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Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

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Earth Science

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41
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8073
World Ranking
5436
National Ranking
96

Overview

Gloria Cuenca-Bescós is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields such as Paleontology, Anthropology, Ecology, Archeology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their recent publications reflect a concentration on paleontological and archaeological themes intertwined with environmental and climatic studies. Notable papers include:

  • Los arvicólidos (Rodentia, Mammalia) de los niveles inferiores de Gran Dolina (Pleistoceno inferior, Atapuerca, Burgos, España)., 2022, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Paleoclima y Paisaje del final del Cuaternario en Cantabria: los pequeños mamíferos de la cueva del Mirón (Ramales de la Victoria), 2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Diverse responses of common vole (Microtus arvalis) populations to Late Glacial and Early Holocene climate changes - Evidence from ancient DNA, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • First modern human settlement recorded in the Iberian hinterland occurred during Heinrich Stadial 2 within harsh environmental conditions, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Nobody's land? The oldest evidence of early Upper Paleolithic settlements in inland Iberia, 2024, Science Advances

Their research topics incorporate Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, as well as Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies. Additional subjects addressed include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Frequent collaborators with whom Gloria Cuenca-Bescós has co-authored multiple publications include:

  • Juan Manuel López-García
  • María-Pilar Alfaro-Ibañez
  • José Ignacio Canudo
  • Julia Galán
  • Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño

Their work has been published repeatedly in a range of scholarly venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Zaguan (University of Zaragoza Repository)
  • Journal of Human Evolution

Best Publications

  • Lower Pleistocene hominids and artifacts from Atapuerca-TD6 (Spain)

    E Carbonell;JM Bermudez de Castro;JL Arsuaga;JC Diez

  • The first hominin of Europe

    Eudald Carbonell;Jose M. Bermudez de Castro;Josep M. Pares;Alfredo Perez-Gonzalez

  • Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos.

    J. L. Arsuaga;I. Martínez;L. J. Arnold;A. Aranburu

  • One million years of cultural evolution in a stable environment at Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)

    J. Rodríguez;F. Burjachs;G. Cuenca-Bescós;N. García

  • High-resolution U-series dates from the Sima de los Huesos hominids yields 600−66+∞kyrs: implications for the evolution of the early Neanderthal lineage

    James L. Bischoff;Ross W. Williams;Robert J. Rosenbauer;Arantza Aramburu

  • Biochronology of Spanish Quaternary small vertebrate faunas

    Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;Juan Rofes;Juan Manuel López-García;Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  • Long-term climate record inferred from early-middle Pleistocene amphibian and squamate reptile assemblages at the Gran Dolina Cave, Atapuerca, Spain

    Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Salvador Bailon;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • The reconstruction of past environments through small mammals : from the Mousterian to the Bronze Age in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

    Gloria Cuenca-Bescos;Gloria Cuenca-Bescos;Lawrence G. Straus;Lawrence G. Straus;Manuel R. Gonzawlez Morales;Juan C. Garcia Pimienta

  • Postcranial morphology of the middle Pleistocene humans from Sima de los Huesos, Spain

    Juan Luis Arsuaga;Juan Luis Arsuaga;José-Miguel Carretero;José-Miguel Carretero;Carlos Lorenzo;Asier Gómez-Olivencia

  • The Early–Middle Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental change based on the squamate reptile and amphibian proxies at the Gran Dolina site, Atapuerca, Spain

    Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Salvador Bailon;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

  • Climate forcing of first hominid dispersal in Western Europe

    Jordi Agustí;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;Salvador Bailon

  • Biochronological implications of the Arvicolidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Pleistocene hominid-bearing level of Trinchera Dolina 6 (TD6, Atapuerca, Spain).

    Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;César Laplana;Jose Ignacio Canudo

  • A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain

    José I. Canudo;Rafael Royo-Torres;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

  • Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the Latest Pleistocene of El Portalón Site, Sierra de Atapuerca, northwestern Spain.

    Juan Manuel López-García;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;María Blanca Ruiz-Zapata

  • Environmental change across the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition: small mammalian evidence from the Trinchera Dolina cave, Atapuerca, Spain

    G. Cuenca-Bescós;J. Rofes;J. Garcia-Pimienta

  • The Early–Middle Pleistocene environmental and climatic change and the human expansion in Western Europe: A case study with small vertebrates (Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain)

    G. Cuenca-Bescós;M. Melero-Rubio;J. Rofes;I. Martínez

  • Estado de las investigaciones sobre los vertebrados del jurasico superior y cretacico inferior de galve (teruel)

    J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca;J. I. Canudo;M. Aurell;B. Bádenas

  • Small mammals from Sima de los Huesos

    G Cuenca-Bescós;C Laplana Conesa;C Laplana Conesa;J I Canudo;J L Arsuaga

  • Los arvicólidos (Rodentia, Mammalia) de los niveles inferiores de Gran Dolina (Pleistoceno Inferior, Atapuerca, Burgos, España)

    Gloria Cuenca Bescós;José Ignacio Canudo Sanagustín;César Laplana Conesa

  • Small vertebrates (Amphibia, Squamata, Mammalia) from the late Pleistocene-Holocene of the Valdavara-1 cave (Galicia, northwestern Spain)

    Juan Manuel López-García;Hugues-Alexandre Blain;Gloria Cuenca-Bescós;Carmelo Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Manuel López-García
Juan Manuel López-García Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Hugues-Alexandre Blain
Hugues-Alexandre Blain Rovira i Virgili University
José Ignacio Canudo
José Ignacio Canudo University of Zaragoza
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Complutense University of Madrid
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Rosa Huguet
Rosa Huguet Spanish National Research Council
José María Bermúdez de Castro
José María Bermúdez de Castro University College London
Lawrence Guy Straus
Lawrence Guy Straus University of New Mexico
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Jordi Agustí
Jordi Agustí Rovira i Virgili University

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