CENIEH

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Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, Burgos

palaeontology
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Chitina Moreno-Torres
Head of the UCC+i of CENIEH
concepcion.moreno@cenieh.es
659808543

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SMC participants
Emiliano Bruner

Researcher at the National Centre for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH)

Felipe Cuartero Monteagudo

Technician of the Laboratory of Experimental Archaeology and Taphonomy of CENIEH.

José María Bermúdez de Castro

Research Professor at CSIC and Coordinator of the Paleobiology Programme at the National Centre for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Burgos

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