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David M. Alba is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Paleontology, Anthropology, and related subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by David M. Alba include:

  • Fossil apes and human evolution, 2021, Science
  • The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans, 2020, eLife
  • Systematics of Miocene apes: State of the art of a neverending controversy, 2023, Journal of Human Evolution
  • The post-Jaramillo persistence of Sus strozzii (Suidae, Mammalia) in Europe: New evidence from the Vallparadís Section (NE Iberian Peninsula) and other coeval sites, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the late Miocene apes Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus based on vestibular morphology, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alba include:

  • Sergio Almécija
  • Salvador Moyà-Solà
  • Isaac Casanovas-Vilar
  • Alessandro Urciuoli
  • Josep M. Robles

The main publication venues for Alba's works are:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Journal of Mammalian Evolution
  • Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Historical Biology

Best Publications

  • Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a new Middle Miocene great ape from Spain.

    Salvador Moyà-Solà;Meike Köhler;David M. Alba;Isaac Casanovas-Vilar

  • Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia

    Isaac Casanovas-Vilar;David M. Alba;Miguel Garcés;Josep M. Robles

  • First partial face and upper dentition of the Middle Miocene hominoid Dryopithecus fontani from Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, NE Spain): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications.

    Salvador Moyà-Solà;Meike Köhler;David M. Alba;Isaac Casanovas-Vilar

  • The Vallparadís section (Terrassa, Iberian Peninsula) and the latest Villafranchian faunas of Europe

    J. Madurell-Malapeira;R. Minwer-Barakat;D.M. Alba;M. Garcés

  • Fossil apes from the vallès-penedès basin

    David M. Alba

  • Villafranchian large mammals from the Iberian Peninsula: paleobiogeography, paleoecology and dispersal events

    J. Madurell-Malapeira;S. Ros-Montoya;M.P. Espigares;D.M. Alba

  • Los vertebrados fósiles del Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, l’Anoia, Cataluña), una sucesión de localidades del Aragoniense superior (MN6 y MN7+8) de la cuenca del Vallès-Penedès. Campañas 2002-2003, 2004 y 2005

    D. M. Alba;S. Moyà-Solà;I. Casanovas-Vilar;J. Galindo

  • First joint record of Mesopithecus and cf. Macaca in the Miocene of Europe.

    David M. Alba;David M. Alba;Eric Delson;Eric Delson;Giorgio Carnevale;Simone Colombero

  • Response to Comment on "Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain"

    S. Moyà-Solà;M. Köhler;D. M. Alba;I. Casanovas-Vilar

  • Biochronological, taphonomical, and paleoenvironmental background of the fossil great ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (Primates, Hominidae)

    Isaac Casanovas-Vilar;David M. Alba;Salvador Moyà-Solà;Jordi Galindo

  • The Miocene mammal record of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia)

    Isaac Casanovas-Vilar;Anneke Madern;Anneke Madern;David M. Alba;Lluís Cabrera

  • Pleistocene rodents from the Torrent de Vallparadís section (Terrassa, northeastern Spain) and biochronological implications

    Raef Minwer-Barakat;Joan Madurell-Malapeira;David M. Alba;Josep Aurell-Garrido

  • Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late Miocene of Spain.

    Meike Köhler;Salvador Moyà-Solà;David M. Alba

  • The primate fossil record in the Iberian Peninsula

    J. Marigó;I. Susanna;R. Minwer-Barakat;J. Madurell-Malapeira

  • The European Far West: Miocene mammal isolation, diversity and turnover in the Iberian Peninsula

    Isaac Casanovas‐Vilar;Israel García‐Paredes;David M. Alba;David M. Alba;Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende

  • Enamel Thickness in the Middle Miocene Great Apes Anoiapithecus, Pierolapithecus and Dryopithecus

    D. M. Alba;J. Fortuny;S. Moyà-Solà

  • Taxonomic attribution of the Olduvai hominid 7 manual remains and the functional interpretation of hand morphology in robust australopithecines.

    Salvador Moyà-Solà;Meike Köhler;David M. Alba;Sergio Almécija

  • Were large carnivorans and great climatic shifts limiting factors for hominin dispersals? Evidence of the activity of Pachycrocuta brevirostris during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution in the Vallparadís Section (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Iberian Peninsula)

    Joan Madurell-Malapeira;David M. Alba;María-Patrocinio Espigares;Víctor Vinuesa

  • A new species of Pliopithecus Gervais, 1849 (Primates: Pliopithecidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN8) of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain).

    David M. Alba;Salvador Moyà-Solà;Assumpció Malgosa;Isaac Casanovas-Vilar

  • Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards.

    Andrea Villa;Juan Abella;David M. Alba;Sergio Almécija

  • Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications

    Simone Colombero;David M. Alba;Carmine D’Amico;Massimo Delfino

  • An updated biostratigraphy for the late Aragonian and Vallesian of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia)

    I. Casanovas-Vilar;M. Garcés;J. Van Dam;I. García-Paredes

  • Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Late Miocene of Spain

    David Martínez Alba;Salvador Moyà Solà;Meike Köhler

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvador Moyà-Solà
Salvador Moyà-Solà Autonomous University of Barcelona
Massimo Delfino
Massimo Delfino University of Turin
Miguel Garcés
Miguel Garcés University of Barcelona
Jorge Morales
Jorge Morales Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Lluís Cabrera
Lluís Cabrera University of Barcelona
Lorenzo Rook
Lorenzo Rook University of Florence
David R. Begun
David R. Begun University of Toronto
Raffaele Sardella
Raffaele Sardella Sapienza University of Rome
William L. Jungers
William L. Jungers Stony Brook University
Jean-Claude Rage
Jean-Claude Rage Université Paris Cité

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