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Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo

Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
5001
World Ranking
8254
National Ranking
187

Overview

Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, focusing significantly on Anthropology, Paleontology, and Archeology, with notable contributions also in Atmospheric Science and Ecology.

Their primary topics of work cover a range of interdisciplinary studies, including:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Archaeological and Geological Studies

Fernández-Jalvo has published frequently in a variety of academic journals, with the most common venues being:

  • Historical Biology (7 publications)
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Quaternary International (2 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (2 publications)

Their recent scientific papers include the following:

  • "Gregariousness in the giant sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra): multi-proxy approach of a bonebed from the Last Maximum Glacial of Argentine Pampas," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in the central semi-arid region of South Africa from pollen in cave, pan, spring, stream and dung deposits," 2020, Quaternary International
  • "New palaeoecological approaches to interpret climatic fluctuations in Holocenic sites of the Pampean Region of Argentina," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Palaeoecological reconstructions of the Middle to Late Pleistocene occupations in the Southern Caucasus using rodent assemblages," 2022, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • "The owl that never left! Taphonomy of Earlier Stone Age small mammal assemblages from Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)," 2021, Quaternary International

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Fernández-Jalvo's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Sara García-Morato (14 joint publications)
  • María Dolores Marin-Monfort (13 joint publications)
  • Claudia I. Montalvo (10 joint publications)
  • Fernando J. Fernández (9 joint publications)
  • Rodrigo L. Tomassini (8 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications

    Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo;Peter Andrews

  • Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar

    C. B. Stringer;J. C. Finlayson;R. N. E. Barton;Y. Fernández-Jalvo

  • Small mammal taphonomy of Gran Dolina, Atapuerca (Burgos), Spain

    Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo;Peter Andrews

  • Freshly excavated fossil bones are best for amplification of ancient DNA.

    Mélanie Pruvost;Reinhard Schwarz;Virginia Bessa Correia;Sophie Champlot

  • Taphonomy and palaeoecology of Olduvai Bed-I (Pleistocene, Tanzania)

    Y. Fernández-Jalvo;C. Denys;P. Andrews;T. Williams

  • Zooarchaeology and taphonomy of Aurora Stratum (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

    Díez Jc;Fernández-Jalvo Y;Fernández-Jalvo Y;Rosell J;Cáceres I

  • Gibraltar Neanderthals and results of recent excavations in Gorham's, Vanguard and Ibex Caves

    R. N. E. Barton;A. P. Currant;Y. Fernandez-Jalvo;J. C. Finlayson

  • Evidence of Early Cannibalism

    Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo;J. Carlos Díez;José M. Bermúdez de Castro;Eudald Carbonell

  • Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Ian G. Stanistreet;Jackson K. Njau;Jackson K. Njau;Marion K. Bamford

  • The Oldowan horizon in Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa): archaeological, geological, paleontological and paleoclimatic evidence.

    Michael Chazan;D. Margaret Avery;Marion K. Bamford;Francesco Berna

  • Diagenetical changes in Pleistocene small mammal bones from Olduvai Bed I

    Christiane Denys;C.Terry Williams;Yannicke Dauphin;Peter Andrews

  • Experimental taphonomy in museums: Preparation protocols for skeletons and fossil vertebrates under the scanning electron microscopy

    Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo;Maria Dolores Marín Monfort

  • Taphonomy in palaeoecological interpretations

    Y. Fernández-Jalvo;L. Scott;P. Andrews

  • Small mammal taphonomy and the middle Pleistocene environments of Dolina, northern Spain

    Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo;Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo

  • Cut marks on small mammals at Olduvai Gorge Bed-I

    Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo;Peter Andrews;C. Denys

  • Cannibalism in Britain: Taphonomy of the Creswellian (Pleistocene) faunal and human remains from Gough's Cave (Somerset, England)

    P. Andrews;Y. Fernández-Jalvo

  • Experimental taphonomy: preliminary results of the digestion of micromammal bones in the laboratory

    C. Denys;Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo;Y. Dauphin

  • Preservation and interpretation of pollen in hyaena coprolites: taphonomic observations from Spain and southern Africa

    Louis Scott;Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo;Jose Carrion;James Brink

  • The TD6 (Aurora Stratum) hominid site. Final remarks and new questions.

    J. M. Bermudez De Castro;E. Carbonell;I. Caceres;J. C. Diez

  • Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)

    M.J. Walker;D. Anesin;D.E. Angelucci;A. Avilés-Fernández

  • Pleistocene Micromammals and Their Predators at Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa

    Yolanda Fernandez-Jalvo;D. Margaret Avery

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Andrews
Peter Andrews University College London
Isabel Cáceres
Isabel Cáceres Rovira i Virgili University
Louis Scott
Louis Scott University of the Free State
Yannicke Dauphin
Yannicke Dauphin Sorbonne University
Michael Chazan
Michael Chazan University of Toronto
Luis Alcalá
Luis Alcalá Spanish National Research Council
Francesco Berna
Francesco Berna Simon Fraser University
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Paul Goldberg
Paul Goldberg Boston University
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand

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