Proyectos de HD del Instituto de Historia

This project will be the first substantive attempt to produce a global synthesis ofearliest human occupation dynamics by comparing the world’s longest sequences of early archaeological sites, namely eastern Africa and China. Our objectiveis to understand the alternative evolutionary trajectories adopted by hominins that shared an overarching biological and cultural background, but who faced different climatic and biogeographic challenges and opportunities.

Contribution to the DH:

Our state-of-the-art methodological sets (which combine an exceptionally diverse range of disciplines from geochemistry to niche modelling) and ground-breaking analytical perspective (which considers data from micro-stratigraphy to satellite imaging) will enable us to develop new approaches to challenge established paradigms and produce a new picture of the biogeographic adaptations of early stone-tool makers.

P.I.:
Ignacio De La Torre Sainz

e-mail:
ignacio.delatorre@cchs.csic.es