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3ª Access Call – Autumn 2026 ERIHS-ERIC

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Prado Vargas cave

Fossil at level 4D

Diggin at 4D level

Final excavated area

04/09/2026

Excavations at Prado Vargas now span 140 square metres of a Neanderthal layer

Ratón Pérez Colecction

28/08/2026

Milk teeth develop according to a common pattern

A rhinoceros drinking water in front of elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia. / Adobe Stock

20/08/2026

Scarce emergence of new species drove the decline of African megaherbivores

Davinia Moreno at level TE19 of the Sima del Elefante site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)/UCC+I CENIEH

05/08/2026

New dating at Sima del Elefante provides insights into the formation of this site

External view and proposed positioning of the Homo antecessor parietal remains. Dashed black lines indicate sutures/Gallareto-Sande et al

Heat map of cranial vault thickness (CVT) in the Homo antecessor parietal remains. Black dots indicate measurement points / Gallareto-Sande et al

03/08/2026

Three adult parietal fragments help estimate cranial thickness in 'Homo antecessor'

RVH-1 human parietal fragment from the Ruidera site/ Daniel García Martínez

Left: the site directors, Sara Díaz Pérez, Daniel García Martínez, and Carlos Palancar. Right: part of the Ruidera excavation site/Alejandro Muñoz Fernández

30/07/2026

A cranial fossil of the genus `Homo', more than 200,000 years old, discovered at the Ruidera site

In addition to food, carrion provides multiple resources, including material for ornaments (A) or nest construction (B), centres of social activity (C) and intraspecific marking (D), and permanent (E) and temporary (F) habitat for many species. Photos: M. Wal (A), D. Redondo-Gómez (B, D), T. van Overveld (C), C. Smith (E), and S. Eguía (F).

29/07/2026

Carrion helps us understand ecology, epidemics and human evolution

Mi Primer Geolodía 2026/UCC+I CENIEH

Mi Primer Geolodía 2025_UCC+I CENIEH

21/07/2026

More than 2,250 schoolchildren discover geology through play with My First Geoloday

Cristina Ayala and María Martinón Torres/UCC+I CENIEH

20/07/2026

Around 400 researchers from around the world to gather in Burgos for ESHE 2026

María Martinón-Torres y David Wengrow/UCC+I CENIEH

David Wengrow durante la conferencia/UCC+I CENIEH

Conferencia en el Salón de actos del CENIEH/UCC+I CENIEH

Laboratorio de Cartografía digital y Análisis 3D/UCC+I CENIEH

Museo de la Evolución Humana/UCC+I CENIEH

10/07/2026

David Wengrow at the heart of CENIEH’s 17th anniversary at the Human Evolution Complex

News and Events

Actualidad

Prado Vargas cave

Fossil at level 4D

Diggin at 4D level

Final excavated area

04/09/2026

Excavations at Prado Vargas now span 140 square metres of a Neanderthal layer

Ratón Pérez Colecction

28/08/2026

Milk teeth develop according to a common pattern

A rhinoceros drinking water in front of elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia. / Adobe Stock

20/08/2026

Scarce emergence of new species drove the decline of African megaherbivores

Eventos

Cartel ESHE 2026

ESHE - 16th to 20th September, 2026

Cartel

VIII CENIEH Distinguished Annual Lecture - 9th July, 2026

Mtoto: The sleeping child in Afríca