Foundation Palarq Tighennif (ex. Ternifine), Algeria
This research project proposes to conduct comprehensive paleoanthropological investigations at the Early Stone Age site of Tighennif (ex. Ternifine) (Algeria). Tighennif has yielded the oldest North African hominins associated with faunas and Acheulean stone tools.
JCCM Tamajón's Karst (Guadalajara)
This project is developed annually to excavate and investigate the findings of the Tamajón karst area (Cueva de los Torrejones and shelter de la Malia). It is a research of a marked multidisciplinary nature with the participation of various national and foreign research institutions
Junta de Andalucía Orce
The objective of “ProjectOrce” is to generate information through archaeopaleontological excavations and archaeopaleontological and geological surveys; analysis of the archaeological, paleontological and geological lines of evidence and the relationships that have arisen between these; preservation and restoration of heritage assets for their proper interpretation and enhancement; and arising out of the foregoing, dissemination of this knowledge.
Leakey Foundation genus Homo evolution
A long-standing assumption is that Africa is birthplace of most hominin species. However, recent studies suggest that during the last two million years, Asia should not be seen as an evolutionary end but as a cradle as well. This project aims to investigate the weight of the Eurasian continent in the reconstruction of the genus Homo story through the analysis of the hominin fossil, with special focus on the largest human fossil dental sample ever compiled. Teeth are ideal due to their ubiquity and strong affinity to genetic relatedness. We will infer the relationships among hominins and contextualise them in an environmental/climatic frame to test evolutionary scenarios.
MOLEVOL
The proposed operation, Molecules for Evolution (MOLEVOL), will allow the development of CENIEH's commitment to complete the field of research in Human Evolution evolution research by incorporating the molecular approach (proteins and ancient DNA) to the study of the past. The funding received will be used for the creation and start-up of the Molecular Paleobiology laboratory and in the the hiring of a researcher and a technician for a period of two years.
Neanderthal occupations in pre-montane areas
The Northern Plateau is often considered to have been an inhospitable and uninhabited place during the Upper Pleistocene. In this panorama of a supposed occupational vacuum, it is interesting to note the pattern of occupation observed in the northern pre-mountain territories that remained practically unexplored until a few years ago.
PALEOMED
High-resolution chronostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental framework of early human settlement in the western Mediterranean.
RATÓN PÉREZ COLLECTION
This scientific project (ColecciónRP) arises out of the need to have a reference collection of deciduous teeth for the different investigations pursued by the Dental Anthropology Group (GAD) of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH).
TROPHIc
The project TROPHIc studies the food provisioning strategies of Pleistocene human groups in the Iberian Peninsula from an innovative angle, based on the analysis of large matrices of data, resource optimization models and computerized simulation experiments.
