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The Legacy of Medieval Spain Hidden in Bearded Vulture Nests

The EvoAdapta Group at the University of Cantabria leads the study confirming that the nests of this European vulture—one of the continent’s most endangered species—act as “time capsules” preserving valuable ecological information and the most unexpected human-made objects. A pioneering interdisciplinary investigation, published in the journal Ecology, has redefined the role of the bearded vulture […]

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Cartel de PrehGastro 2025. Congreso arqueogastronómico dedicado especialmente al territorio de Valles Pasiegos.

The second edition of the archaeogastronomic event brings together science, heritage, and tourism at the Cantabria Rock Art Centre

The Valles Pasiegos Local Action Group, together with the EvoAdapta research group of the University of Cantabria, is organizing the second edition of PrehGastro, a pioneering initiative that unites archaeology, heritage, and gastronomy to transform scientific knowledge into sensory and cultural experiences. The event, which will take place on December 10 at the Cantabria Rock

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Borja González Rabanal

Human migrations between the coast and the interior of the Iberian Peninsula at the end of Prehistory confirmed

A pioneering study by the EvoAdapta Group at the University of Cantabria creates the first sulfur isotopic map proving human migrations during the Late Prehistory A team from the EvoAdapta Group at the University of Cantabria, together with collaborators from national institutions (University of Valladolid; University of Burgos; University of Oviedo; Junta de Castilla y

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Ana B- Marín Arroyo y Leire Torres Iglesias en el ESHE 2025

EvoAdapta at ESHE 2025

At ESHE 2025, several members of the EvoAdapta Group shared their findings and took part in highly relevant scientific exchanges on the Late Pleistocene. The team’s presence provided the opportunity to present new methodological approaches and case studies that integrate paleoecology, paleoproteomics, and archaeozoology, highlighting advances with an impact on interpreting ecological and human processes

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Differences in herbivore abundances motivated the spatiotemporal disappearance of Neanderthals in Iberia

Ecosystem productivity affected the spatiotemporal disappearance of Neanderthals in Iberia is the new paper from the ERC-Subsilience Project (ERCEA-818299), just published in Nature Ecology and Evolution and led by Ana B-Marín-Arroyo and Marco Vidal Cordasco, from the University of Cantabria (Spain).   The research has been published in the scientific journal on ecology and evolutionary

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