2026 María Martinón-Torres: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	45	6358	6103	495	478	148	8596

Overview

María Martinón-Torres is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers around fields such as Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these domains, their subfields include Archeology, Anthropology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Rheumatology.

The main topics María Martinón-Torres has focused on in their published work include:

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Dental development and anomalies
Bone and Dental Protein Studies
Morphological variations and asymmetry

They have contributed to publications in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

Journal of Human Evolution
Nature
American Journal of Biological Anthropology
The Anatomical Record
Journal of Anatomy

Some of María Martinón-Torres's recent papers include:

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)
A demographic history of Late Pleistocene China (2020, Quaternary International)
The Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene hominin site (Burgos, Spain). Estimation of the number of individuals (2020, The Anatomical Record)

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

José María Bermúdez de Castro
Laura Martín-Francés
Marina Martínez de Pinillos
Juan Luís Arsuaga
Mario Modesto-Mata

Best Publications

The first hominin of Europe

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

794
Citations
Neandertal roots: Cranial and chronological evidence from Sima de los Huesos.

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

572
Citations
The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China.

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

506
Citations
The earliest modern humans outside Africa

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

492
Citations
Hominin variability, climatic instability and population demography in Middle Pleistocene Europe

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

353
Citations
The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain).

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

313
Citations
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

281
Citations
Dental evidence on the hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene

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

250
Citations
A geometric morphometric analysis of hominin upper first molar shape.

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

218
Citations
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

204
Citations
The dental proteome of Homo antecessor

Frido Welker;Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal;Petra Gutenbrunner;Meaghan Mackie

172
Citations
Dental remains from Dmanisi (Republic of Georgia): morphological analysis and comparative study.

María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro;Aida Gómez-Robles;Ann Margvelashvili

164
Citations
The Atapuerca sites and their contribution to the knowledge of human evolution in Europe

J. M. Bermúdez de Castro;M. Martinón-Torres;E. Carbonell;S. Sarmiento

149
Citations
Geometric morphometric analysis of the crown morphology of the lower first premolar of hominins, with special attention to Pleistocene Homo

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

140
Citations
Discontinuity in the record for hominin occupation in south-western Europe: Implications for occupation of the middle latitudes of Europe

Katharine MacDonald;María Martinón-Torres;Robin W. Dennell;José María Bermúdez de Castro

135
Citations
A new model for the evolution of the human Pleistocene populations of Europe

José María Bermúdez de Castro;María Martinón-Torres

128
Citations
A new early Pleistocene hominin mandible from Atapuerca-TD6, Spain

José María Bermúdez de Castro;Alfredo Pérez-González;María Martinón-Torres;Aida Gómez-Robles

124
Citations
Hominin teeth from the early Late Pleistocene site of Xujiayao, Northern China.

Song Xing;María Martinón-Torres;Jose María Bermúdez de Castro;Xiujie Wu

124
Citations
Early Pleistocene human mandible from Sima del Elefante (TE) cave site in Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain): a comparative morphological study.

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

122
Citations
Late Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Panxian Dadong, South China.

Wu（刘武） Liu;Lynne A. Schepartz;Lynne A. Schepartz;Song（邢松） Xing;Sari Miller-Antonio

116
Citations
The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth: Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapiens

G. Richard Scott;Christy G. Turner;Grant C. Townsend;María Martinón-Torres

95
Citations
New immature hominin fossil from European Lower Pleistocene shows the earliest evidence of a modern human dental development pattern

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

88
Citations
Paleodemography of the Atapuerca: Sima De Los Huesos Hominin Sample: A Revision and New Approaches to the Paleodemography of the European Middle Pleistocene Population

José María Bermúdez de Castro;María Martinón-Torres;Marina Lozano;Susana Sarmiento

86
Citations
Middle Pleistocene Hominin Teeth from Longtan Cave, Hexian, China

Song Xing;María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro;Yingqi Zhang

84
Citations
Homo antecessor: The state of the art eighteen years later

José-María Bermúdez-de-Castro;María Martinón-Torres;Laura Martín-Francés;Mario Modesto-Mata

81
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

José María Bermúdez de Castro University College London

Juan Luis Arsuaga Complutense University of Madrid

Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University

J.M. Bermúdez de Castro Spanish National Research Council

Ignacio Martínez University of Alcalá

Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University

José Miguel Carretero University of Burgos

Robin Dennell University of Exeter

Tomas Marques-Bonet Pompeu Fabra University

Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen

External Links

Personal website of María Martinón-Torres

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