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Detail of bear tracks from Honseca Cave/J. Rodríguez et al

20/01/2025

First scientific study on cave bear tracks in the Iberian Peninsula

Stone tools from Engaji Nanyori/Mercader et al

16/01/2025

Homo erectus adapted to extreme climatic conditions

Winners/UCC+I CENIEH

Premios Colección Ratón Pérez/UCC+I CENIEH

17/12/2024

CENIEH presents the Ratón Pérez Collection awards

Levallois Cores found during the excavation of Bargny 3 site attesting the presence of MSA/Dr Alexander F. Blackwood

16/12/2024

CENIEH dates some of the oldest coastal human occupations in West Africa

Prize-giving ceremony with the four prize-winners

General view of the award ceremony

15/12/2024

Mohamed Sahnouni receives the Algerian Scholar Award 2024

Mechanical drilling above the archaeo-palaeontological site of Barranco León (Orce, Granada) /Mathieu Duval

Mechanical drilling above the archaeo-palaeontological site of Barranco León (Orce, Granada) /Mathieu Duval

04/12/2024

CENIEH produces the first high-resolution study of a continuous sedimentary record in Orce

Tylostoma ovatum fossil at leve 4 of Prado Vargas cave

18/11/2024

The Neanderthals of Prado Vargas were the first fossil collectors

Tim Schuurma with his director and the jury

15/11/2024

Tim Schuurman, receives a doctorate for a thesis on craniocerebral networks

Diver pointing at potential Pleistocene sediments on the seabed/Ilaria Patania

11/11/2024

Underwater caves provide clues to understanding the first settlers of Sicily

Guefaït-4 site/Alfonso Benito

Excavation at Guefaït-4./IPHES-CERCA

Guefaït-4 team/IPHES-CERCA

04/10/2024

The ecosystems of northern Africa where the first hominins arrived are reconstructed

News and Events

Actualidad

Area 40 Archaeological Sites - 2015 - AKB photo

Sampling

04/11/2025

Stone tools found in Kenya reveal 300,000 years of Oldowan technological continuity

Scanned baboon skulls/Modesto-Mata et al

21/10/2025

U3D digital repositories pose hidden risks for scientific research

Factors influencing scavenging behavior in humans/Carmen Cañizares (@canitanatura).

17/10/2025

Eating carrion made us human

Eventos

Poster 2025

VII CENIEH Distinguished Annual Lecture - 6 July, 2025

Cartel Día Darwin

6th DARWIN DAY - 12 February, 2025

Mtoto: The sleeping child in Afríca