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Ph.D. thesis: it was focused on the evolution of the human thoracic skeleton. It was carried out at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Spain) under the supervision of Dr. Markus Bastir. Despite the importance of the rib cage for human biology, its study was traditionally neglected compared to other anatomical regions, which was in part caused by the fragility of the ribs and vertebrae and the difficulties in the accurate 3D quantification of the morphology of its elements. The main aim of my thesis was to develop and test a methodology able to quantify ribcage morphology and contribute to the understanding of the morphological variability of the rib cage and its functional and evolutionary implications. In my Ph.D. thesis, I collected 3D models of individual thoracic bones and thoraces in anatomical connection of great apes and humans from different populations (Africans, Europeans, and Inuits) and compared them with fossil species such as Neandertals, Australopithecus, or other Homo species such as Homo naledi. My results showed that a protocol of 20 landmarks for individual ribs, 46 for individual vertebrae, and 402 landmarks for thoraces in anatomical connection was useful for quantifying their 3D morphologies, allowing me to explore morphological variation and infer paleobiological patterns from those results. I found not only important changes in the rib cage related to the development and sexual dimorphism in our modern human thorax, but I also found important morphological differences observed between different hominin species such as Neandertals or Homo naledi, probably caused by adaptations in the respiratory, locomotor and even reproductive systems.
1st postdoctoral experience: After my Ph.D., I did my first postdoc at the Université de Bordeaux through an IdEx postdoctoral fellowship. In this grant, I improved my skills in 3D Virtual Anthropology to develop thoracic reconstructions of subadult Neanderthals: Le Moustier 2, Roc de Marsal, Dederiyeh 1, and Mezmaiskaya 1. Among the achievements from this period, I highlight a publication as a first author in the Science Advances journal on the thoracic development of 4 Neandertal, which arose from a fruitful collaboration with the University of Zurich and Université the Bordeaux that was led by myself. This publication had a significant scientific and press impact.
2nd postdoctoral experience: I was a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH, Burgos) under the supervision of Prof. José María Bermúdez de Castro. I worked on the evolutionary anatomy of the H. antecessor ribcage and I had the role of scientific manager of the IPERION HS project, for the study and conservation of paleontological and paleoanthropological heritage. At the CENIEH I also collaborated with different laboratories (geochronology, materials characterization, etc.) in the light of the study of Cueva de Los Toriles paleoanthropological site, where I have been director of the excavation during only three campaigns. Another important line of research that I am developing as PI is the study of the internal anatomy of the ribcage from an evolutionary point of view.
Currently: I am an assistant professor at UCM, and associate researcher at the CENIEH, Universidade de Coimbra, and Wits University. One of my main aims at the Universities is to bring all the virtual methods that I learned through my research career to the department, to provide the students with cutting-edge technologies that will be useful for their professional development.
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JOURNAL OF ANATOMYno. 1 (2024): 27-34
American journal of physical anthropology (2024)
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGYno. 1 (2023): 157-158
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciencesno. 12 (2023): 1-14
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literaturno. 3 (2023): 307-316
Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológicano. 1 (2022): 057-057
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