Eudald Carbonell
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Eudald Carbonell i Roura (Ribes de Freser
, Girona
, 17 February 1953) is a Spanish
archaeologist, anthropologist and paleonthologist.
Educated in Girona, Barcelona and Paris, he holds a PhD in Geology
of the Quaternary
from Pierre and Marie Curie University
(1986) and History
from University of Barcelona
(1988).
He is currently professor at the University of Rovira and Virgili in Tarragona
and is co-director of the excavations at the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
, jointly with José María Bermúdez de Castro and Juan Luis Arsuaga
.
His findings include discovery of Homo antecessor
and well-preserved remains of Homo heidelbergensis
.
Ribes de Freser
Ribes de Freser is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Freser, Rigard andSegadell rivers, north of Ripoll. It is known for its mineral water,...
, Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
, 17 February 1953) is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
archaeologist, anthropologist and paleonthologist.
Educated in Girona, Barcelona and Paris, he holds a PhD in Geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
of the Quaternary
Quaternary
The Quaternary Period is the most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the ICS. It follows the Neogene Period, spanning 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present...
from Pierre and Marie Curie University
Pierre and Marie Curie University
The Paris VI University , or the Pierre and Marie Curie University , is a university located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France....
(1986) and History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
from University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, LERU, European University Association, Mediterranean Universities Union, International Research Universities Network and Vives Network...
(1988).
He is currently professor at the University of Rovira and Virgili in Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
and is co-director of the excavations at the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
Atapuerca
The Atapuerca Mountains is an ancient karstic region of Spain, in the province of Burgos and near Atapuerca and Ibeas de Juarros. It contains several caves, where fossils and stone tools of the earliest known Hominins in West Europe have been found. The earliest hominids may have dated to 1.2...
, jointly with José María Bermúdez de Castro and Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras obtained a master degree and a doctorate in Biological Sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he is professor in the Paleontology Department of the ....
.
His findings include discovery of Homo antecessor
Homo antecessor
Homo antecessor is an extinct human species dating from 1.2 million to 800,000 years ago, that was discovered by Eudald Carbonell, Juan Luis Arsuaga and J. M. Bermúdez de Castro. H. antecessor is one of the earliest known human varieties in Europe. Various archaeologists and anthropologists have...
and well-preserved remains of Homo heidelbergensis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo heidelbergensis is an extinct species of the genus Homo which may be the direct ancestor of both Homo neanderthalensis in Europe and Homo sapiens. The best evidence found for these hominins date between 600,000 and 400,000 years ago. H...
.
Scientific Journals
- Carbonell, E., M. Mosquera, A. Ollé, X. P. Rodríguez Álvarez, M. Sahnouni, R. Sala, and J. M. Vergès. 2001. Structure morphotechnique de l'industrie lithique du Pléistocène inférieur et moyen d'Atapuerca (Burgos, Espagne). L'Anthropologie 105:259-280
- Aguirre, E. and E. Carbonell (2001). "Early human expansions on Eurasia: The Atapuerca evidence." Quaternary International 75: 11-8.
- Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Carbonell, E & Arsuaga, J.L. (ed) (1999). Gran Dolina Site: TD6 Aurora Stratum (Burgos, Spain). J. of Human Evolution, 37: 309-700
- Arsuaga, J.L., Lorenzo, C., Carretero, J.M., Gracia, A., Martínez, I., García, N., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M. & Carbonell, E. (1999). A complete human pelvis from the Middle Pleistocene of Spain. Nature 399, 255-258.
- Carbonell, E., M. Mosquera, et al. (1999). "Out of Africa: The Dispersal of the Earliest Technical Systems Reconsidered." J. of Anthropol. Archaeol. 18: 119-136.
- Carbonell, E. & Vaquero, M. (1998). Behavioral Complexity and Biocultural Change in Europe Around Forty Thousand Years Ago. J. of Anthropol. Res. 54, 373-397.
- Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Arsuaga, J.L., Carbonell, E., Rosas, A., Martínez, I. & Mosquera, M. (1997). A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans. Science 276, 1392-5.
- Carbonell, E. & Vaquero, M., eds. (1996). The Last Neandertals - The First Anatomically Modern Humans. Cultural Change and Human Evolution: The Crisis at 40 Ka BP: Ed. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona.
- Carbonell, E., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M., Arsuaga, J.L., Díez, J.C., Rosas, A., Cuenca-Bescos, G., Sala, R., Mosquera, M. & Rodriguez, X.P. (1995). Lower Pleistocene Hominids and Artifacts from Atapuerca-TD6 (Spain). Science 269, 826-832.
- Castro-Curel, Z. & Carbonell, E. (1995). Wood Pseudomorphs From Level I at Abric Romaní, Barcelona, Spain. J. of Field Archaeol. 22, 376-84.
- Carbonell, E., Giralt, S. & Vaquero, M. (1994). Abric Romani (Capellades, Barcelone, Espagne): Une importante séquence anthropisée du Pléistocene Supérieur. Bull. de la Soc. Préhist. Franç. 91, 47-55.
- Carbonell, E. & Rodriguez, X.P. (1994). Early Middle Pleistocene deposits and artefacts in the Gran Dolina site (TD4) of the 'Sierra de Atapuerca' (Burgos, Spain). J. of Human Evol. 26, 291-311.