Dental Ecology - Eco-Morphology and feeding behavior in Primates

Beatriz Pinilla

Current position

• Collaborator at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. University of Barcelona. Barcelona – Spain
  

• PhD. Diet and adaptation in Middle and Upper Pleistocene Hominins. University of Barcelona. Under A. Pérez-Pérez supervision, 2012
  
• M.S.  Experimental. Ethology, cognition and human evolution. Universitat de Barcelona, 2006
• M.S. Human Biology. Universitat de Barcelona, 2007
• B.A. Social Anthropology. UNED, 2009
• B.A. History. Universitat de Barcelona, 2005

• Hominins behavior and ecological-technological adaptations
• Neanderthals’ origins and evolution
• Anatomically Modern Humans’ origins and evolution 

• Museum research: hominins tooth molding (Universitad de Murcia), Holocene hunter-gatherers (National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, 2007) and recent hunter-gatherers (American Museum Natural History, New York, 2009).
• Archaeological research: season 2010 (Willendorf-II & Combe Capelle); season 2009 (Atapuerca-Gran Dolina (GD), Pinilla del Valle (PV) & Jebel Irhoud); season 2008 (GD, Abric Romaní & PV); season 2007 (PV); season 2006 (Atapuerca-Portalón and sediment cleaning & PV); season 2005 (Orce & surway at Sicily); June 2004- February 2005 (El Brull, Súria, Callús y Sta. María de Matadars); season 2003-04 (Puig Castellar & Sant Jaume d’Alcanar); season 2002-03 (l’Esquerda, Balma del Gai, Domus de Todonyà & Ahusa Gaztelua); season 2001-02 (Hort de la Boquera & Balma del Gai).

• Human Evolution (Lab), biology – Universitat de Barcelona 2009-2010
• Human Biology (Lab), biology – Universitat de Barcelona 2009-present

• Publication List: Dental microwear, tooth wear, tooth morphology and diet - Universitat de Barcelona & Universidad de Alicante (Dr. Pérez-Pérez Lab)