Juan Luis Arsuaga

Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras (born 1954 in Madrid) is a Spanish paleoanthropologist and author known for his work in the Atapuerca Archaeological Site.

He is the son of the footballer Pedro María Arsuaga. He obtained a master's degree and a doctorate in Biological Sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he is professor in the Paleontology Department of the [http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/fgeo/ Faculty of Geological Sciences].

As a child he already showed a great interest in prehistory after reading ''The Quest for Fire'' and visiting a dig near Bilbao.

Arsuaga is a visiting professor of the Department of Anthropology at the University College London and since 1982 he has been a member of the Research Team investigating Pleistocene deposits in the Atapuerca Mountains (Province of Burgos, Spain). He has been a co-director since 1991 with José María Bermúdez de Castro and Eudald Carbonell Roura of the Atapuerca Team, which was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in "Scientific and Technical Research" category and the Castilla León Prize in "Social Sciences and Humanities" category, both in 1997.

The finds at Atapuerca have shed new light on the first humans in Europe. The site at Orce, in southern Spain, appears to be older (it has yielded tools indicating human presence that predate the finds at Atapuerca), but Atapuerca is remarkable for its human remains. In 2013, Arsuaga co-authored a paper which reported the finding of the oldest human (H. ''heidelbergensis'') DNA ever, dating back 400,000 years. The mitochondrial DNA that stemmed from a fossil found in a cave in Sima de los Huesos had similarities to mitochondrial genomes previously found in the extinct Denisovans in Siberia.

A member of the Musée de l'Homme from Paris, of the International Association for the Study of Human Paleontology, he is vice-president of the Commission of Human Paleontology and Paleoecology of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). He has been a lecturer at the universities of London, Cambridge, Zurich, Rome, Arizona, Philadelphia, Berkeley, New York, Tel Aviv, among others.

He authored and/or published several scientific publications in ''Nature'', ''Science'', ''Journal of Archaeological Science'', ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'', and ''Journal of Human Evolution''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The evolution of the spine and thorax in the Neandertal lineage: an update

    The evolution of the spine and thorax in the Neandertal lineage: an update by Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Juan Luis Arsuaga

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    1997-2001: el estatus de Homo antecessor

    1997-2001: el estatus de Homo antecessor by José María BERMÚDEZ DE CASTRO, Juan Luis ARSUAGA

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    Denticulados y muescas: ¿para qué sirven? Estudio funcional de una muestra musteriense en cuarzo del Abrigo de Navalmaíllo (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, España)

    Denticulados y muescas: ¿para qué sirven? Estudio funcional de una muestra musteriense en cuarzo del Abrigo de Navalmaíllo (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, España) by Belén Márqueza, Enrique Baquedano, Alfredo Pérez-González, Juan Luis Arsuaga

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    Grafismo rupestre paleolítico de la Cueva del Conde (Tuñón, Santo Adriano, Asturias)

    Grafismo rupestre paleolítico de la Cueva del Conde (Tuñón, Santo Adriano, Asturias) by Alba FERNÁNDEZ REY, Gema Elvira ADAN ÁLVAREZ, Miguel ARBIZU, Juan Luis ARSUAGA

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    Exploring the Potential of Laser Ablation Carbon Isotope Analysis for Examining Ecology during the Ontogeny of Middle Pleistocene Hominins from Sima de los Huesos (Northern Spain).

    Exploring the Potential of Laser Ablation Carbon Isotope Analysis for Examining Ecology during the Ontogeny of Middle Pleistocene Hominins from Sima de los Huesos (Northern Spain). by Nuria Garcia, Robert S Feranec, Benjamin H Passey, Thure E Cerling, Juan Luis Arsuaga

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    La creación y musealización del Parque Arqueológico del Calvero de la Higuera (Pinilla del Valle, Comunidad de Madrid), en el Valle Alto del Lozoya: El Valle de los Neandertales = Creation and musealization of Calvero de la Higuera Archeological Park...

    La creación y musealización del Parque Arqueológico del Calvero de la Higuera (Pinilla del Valle, Comunidad de Madrid), en el Valle Alto del Lozoya: El Valle de los Neandertales =... by Enrique Baquedano, Belén Márquez Mora, César Laplana, Juan Gómez, Alfredo Pérez-González, Juan Luis Arsuaga

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    Taphonomic study of the cave bears (Ursus cf. deningeri and U. spelaeus) from the Sima I of the El Polvorín cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula)

    Taphonomic study of the cave bears (Ursus cf. deningeri and U. spelaeus) from the Sima I of the El Polvorín cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula) by Manuel Rodríguez-Almagro, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Mónica Villalba de Alvarado, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Nohemi Sala

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    How Far into Europe Did Pikas (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) Go during the Pleistocene? New Evidence from Central Iberia.

    How Far into Europe Did Pikas (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) Go during the Pleistocene? New Evidence from Central Iberia. by César Laplana, Paloma Sevilla, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Mari Carmen Arriaza, Enrique Baquedano, Alfredo Pérez-González, Nieves López-Martínez

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    Bacteria, guano and soot: Source assessment of organic matter preserved in black laminae in stalagmites from caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca (N Spain)

    Bacteria, guano and soot: Source assessment of organic matter preserved in black laminae in stalagmites from caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca (N Spain) by Joeri Kaal, Virginia Martínez-Pillado, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Jorge Sanjurjo Sánchez, Arantza Aranburu, Juan-Luis Arsuaga, Eneko Iriarte

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    Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade

    Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade by Alessandro Urciuoli, Ignacio Martínez, Rolf Quam, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Brian A. Keeling, Julia Diez-Valero, Mercedes Conde-Valverde

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    Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España)

    Deshaciendo el palimpsesto: una aproximación a la secuencia cultural de la ocupación neandertal del abrigo de Navalmaíllo, Pinilla del Valle (España) by Laura Sánchez-Romero, Antoni Canals, Alfredo Pérez-González, Belén Márquez, Marina Mosquera, Theodoros Karampaglidis, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Enrique Baquedano

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    Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Biache-Saint-Vaast, France

    Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Biache-Saint-Vaast, France by Laura Martín-Francés, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Marina Martinez de Pinillos, Maria Martinón-Torres, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Benoît Bertrand, Amélie Vialet

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    Human Activities, Biostratigraphy and Past Environment Revealed by Small-Mammal Associations at the Chalcolithic Levels of El Portalón de Cueva Mayor (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Human Activities, Biostratigraphy and Past Environment Revealed by Small-Mammal Associations at the Chalcolithic Levels of El Portalón de Cueva Mayor (Atapuerca, Spain) by Juan Rofes, Amaia Ordiales, Eneko Iriarte, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, María Ángeles Galindo-Pellicena, Amalia Pérez-Romero, José Miguel Carretero, Juan Luis Arsuaga

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    Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene.

    Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene. by Nohemi Sala, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Adrián Pablos, Ignacio Martínez, Rolf M Quam, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell

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    Learning by heart: cultural patterns in the faunal processing sequence during the middle pleistocene.

    Learning by heart: cultural patterns in the faunal processing sequence during the middle pleistocene. by Ruth Blasco, Jordi Rosell, Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Sergi Lozano, Ignasi Pastó, David Riba, Manuel Vaquero, Josep Fernández Peris, Juan Luis Arsuaga, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell

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    Crown tissue proportions and enamel thickness distribution in the Middle Pleistocene hominin molars from Sima de los Huesos (SH) population (Atapuerca, Spain).

    Crown tissue proportions and enamel thickness distribution in the Middle Pleistocene hominin molars from Sima de los Huesos (SH) population (Atapuerca, Spain). by Laura Martín-Francés, María Martinón-Torres, Marina Martínez de Pinillos, Cecilia García-Campos, Clément Zanolli, Priscilla Bayle, Mario Modesto-Mata, Juan Luis Arsuaga, José María Bermúdez de Castro

    Published 2020-01-01
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    Upper Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironmental records in Cueva Mayor karst (Atapuerca, Spain) from different proxies: speleothem crystal fabrics, palynology and archaeology.

    Upper Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironmental records in Cueva Mayor karst (Atapuerca, Spain) from different proxies: speleothem crystal fabrics, palynology and archaeology. by Virginia Martínez-Pillado, Arantza Aranburu, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Blanca Ruiz-Zapata, Maria José Gil-García, Heather Stoll, Iñaki Yusta, Eneko Iriarte, José Miguel Carretero, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng

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    Virtual excavation and analysis of the early Neanderthal cranium from Altamura (Italy)

    Virtual excavation and analysis of the early Neanderthal cranium from Altamura (Italy) by Antonio Profico, Costantino Buzi, Fabio Di Vincenzo, Marco Boggioni, Andrea Borsato, Giovanni Boschian, Damiano Marchi, Mario Micheli, Jacopo Moggi Cecchi, Marco Samadelli, Mary Anne Tafuri, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Giorgio Manzi

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    Les sinus frontaux au cours de l’évolution humaine

    Les sinus frontaux au cours de l’évolution humaine by Antoine Balzeau, Lou Albessard-Ball, Anna Maria Kubicka, Andréa Filippo, Amélie Beaudet, Elena Santos, Thibault Bienvenu, Juan-Luis Arsuaga, Antonis Bartsiokas, Lee Berger, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Michel Brunet, Kristian J. Carlson, Joan Daura, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis, Frederick E. Grine, Katerina Harvati, John Hawks, Andy Herries, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Jiaming Hui, Rachel Ives, Josephine A. Joordens, Yousuke Kaifu, Mirsini Kouloukoussa, Baptiste Léger, David Lordkipanidze, Ann Margvelashvili, Jesse Martin, Maria Martinón-Torres, Hila May, Aurélien Mounier, Anton du Plessis, Todd Rae, Carolin Röding, Montserrat Sanz, Patrick Semal, Dominic Stratford, Chris Stringer, Mirriam Tawane, Heiko Temming, Evangelia Tsoukala, João Zilhão, Bernhard Zipfel, Laura T. Buck

    Published 2023-01-01
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