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José María Bermúdez de Castro

José María Bermúdez de Castro

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
85
Citations
22835
World Ranking
758
National Ranking
65

Overview

José María Bermúdez de Castro is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these, their work centers on subfields including Archeology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main topics of research cover a range of specialized areas such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, dental development and anomalies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

They have published frequently in several scientific journals and venues. These include the Journal of Human Evolution, Quaternary Geochronology, American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, and Nature.

Recent publications by this scientist include:

  • Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments, 2021, Science
  • The dental proteome of Homo antecessor, 2020, Nature
  • Earliest known human burial in Africa, 2021, Nature
  • A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel, 2021, Science
  • Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had similar auditory and speech capacities, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research output, with frequent co-authors including María Martinón-Torres, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Laura Martín-Francés, Marina Martínez de Pinillos, and Eudald Carbonell.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians

    Iain Mathieson;Iosif Lazaridis;Iosif Lazaridis;Nadin Rohland;Nadin Rohland;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick;Swapan Mallick

  • 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

  • The first hominin of Europe

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

  • 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 earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China.

    Wu Liu;María Martinón-Torres;Yan Jun Cai;Song Xing

  • The earliest modern humans outside Africa

    Israel Hershkovitz;Israel Hershkovitz;Gerhard W. Weber;Rolf Quam;Rolf Quam;Mathieu Duval

  • Earliest humans in Europe: the age of TD6 Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain.

    Christophe Falguères;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Yuji Yokoyama;Juan Luis Arsuaga

  • OSIRIS – The Scientific Camera System Onboard Rosetta

    H. U. Keller;C. Barbieri;P. Lamy;H. Rickman

  • Surprisingly rapid growth in Neanderthals

    Fernando V. Ramirez Rozzi;José Maria Bermudez de Castro

  • Hominin variability, climatic instability and population demography in Middle Pleistocene Europe

    Robin Dennell;María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro

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

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

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

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

  • Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques

    Torsten Günther;Cristina Valdiosera;Cristina Valdiosera;Cristina Valdiosera;Helena Malmström;Irene Ureña;Irene Ureña

  • Morphological description and comparison of the dental remains from Atapuerca-Sima de los Huesos site (Spain)

    María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro;Aida Gómez-Robles;Leyre Prado-Simón

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

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

  • Dental evidence on the hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene

    María Martinón-Torres;J. M. Bermúdez De Castro;Aida Gómez-Robles;J. L. Arsuaga

  • A complete human pelvis from the Middle Pleistocene of Spain

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

  • Buccal striations on fossil human anterior teeth: evidence of handedness in the middle and early Upper Pleistocene

    JoséMaría Bermúdez de Castro;Timothy G. Bromage;Yolanda Fernández Jalvo

  • Biochronology of Spanish Quaternary small vertebrate faunas

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

  • A geometric morphometric analysis of hominin upper first molar shape.

    A. Gómez-Robles;M. Martinón-Torres;J.M. Bermúdez de Castro;A. Margvelashvili

  • 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

  • Hominin lower second premolar morphology: evolutionary inferences through geometric morphometric analysis.

    M. Martinón-Torres;M. Bastir;M. Bastir;J.M. Bermúdez de Castro;A. Gómez

  • Non-occlusal dental microwear variability in a sample of Middle and Late Pleistocene human populations from Europe and the Near East.

    Alejandro Pérez-Pérez;Vanesa Espurz;José María Bermúdez de Castro;Marie Antoinette de Lumley

Frequent Co-Authors

María Martinón-Torres
María Martinón-Torres University College London
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga Complutense University of Madrid
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Ignacio Martínez
Ignacio Martínez University of Alcalá
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
José Miguel Carretero
José Miguel Carretero University of Burgos
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Rosa Huguet
Rosa Huguet Spanish National Research Council
Ruth Blasco
Ruth Blasco Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Alfredo Pérez-González
Alfredo Pérez-González Complutense University of Madrid

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