Yasmina Avià
Current position
- PhD Student at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Education and positions
- Postgraduate. Behavior and Biology of Primates. Universitat de Girona, 2017.
- M.S. Human Evolution. Universidad de Burgos, 2016.
- B.S. Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology. Universitat de Barcelona, 2015.
Research interests
- Craneofacial morphology in living and fossil primates
- Paleoprimatology filogeny
- 3D Geometric Morphometrics
- Tooth wear and feeding ecology in primates
- Morphology, function and adaptation
Field experience
- Archaeological research: Atapuerca (Burgos), Orce (Granada), Cova del Parco (Lleida), Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), Montelló (Lleida), Irikaitz (Guipúzcoa), Cova del Valdavara (Lugo), Cova de Santa Linya (Lleida).
- Inventory and documentation of the paleontological collection of Department of Paleontology of Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona (2013).
- Making environmental enrichment and activity register of primates from Barcelona Zoo (2013).
Last main publications
- Avià, Y., Cordero, T., Romero, A., Galbany, J., Pérez-Pérez, A. (2017) Dieta y evolución morfológica craneofacial en homininos. Proceedings of the II Meeting of African Prehistory
- Olivares, A.; Cerrillo, F.J.; Avià, Y.; Santamaría Cabornero, C.; Santamaría Díez, M.; Ríos Suárez, C.; Fernández-Agudo, T.; Falgueras Cano, J.; Fernández, Fernández, A. Técnicas de reconstrucción virtual del volumen endocraneal: revisión de las metodologías y determinación del error. Actas de las Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigadores en Arqueología [In press]
Linkedin: es.linkedin.com/in/yasminaavia
Research gate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Yasmina_Avia
Working address
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. University of Barcelona.Avinguda Diagonal, 643. 08028 Barcelona. Spain
