H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco has visited this afternoon the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) accompanied by the director of CENIEH María Martinón-Torres, and has highlighted the scientific and technological excellence of its laboratories.

During his visit he toured the Center's facilities, including the Conservation and Restoration Laboratory, the Microscopy and Micro-Computed Tomography Laboratory, and the Geochronology laboratories. He also had the opportunity to enter the vault where the most important fossils of the collections housed at CENIEH are deposited.

In the Laboratory of Experimental Archaeology and Taphonomy, he was able to follow a demonstration of lithic tool carving, and was gifted with one of the bifaces made by its technicians.

Finally, in the Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy, which houses the osteological collection of European Pleistocene fauna (COAC), H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco recorded his visit to the Center in the CENIEH signature book, declaring his admiration for the work being carried out in the study of human evolution.

A passionate about archaeology

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco has made this private visit to Burgos to see the Atapuerca sites, the Atapuerca Foundation and the Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) as well as the CENIEH. Like his ancestor Prince Albert I, he is also an adventurer, a great traveler, a fierce defender of the environment and passionate about archeology. Professor Henry de Lumley, teacher of Professor Eudald Carbonell and personal friend of the Monegasque sovereign, participated in this visit. De Lumley chairs the Institute of Human Paleontology of Paris (France) - Prince Albert I Foundation and in 2015 received the Evolution Award from the Atapuerca Foundation for his scientific career.