2008/03/04

The archaeologist Eudald Carbonell participated in the series of talks organised by CIC bioGUNE

On 28 February, Eudald Carbonell, professor of Prehistory at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, gave a talk in Bilbao entitled 'Sierra de Atapuerca: evolutionary gateway' as part of the 'Darwin and Wallace. 150 years of discovering evolution', cycle organised by CIC bioGUNE in collaboration with the British Council and the BBVA Foundation.

During his talk, the Catalonian archaeologist focused on describing the physical appearance, diet and customs of Homo Antecessor and also touched upon the discovery of the oldest evidence found so far of human cannibalism.

Winner of the Príncipe de Asturias Award 1997 for Scientific and Technical Research, Eudald Carbonell i Roura has one PhD in Quaternary Geology from the Pierre et Marie Curie University (1986) and another in History from the University of Barcelona (1988). One of his main scientific achievements is the discovery of the old Iberian settlement of Atapuerca, a find that prompted him to set up a Multidisciplinary Research Programme in that very location.