Lecturers

María MARTINÓN-TORRES

Director of the CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre La Evolución Humana) in Burgos and Honorary Professor at University College London. Member of the Atapuerca Research Team since 1998 and head of research for the Dental Anthropology Group from 2007 to 2015 at CENIEH, she has research interests in hominid paleobiology, paleopathology and the evolutionary scenario of the first Europeans. She has led and participated in several international projects related to the study of hominid teeth and has published more than 70 books, book chapters or scientific articles.

Raffaele SARDELLA

Full professor of paleontology at the Department of Earth Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome, where since 2019 he has been director of the MUST (University Museum of Earth Sciences). His research focuses on large mammal biochronology, virtual paleobiology and evolution of Neogene-Quaternary continental ecosystems. He is active in the field of scientific dissemination by organizing events, exhibitions, cultural initiatives and as an author of books. Since 2015 he has directed the excavations and research at Grotta Romanelli in Salento, which he will talk about during the SdP.

Mandela Peter RYANO

Tanzanian archaeologist, he studied and obtained a PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam. He is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Dodoma, in the Department of History and Archaeology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His research interests are Iron Age cultures, human evolution and Neolithic food production. Mandela is the local collaborator for the THOR project (www.thorproject.it).