Navazo, M., Rodríguez, J., Rosell, J. & Arsuaga, J. L. (2008). The first hominin of Europe. Nature, 452, 465-469.
- Lozano, M; Bermúdez de Castro, J.M; Carbonell, E.; Arsuaga, J.L. (2008) Non-masticatory uses of anterior teeth of Sima de los Huesos individuals (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Journal of Human Evolution 55, 713-728.
- Berger, G. W., Pérez-González, A., Carbonell, E., Arsuaga, J. L., Bermúdez de Castro, J. M. & Ku, T. L. (2008). Luminescence chronology of cave sediments at the Atapuerca paleoanthropological site, Spain. Journal of Human Evolution 55 (2): 300-311
- Bermúdez de Castro, J. M., Pérez-González, A., Martinón, M., Gómez-Robles, A., Rosell, J., Prado, L., Sarmiento, S. and Carbonell, E. (2008). A new Early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain. Journal of Human Evolution 55 (4), 729-735.
- Martinon-Torres M, Bermúdez de Castro JM, Gomez-Robles A, Arsuaga JL, Carbonell E., Lordkipanidze D, Manzi G, Margvelashvili A (2007) Dental evidence on the hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(33):13279-13282
- Carbonell E., Bermúdez de Castro JM, Arsuaga JL, Allue E, Bastir M, Benito A, Caceres I, Canals T, Diez JC, van der Made J, Mosquera M, Olle A, Perez-Gonzalez A, Rodriguez J, Rodriguez XP, Rosas A, Rosell J, Sala R, Vallverdu J, Verges JM (2005) An Early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(16):5674-5678
- Martinez I, Rosa M, Arsuaga JL, Jarabo P, Quam R, Lorenzo C, Gracia A, Carretero JM, Bermúdez de Castro JM, Carbonell E. (2004) Auditory capacities in Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101(27):9976-9981
- Bermúdez de Castro JM, Martinon-Torres M, Sarmiento S, Lozano M, Arsuaga JL, Carbonell E. (2003) Rates of anterior tooth wear in Middle Pleistocene hominins from Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100(21):11992-11996
- Aguirre E, Carbonell E. (2001) Early human expansions into Eurasia: The Atapuerca evidence. Quat Int 75:11-18