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Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro is affiliated with the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in Spain. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on anthropology, paleontology, ecology, archaeology, and social psychology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Martínez-Navarro has published extensively in peer-reviewed venues, frequently contributing to these journals:

  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Their recent papers illustrate continued research in Pleistocene archaeology and paleontology, including:

  • The expansion of the Acheulian to the Southeastern Ethiopian Highlands: Insights from the new early Pleistocene site-complex of Melka Wakena (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • The Wolf From Dmanisi and Augmented Reality: Review, Implications, and Opportunities (2020, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • A new species of dog from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin, Spain) (2021, Comptes Rendus Palevol)
  • Déjà vu: a reappraisal of the taphonomy of quarry VM4 of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Baza Basin, SE Spain) (2022, Scientific Reports)

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers in related fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Paul Palmqvist
  • María Patrocinio Espigares Ortiz
  • Sergio Ros-Montoya
  • Guillermo Rodríguez-Gómez
  • Antonio Guerra-Merchán

Best Publications

  • Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

    David Lordkipanidze;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Abesalom Vekua;Marcia S. Ponce de León

  • The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain).

    Isidro Toro-Moyano;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Jordi Agustí;Caroline Souday

  • Early human occupation of Western Europe: Paleomagnetic dates for two paleolithic sites in Spain

    O. Oms;J. M. Parés;B. Martínez-Navarro;J. Agustí

  • Villafranchian: The long story of a Plio-Pleistocene European large mammal biochronologic unit

    Lorenzo Rook;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • Age and Date for Early Arrival of the Acheulian in Europe (Barranc de la Boella, la Canonja, Spain)

    Josep Vallverdú;Palmira Saladié;Antonio Rosas;Rosa Huguet;Rosa Huguet

  • Prey selection by terrestrial carnivores in a lower Pleistocene paleocommunity

    Paul Palmqvist;Bienvenido Martinez Navarro;Alfonso Arribas

  • On the limits of using combined U-series/ESR method to date fossil teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites of the Orce area (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain)

    Mathieu Duval;Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Rainer Grün

  • The giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris: Modelling the bone-cracking behavior of an extinct carnivore

    Paul Palmqvist;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Juan A. Pérez-Claros;Vanessa Torregrosa

  • A RE-EVALUATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF MEGANTEREON (MAMMALIA, CARNIVORA, MACHAIRODONTINAE) AND THE PROBLEM OF SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN EXTINCT CARNIVORES

    Paul Palmqvist;Vanessa Torregrosa;Juan A. Pérez-Claros;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • Homo vs. Pachycrocuta: Earliest evidence of competition for an elephant carcass between scavengers at Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Spain)

    Ma Patrocinio Espigares;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Paul Palmqvist;Sergio Ros-Montoya

  • Ecomorphological study of large canids from the lower Pleistocene of southeastern Spain

    Paul Palmqvist;Alfonso Arribas;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage Systematic implications

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Lorenzo Rook

  • Presence of the African Saber-toothed FelidMegantereon whitei(Broom, 1937) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) in Apollonia-1 (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece)

    Bienvenido Martı́nez-Navarro;Paul Palmqvist

  • Early Pleistocene Faunas of Eurasia and Hominin Dispersals

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • Refining upon the climatic background of the Early Pleistocene hominid settlement in western Europe: Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Guadix-Baza Basin, SE Spain)

    Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Iván Lozano-Fernández;Jordi Agustí;Salvador Bailon

  • Early hominid dispersals: A technological hypothesis for “out of Africa”

    Eudald Carbonell;Robert Sala Ramos;Xosé Pedro Rodríguez;Marina Mosquera

  • Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic proxies to the Early Pleistocene hominids of Barranco León D and Fuente Nueva 3 (Granada, Spain) by means of their amphibian and reptile assemblages

    Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Salvador Bailon;Jordi Agustí;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene "out of Africa" dispersals.

    Lorenzo Rook;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;F. Clark Howell

  • New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France)

    Frédéric Lacombat;Laura Abbazzi;Marco P. Ferretti;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • The challenge of dating early pleistocene fossil teeth by the combined uranium series–electron spin resonance method: the Venta Micena palaeontological site (Orce, Spain)

    Mathieu Duval;Christophe Falgueres;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Rainer Grun

  • Short Paper The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Juan Antonio Pérez-Claros;Maria Rita Palombo;Lorenzo Rook

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Palmqvist
Paul Palmqvist University of Malaga
Jordi Agustí
Jordi Agustí Rovira i Virgili University
Lorenzo Rook
Lorenzo Rook University of Florence
David Lordkipanidze
David Lordkipanidze Georgian National Museum
Hugues-Alexandre Blain
Hugues-Alexandre Blain Rovira i Virgili University
Oriol Oms
Oriol Oms Autonomous University of Barcelona
Massimo Delfino
Massimo Delfino University of Turin
Florent Rivals
Florent Rivals Rovira i Virgili University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen

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