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Ignacio Martínez

Ignacio Martínez

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Environmental Sciences

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Overview

Ignacio Martínez is affiliated with the University of Alcalá in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with a particular focus on Anthropology, Archeology, and Paleontology.

Their research primarily explores topics related to Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology studies, ancient environmental studies, evolutionary and paleontological studies, as well as morphological variations and asymmetry. Additional interests include archaeological and geological studies and animal vocal communication and behavior.

Ignacio Martínez has published in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Anatomical Record
  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Science Advances

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Martínez include:

  • Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had similar auditory and speech capacities, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene hominin site (Burgos, Spain). Estimation of the number of individuals, 2020, The Anatomical Record
  • Reassessment of the human mandible from Banyoles (Girona, Spain), 2022, Journal of Human Evolution
  • Taphonomic skeletal disturbances in the Sima de los Huesos postcranial remains, 2023, The Anatomical Record
  • The Neandertal nature of the Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos mandibles, 2023, The Anatomical Record

Their academic collaborations frequently involve coauthors such as Juan Luís Arsuaga, Mercedes Conde-Valverde, Rolf Quam, Carlos Lorenzo, and José Miguel Carretero.

Best Publications

  • A Hominid from the Lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: Possible Ancestor to Neandertals and Modern Humans

    J. M. Bermúdez de Castro;J. L. Arsuaga;J. L. Arsuaga;E. Carbonell;E. Carbonell;A. Rosas;A. Rosas

  • A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos

    Matthias Meyer;Qiaomei Fu;Qiaomei Fu;Ayinuer Aximu-Petri;Isabelle Glocke

  • Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins

    Matthias Meyer;Juan-Luis Arsuaga;Juan-Luis Arsuaga;Cesare de Filippo;Sarah Nagel

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

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

  • The Sima de los Huesos crania (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). A comparative study.

    J.L. Arsuaga;J.L. Arsuaga;I. Martı́nez;I. Martı́nez;A. Gracia;A. Gracia;C. Lorenzo;C. Lorenzo

  • Three new human skulls from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site in Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

    Juan-Luis Arsuaga;Ignacio Martínez;Ana Gracia;José-Miguel Carretero

  • Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). The site

    J L Arsuaga;I Martínez;Ana Gracia;J M Carretero;J M Carretero

  • Auditory capacities in Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain

    I. Martínez;M. Rosa;J.-L. Arsuaga;P. Jarabo

  • A complete human pelvis from the Middle Pleistocene of Spain

    Juan Luis Arsuaga;Carlos Lorenzo;José Miguel Carretero;Ana Gracia

  • The human cranial remains from Gran Dolina Lower Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain).

    Arsuaga Jl;Martínez I;Martínez I;Lorenzo C;Lorenzo C;Gracia A;Gracia A

  • 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 temporal bones from Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). A phylogenetic approach☆

    I Martínez;J L Arsuaga

  • Middle Pleistocene lower back and pelvis from an aged human individual from the Sima de los Huesos site, Spain

    Alejandro Bonmatí;Asier Gómez-Olivencia;Juan-Luis Arsuaga;José Miguel Carretero

  • Human hyoid bones from the middle Pleistocene site of the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

    I. Martínez;J.L. Arsuaga;R. Quam;J.M. Carretero

  • Size variation in Middle Pleistocene humans

    J. L. Arsuaga;J. M. Carretero;C. Lorenzo;A. Gracia

  • Lethal Interpersonal Violence in the Middle Pleistocene

    Nohemi Sala;Juan Luis Arsuaga;Ana Pantoja-Pérez;Adrián Pablos

  • Craniosynostosis in the Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14 from the Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain

    Ana Gracia;Juan Luis Arsuaga;Ignacio Martínez;Carlos Lorenzo

  • Stature estimation from complete long bones in the Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sima de los Huesos, Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain)

    José-Miguel Carretero;Laura Rodríguez;Rebeca García-González;Juan-Luis Arsuaga

  • 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

  • Quaternary climatic changes and environmental crises in the Mediterranean Region

    María Blanca Ruiz Zapata;Miriam Dorado Valiño;Ana Valdeolmillos Rodríguez;María José Gil García

  • Metric and morphological study of the upper cervical spine from the Sima de los Huesos site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain).

    Asier Gómez-Olivencia;José Miguel Carretero;Juan Luis Arsuaga;Laura Rodríguez-García

  • Communicative capacities in Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain

    I. Martínez;M. Rosa;R. Quam;R. Quam;P. Jarabo

  • New Neandertal remains from Cova Negra (Valencia, Spain)

    J.L. Arsuaga;V. Villaverde;R. Quam;I. Martínez

  • Trigonid crests expression in Atapuerca-Sima de los Huesos lower molars: Internal and external morphological expression and evolutionary inferences

    Marina Martínez de Pinillos;María Martinón-Torres;Matthew M. Skinner;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • Paleopathological evidence of the cranial remains from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Description and preliminary inferences

    Pilar-Julia Pérez;Ana Gracia;Ignacio Martı́nez;Juan-Luis Arsuaga

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Complutense University of Madrid
José Miguel Carretero
José Miguel Carretero University of Burgos
José María Bermúdez de Castro
José María Bermúdez de Castro University College London
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
María Martinón-Torres
María Martinón-Torres University College London
J.M. Bermúdez de Castro
J.M. Bermúdez de Castro Spanish National Research Council
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer Max Planck Society
Antonio Rosas
Antonio Rosas Spanish National Research Council
Gloria Cuenca-Bescós
Gloria Cuenca-Bescós University of Zaragoza

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