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I am a Paleolithic archaeologist interested in subsistence and socio-ecological adaptations of hominins throughout human evolution. I focus on zooarchaeological and taphonomic analyses in order to reconstruct site formation processes and hominin and carnivore activity in Paleolithic assemblages and I am drawn to the application of innovative techniques in statistics and modeling for the study of the archaeological record. I am also interested in how insights into modern hunter-gatherer hunting practices and carnivore ecology can aid the construction of hypotheses regarding past dynamics of human-animal and human-environment interactions related to foraging and hunting.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Lucía Cobo-Sánchez

Citation names

  • Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7718-7AF9-2948
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4628-2536
Scopus Author Id
55826172800

Email addresses

  • lcsanchez@ualg.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 968487115 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Campus de Gambelas, Universidade do Algarve, Office D10, 8005-139, Faro, Faro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
German Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Swahili (generic) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/09/15 - 2020/12/16
Concluded
 Prehistory and Archaeology (Doctor)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
"Taphonomic and spatial study of the archaeological site DS from Bed I (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/10/01 - 2015/07/01
Concluded
 Human evolutionary studies (Master)
Major in Human Evolution
University of Cambridge Division of Biological Anthropology, United Kingdom
2010/10/01 - 2014/06/30
Concluded
 Archaeology (Bachelor)
Major in Archaeology
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04/01 - 2026/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2023/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Universität zu Köln, Germany
2016/05/09 - 2020/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Institute of Evolution in Africa (I.D.E.A.), Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - 2026/09/30 Beyond Bones: Integrating Statistics and Machine Learning Tools into Archaeological Evidence to Decode Neanderthal-Carnivore Scenarios
101152206
Principal investigator
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/04/01 - 2026/03/31 Population Trajectories and Cultural Dynamics of late Neanderthals in Far Western Eurasia
101045506
Post-doc
Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal
 European Research Council
Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2023/02/28 Modelling prehistoric hunting behavior
01UG2132
Post-doc
Universität zu Köln, Germany
 Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Berlin
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Courtenay, L.A.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baquedano, E.; Mabulla, A.. A case of hominin scavenging 1.84 million years ago from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). 2022.
    10.1111/nyas.14727
Book chapter
  1. Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Baquedano, Enrique; Mabulla, Audax; Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Gidna, Agness; Uribelarrea, David; Diez-Martín, Fernando; et al. "Introduction". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 1-7. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00010-1
  2. Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Mabulla, Audax; Baquedano, Enrique. "A brief summary of the history of the research of the Olduvai Bed I archeological sites and their impact on the reconstruction of early hominin lifeways". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 9-21. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00012-5
  3. Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel. "Reconstructing early human behavior through the taphonomic analysis of DS". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 49-195. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00005-8
  4. Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Mabulla, Audax; Baquedano, Enrique. "Reconstructing early human behavior through the in-site spatial statistical analysis of DS". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 197-240. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00007-1
  5. Diez-Martín, Fernando; Duque-Martínez, Javier; Fraile-Márquez, Cristina; Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Baquedano, Enrique; Mabulla, Audax; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel. "Reconstructing early human behavior through the lithic technology of DS". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 241-282. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00003-4
  6. Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Baquedano, Enrique; Mabulla, Audax; Gidna, Agness; Diez-Martín, Fernando. "Conclusions". In Reconstructing Olduvai, 283-299. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-27382-7.00004-6
Journal article
  1. Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Rufà, Anna; Cascalheira, João. "Alternating carnivore and Neanderthal activities at Escoural Cave: insights from the taphonomic and machine learning analysis of leporid remains". Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology 3 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2024.1473266.
    10.3389/fearc.2024.1473266
  2. Merino-Pelaz, Amanda; Cobo-Sánchez, Lucía; Organista, Elia; Baquedano, Enrique; Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel. "Unraveling the spatial imprint of hominin and carnivore accumulations in Early Pleistocene African sites". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 16 8 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02020-6.
    10.1007/s12520-024-02020-6
  3. Lucia Cobo-Sanchez. "Tracking Early Hominin Foraging Behavior at DS Site (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge)". Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte (2023): https://doi.org/10.51315/mgfu.2022.31002.
    10.51315/mgfu.2022.31002
  4. M. Domínguez-Rodrigo; D. Uribelarrea; F. Diez-Martín; Mabulla A; A. Gidna; L. Cobo-Sánchez; D.M. Martín-Perea; et al. "Earliest Acheulian paleolandscape reveals a 1.7 million-year-old megasite at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)". Quaternary Science Reviews 316 (2023): 108262-108262. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379123003104.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108262
  5. Arteaga-Brieba, A.; Courtenay, L.A.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A.; Saladié, P.; Ollé, A.; Mosquera, M.. "An archaeostratigraphic consideration of the Gran Dolina TD10.2 cultural sequence from a quantitative approach". Quaternary Science Reviews 309 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85156159978&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108033
  6. Organista-Labrado, E.; Moclán, A.; Aramendi, J.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Egeland, C.P.; Uribelarrea, D.; Martín-Perea, D.; et al. "A taphonomic analysis of PTK (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge) and its bearing on the interpretation of the dietary and eco-spatial behaviors of early humans". Quaternary Science Reviews 300 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85144091605&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107913
  7. Diez-Martín, F.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Fraile-Márquez, C.; de Francisco, S.; Duque-Martínez, J.; Sánchez-Yustos, P.; Baquedano, E.; Mabulla, A.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Searching for intra-site spatial patterns in the African Early Acheulean: the lowermost archaeo-units at FLK West (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15 5 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85154041119&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12520-023-01773-w
  8. Moclán, A.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Méndez-Quintas, E.; Rubio-Jara, S.; Panera, J.; Pérez-González, A.; Santonja, M.. "Spatial analysis of an Early Middle Palaeolithic kill/butchering site: the case of the Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain)". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15 7 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85161059313&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12520-023-01792-7
  9. Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Pizarro-Monzo, M.; Cifuentes-Alcobendas, G.; Jiménez García, B.; Abellán Beltrán, N.; Courtenay, L.A.; Mabulla, A.; Baquedano, E.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Computer vision supports primary access to meat by early Homo 1.84 million years ago". PeerJ 10 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85140606207&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7717/peerj.14148
  10. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Egeland, C.P.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baquedano, E.; Hulbert, R.C.. "Sabertooth carcass consumption behavior and the dynamics of Pleistocene large carnivoran guilds". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85129271434&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-022-09480-7
  11. Pizarro-Monzo, M.; Organista, E.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baquedano, E.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Determining the diagenetic paths of archaeofaunal assemblages and their palaeoecology through artificial intelligence: an application to Oldowan sites from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)". Journal of Quaternary Science 37 3 (2022): 543-557. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85117190057&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jqs.3385
  12. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Vegara-Riquelme, M.; Aramendi, J.; Organista, E.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Hernández-Vivanco, L.; Diez-Martín, F.; et al. "In pursuit of the first Homo: Management of Archaeological Research in Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania),En busca del primer Homo: Gestión de la investigación arqueológica en la Garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania)". Complutum 32 2 (2021): 495-503. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122912502&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5209/cmpl.78573
  13. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Baquedano, E.; Organista, E.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Mabulla, A.; Maskara, V.; Gidna, A.; et al. "Early Pleistocene faunivorous hominins were not kleptoparasitic, and this impacted the evolution of human anatomy and socio-ecology". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85112096334&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-021-94783-4
  14. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Gidna, A.; Baquedano, E.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Mora, R.; Courtenay, L.A.; Gonzalez-Aguilera, D.; Mate-Gonzalez, M.A.; Prieto-Herráez, D.. "A 3D taphonomic model of long bone modification by lions in medium-sized ungulate carcasses". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101921188&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-021-84246-1
  15. Diez-Martín, F.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baddeley, A.; Uribelarrea, D.; Mabulla, A.; Baquedano, E.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Tracing the spatial imprint of Oldowan technological behaviors: A view from DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)". PLoS ONE 16 7 July (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85109681902&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0254603
  16. Martín-Perea, D.M.; Fesharaki, O.; Rey Samper, J.J.; Arroyo, X.; Uribelarrea, D.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baquedano, E.; Mabulla, A.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Corrigendum to “Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)” [Quat. Int. 526 (2019) 15–25] (Quaternary International (2019) 526 (15–25), (S1040618219307542), (10.1016/j.quaint.2019.09.018))". Quaternary International 544 (2020): 120-120. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077152759&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2019.12.014
  17. Martín-Perea, D.M.; Fesharaki, O.; Rey Samper, J.J.; Arroyo, X.; Uribelarrea, D.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Baquedano, E.; Mabulla, A.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Mineral assemblages and low energy sedimentary processes in the FLK-Zinj, DS, PTK and AMK complex palaeolandscape (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)". Quaternary International 526 (2019): 15-25. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072702101&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2019.09.018
  18. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Aramendi, J.; Gidna, A.. "The meta-group social network of early humans: A temporal–spatial assessment of group size at FLK Zinj (Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania)". Journal of Human Evolution 127 (2019): 54-66. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058974138&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.11.001
  19. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Saladié, P.; Cáceres, I.; Huguet, R.; Yravedra, J.; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A.; Patricia, M.; et al. "Spilled ink blots the mind: A reply to Merrit et al. (2018) on subjectivity and bone surface modifications". Journal of Archaeological Science 102 (2019): 80-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053308018&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jas.2018.09.003
  20. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Sánchez-Flores, A.J.; Baquedano, E.; Carmen Arriaza, M.; Aramendi, J.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Organista, E.; Barba, R.. "Constraining time and ecology on the Zinj paleolandscape: Microwear and mesowear analyses of the archaeofaunal remains of FLK Zinj and DS (Bed I), compared to FLK North (Bed I) and BK (Bed II) at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)". Quaternary International 526 (2019): 4-14. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067021567&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2019.05.041
  21. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Yravedra, J.; Uribelarrea, D.; Arriaza, C.; Organista, E.; Baquedano, E.. "Fluvial spatial taphonomy: a new method for the study of post-depositional processes". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10 7 (2018): 1769-1789. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041611209&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s12520-017-0497-2
  22. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Uribelarrea, D.; Arriaza, M.C.; Yravedra, J.; Gidna, A.; Organista, E.; et al. "Spatial simulation and modelling of the early Pleistocene site of DS (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a powerful tool for predicting potential archaeological information from unexcavated areas". Boreas 46 4 (2017): 805-815. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018738672&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/bor.12252
  23. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Saladié, P.; Cáceres, I.; Huguet, R.; Yravedra, J.; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, A.; Martín, P.; et al. "Use and abuse of cut mark analyses: The Rorschach effect". Journal of Archaeological Science 86 (2017): 14-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031126750&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jas.2017.08.001
  24. Yravedra, J.; Maté-González, M.Á.; Palomeque-González, J.F.; Aramendi, J.; Estaca-Gómez, V.; San Juan Blazquez, M.; García Vargas, E.; et al. "A new approach to raw material use in the exploitation of animal carcasses at BK (Upper Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): a micro-photogrammetric and geometric morphometric analysis of fossil cut marks". Boreas 46 4 (2017): 860-873. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85009477629&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/bor.12224
  25. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.. "The spatial patterning of the social organization of modern foraging Homo sapiens: A methodological approach for understanding social organization in prehistoric foragers". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 488 (2017): 113-125. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020801391&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.06.008
  26. Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.. "A spatial analysis of stone tools and fossil bones at FLK Zinj 22 and PTK I (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania) and its bearing on the social organization of early humans". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 488 (2017): 21-34. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018418372&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.04.010
  27. Yravedra, J.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.. "Neanderthal exploitation of ibex and chamois in southwestern Europe". Journal of Human Evolution 78 (2015): 12-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919685905&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.10.002
  28. Uribelarrea, D.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.; Pérez-González, A.; Vegas Salamanca, J.; Baquedano, E.; Mabulla, A.; Musiba, C.; Barboni, D.; Cobo-Sánchez, L.. "Geo-archaeological and geometrically corrected reconstruction of the 1.84 Ma FLK Zinj paleolandscape at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania". Quaternary International 322-323 (2014): 7-31. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893875075&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.023
  29. Cobo-Sánchez, L.; Aramendi, J.; Domínguez-Rodrigo, M.. "Orientation patterns of wildebeest bones on the lake Masek floodplain (Serengeti, Tanzania) and their relevance to interpret anisotropy in the Olduvai lacustrine floodplain". Quaternary International 322-323 (2014): 277-284. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893862297&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.130
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/08/31 Modelling prehistoric hunting behavior in arid landscapes using empirical data on San hunter-gatherer movements and decision-making 28th EAA Annual Meeting in Budapest (Hungary)
European Association of Archaeology (Budapest, Hungary)
2018/09 New evidence for early hominin hunting at Olduvai Gorge (Bed I): Analysis of the bone surface modifications of the DS archaeofaunal assemblage ESHE's 8th annual meeting
European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (Faro, Portugal)
2018 A spatio-temporal approach to group size and length of occupation at PTK and FLK Zinj (Bed I, Olduvai Gorge) using regression estimates from modern foragers UISPP (International Union for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences) 18th meeting in Paris (France)
(Paris, France)
2015 Productivity of the paleolandscape of FLK Zinj: a spatial analysis of the distribution of the archaeological material II Meeting of African Prehistory
CENIEH (Burgos, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Análisis y modelizado espacial de los yacimientos antrópicos del Pleistoceno: aportaciones al estudio de la evolución del comportamiento del género Homo
Co-supervisor
 Archaeology (PhD)
Instititut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Spain
2021 - Current Análisis espacial del yacimiento arqueológico de Cueva Des-Cubierta (Pinilla del Valle): aportes a la temporalidad, formación y funcionalidad del registro
Co-supervisor
 Archaeology (PhD)
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11 - 2024/08 Co-organisation of conference session at EAA 2024 Rom (2024/09)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 European Association of Archaeology, Italy
2023 - 2024 Co-organisation of a three day course at ICArEHB: TIFA Machine Learning in Archaeology: An introduction to concepts and practical applications (2024/03/05 - 2024/03/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Algarve Centro Interdisciplinar de Arqueologia e Evolução do Comportamento Humano, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Journal of Archaeological Science Elsevier
2023 - Current Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Springer

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
2021 - 2024 European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)
2016 - 2019 European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/04/28 - Current Member of PhD Committee (UBU)
Member
 Universidad de Burgos, Spain

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/02 - 2021/05 Spatial statistical analysis weekly training sessions to three PhD students during their research stay at the University of Cologne Taphonomy and Zooarchaeology (Doctor) Institute of Evolution in Africa (I.D.E.A.), Spain
2019 - 2020 Two single lectures as Invited Lecturer at University of St. Louis (Madrid, Spain) in the degree of Anthropology. Introductory lectures on human evolution Anthropology (Bachelor) University of St. Louis, Spain
2016 - 2018 Lectures and seminars in the subjects Paleolithic Archaeology, Taphonomy and Quantitative Archaeology at Complutense University of Madrid in degree of Archaeology (128 hours) Paleolithic Archaeology, Taphonomy, Quantitative Archaeology (Bachelor) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2017/06 - 2017/07 Teaching Assistant at the paleoanthropological field school at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) of the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Anthropology (Bachelor) UNC Greensboro, United States
2015 - 2016 Zooarchaeology and taphonomy lab with students from the Bachelor degree in Archaeology (Complutense University of Madrid) Archaeology (Bachelor) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022 Newspaper articles about Tübinger Prize "Lucía Cobo-Sánchez erhält Tübinger Förderpreis für Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie" - Archäologie in Deutschland "Schon unsere frühesten Vorfahren arbeiteten bei der Jagd eng zusammen" - Archaeologie online "Auf den Spuren der Steinzeit - Jäger" RTF1 RTF1
2015 Newspaper interview "Becados para sudar" - La Vanguardia La Vanguardia

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022 - Current Podcast: "Evolución humana y los cazadores recolectores de hace millones de años" - Cuéntame más, Libreta Negra Mx Archaeology
2016 - Current Radio interview "El uso del espacio de los primeros humanos" - UNED Archaeology

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021/11 - 2022/05 Spatial statistical analysis Andion Arteaga; Abel Moclán, Lucía Villaescusa

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/15 Archaeological excavations and laboratory work in the Middle Paleolithic site Teixoneres (Spain) Instititut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Spain
2022/09/11 - 2022/10/08 Fieldwork in the Nyae Nyae Conservancy (Otjozundjupa, Namibia) researching traditional hunting practices in collaboration with San hunter-gatherers within the framework of the project “Modelling prehistoric hunting behavior” (University of Cologne) Universität zu Köln, Germany
2021/09/01 - 2021/09/29 Fieldwork in the Doro!Nawas region (Kunene, Namibia) in collaboration with San hunter-gatherers within the framework of the IKAi project (Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeoinformatics), University of Cologne Universität zu Köln, Germany
2020/03/01 - 2020/03/10 Short research stay at the division of Vertebrate Paleontology to study the faunal collection recovered from Haile 21A Florida Museum of Natural History, United States
2019/02/01 - 2019/04/30 Research stay at the Statistics Department to apply spatial statistical techniques to archaeological data Curtin University, Australia
2012 - 2019 Archaeological excavations at Early Pleistocene (Bed I) sites in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (TOPPP Research Project), with responsibility for the excavations and analysis of the archaeofaunal assemblage from David’s Site (DS) since 2015. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2018/01/10 - 2018/01/18 Short research stay to apply the “taphotype approach” to the faunal collections from several archaeological levels from Bed I at Olduvai Gorge National Museum of Tanzania, Tanzania
2013/02 - 2013/04 Archaeological excavations and laboratory work at the MSA/LSA archaeological site Sibudu Cave (Kwa-Zulu Natal), South Africa. Area of responsibility: recovered archaeofaunal remains. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
2012/07 - 2012/08 Archaeological excavations at Schöningen, Germany Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
2011/08 - 2011/09 Archaeological excavations and laboratory work at the Upper Pleistocene sites in Pinilla del Valle, Spain Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
2011/07 - 2011/08 Archaeological excavations at the Middle Pleistocene site Cuesta de la Bajada, Spain Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, Spain
2011/07 - 2011/08 Archaeological excavations at the Roman site Numantia (Spain) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2022 24th Tübingen Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Prize
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
2015 La Caixa Foundation scholarship to study a postgraduate degree in Europe
Obra Social La Caixa, Spain
2015 JAE Intro Scholarship Introduction to Research
Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
2012 Erasmus Scholarship
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Other distinction

2020 International PhD Mention
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain