Bienvenido Martinez-Navarro
Biographic Data
| ID | 73629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bienvenido Martinez-Navarro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bienvenido |
| FAMILY NAME | Martinez-Navarro |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINEZ-NAVARRO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8374-5109 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 880 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 55 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
Chronology of the early Pleistocene Orce and Huéscar sites (Baza Basin, SE Spain)
The Baza Basin (SE Spain) preserves one of the most complete continental records of the European early Pleistocene and is central to debates on the timing of the first human dispersals into Western Europe. This study provides an updated chronological and biochronological framework for the key sites of Orce (Fuente Nueva-1, Venta Micena, Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3) and the nearby locality of Huéscar-1. We integrate large and small mammal bio…
Early Pleistocene faunal assemblages and human records in southern Europe
Carrying Capacity, Available Meat and the Fossil Record of the Orce Sites (Baza Basin, Spain)
The Early Pleistocene sites of Orce in southeastern Spain, including Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3), Barranco León (BL) and Venta Micena (VM), provide important insights into the earliest hominin populations and Late Villafranchian large mammal communities. Dated to approximately 1.4 million years ago, FN3 and BL preserve abundant Oldowan tools, cut marks and a human primary tooth, indicating hominin activity. VM, approximately 1.6 million years old, is an…
Melka Wakena, Ethiopia
Sharing food with hyenas
The Early Pleistocene archeological site of Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) preserves some of the oldest evidence of hominin presence in Western Europe, including a huge assemblage of Oldowan tools and evidence of butchering and marrow processing of large mammal bones. Moreover, there is also evidence of the regular presence of carnivores at the site, including a small proportion of bones that show tooth marks, the majority of which can be attributed to the…
Mammal Paleoecology from the Late Early Pleistocene Sites of the Dandiero Basin (Eritrea), With Emphasis on the Suid Record
In the East African Rift System, Plio-Pleistocene environmental instability triggered major environmental changes, which in turn influenced patterns of mammal diversification, dispersal, and turnover (Bobe and Eck, 2001; O’Regan et al., 2005, 2011b; Hernández-Fernández and Vrba, 2006; Martínez-Navarro, 2010; Patterson et al., 2014), including hominin evolution (Behrensmeyer, 2006; Bailey and King, 2011; Potts, 2013; Antón et al., 2014).
A comparative study of the Early Pleistocene carnivore guild from Dmanisi (Georgia)
Europe
Oldowan Scavengers Vs. Acheulian Hunters
Pleistocene human dispersals
First record of macaques from the Early Pleistocene of Incarcal (NE Iberian Peninsula)
The Epivillafranchian and the arrival of pigs into Europe
Late Villafranchian Ursus etruscus and other large carnivorans from the Orce sites (Guadix-Baza basin, Andalusia, southern Spain)
Were large carnivorans and great climatic shifts limiting factors for hominin dispersals? Evidence of the activity of Pachycrocuta brevirostris during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution in the Vallparadís…
Europe
A thorny question
Early Pleistocene environments and vertebrate dispersals in Western Europe
The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain)
Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significance of minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the late Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)
On the limits of using combined U-series/ESR method to date fossil teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites of the Orce area (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain)
The combined U-series/electron spin resonance (ESR) dating method was applied to nine teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites located in the Orce area (Guadix-Baza Basin, Southern Spain): Fuente Nueva-3 (FN-3) and Barranco León (BL). The combination of biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy places both sites between the Olduvai and Jaramillo subchrons (1.78–1.07 Ma). Our results highlight the difficulty of dating such old sites and…
Taphonomic analysis of the early Pleistocene (2.4Ma) faunal assemblage from A.L. 894 (Hadar, Ethiopia)
El Patrimonio Paleobiológico de Orce
Here we show the paleobiological heritage (including the archaeological one) of the Orce region, in the Guadix-Baza Basin, which is known in the scientific literature as the "Spanish Olduvai", and it is the most abundant and best preserved of the European continent related to the earliest Quaternary. It is described the paleontological site of Venta Micena (~1.5 Ma), and the archaeo-paleontological sites of Fuente Nueva 3 and Barranco León, where…
Late Villafranchian Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti, 1825) from the Iberian Peninsula
First occurrence of Soergelia (Ovibovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Italy
The Quaternary megafaunal extinction and the fate of Neanderthals
The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain)
Villafranchian
Homo vs. Pachycrocuta
The giant hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris
The large carnivores from 'Ubeidiya (early Pleistocene, Israel)
Early hominid dispersals
The fossil Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
Were large carnivorans and great climatic shifts limiting factors for hominin dispersals? Evidence of the activity of Pachycrocuta brevirostris during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution in the Vallparadís…
The Bovid assemblage (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene site of ’Ubeidiya, Israel
Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Granada, Spain) and the first human occupation of Europe
Early Pleistocene "hominid remains" from southern Spain and the taxonomic assignment of the Cueva Victoria phalanx
Presence of the African Machairodont (Broom, 1937) (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in the Lower Pleistocene Site of Venta Micena (Orce, Granada, Spain), with some Considerations on the Origin, Evolutio…
Late Villafranchian Ursus etruscus and other large carnivorans from the Orce sites (Guadix-Baza basin, Andalusia, southern Spain)
Lower Paleolithic hominin ecology at the fringe of the desert
Presence of the African Saber-toothed Felid (Broom, 1937) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) in Apollonia-1 (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece)
The skull of Orce
Sharing food with hyenas
The Early Pleistocene archeological site of Fuente Nueva-3 (FN3) preserves some of the oldest evidence of hominin presence in Western Europe, including a huge assemblage of Oldowan tools and evidence of butchering and marrow processing of large mammal bones. Moreover, there is also evidence of the regular presence of carnivores at the site, including a small proportion of bones that show tooth marks, the majority of which can be attributed to the…
First record of macaques from the Early Pleistocene of Incarcal (NE Iberian Peninsula)
A thorny question
Late Villafranchian Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti, 1825) from the Iberian Peninsula
The Quaternary megafaunal extinction and the fate of Neanderthals
Stratigraphic context and taxonomic assessment of the large cercopithecoid (Primates, Mammalia) from the late Early Pleistocene palaeoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)
Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significance of minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the late Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)
The Quaternary of southern Spain
A comparative study of the Early Pleistocene carnivore guild from Dmanisi (Georgia)
Presence of the African Machairodont (Broom, 1937) (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in the Lower Pleistocene Site of Venta Micena (Orce, Granada, Spain), with some Considerations on the Origin, Evolutio…
Le Plio-Pléistocène de la région d'Orce, province de Grenade, Espagne
La revisión critica tras 20 años de investigaciones realizadas sobre los materiales plio-pleistocenos de la región de Orce (Andalucia, España) permiten mostrar una idea precisa de los conocimientos actuales y de la potencialidad de la zona. El sector de Orce-Venta Micena y su área adyacente, parte oriental de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza, ha sido objeto de numerosos estudios geológicos, que han permitido establecer la secuencia estratigráfica y situa…
Presence of the African Saber-toothed Felid (Broom, 1937) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) in Apollonia-1 (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece)
Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Granada, Spain) and the first human occupation of Europe
Early human occupation of Western Europe
The lacustrine deposits infilling the intramontane Guadix-Baza Basin, in the Betic Range of Southern Spain, have yielded abundant well-preserved lithic artifacts. In addition, the lake beds contain a wide range of micromammals including Mimomys savini and Allophaiomys burgondiae and large mammals such as Mammuthus and Hippopotamus together with the African saber-toothed felid Megantereon . The association of the lithic artifacts along with the fo…
Los yacimientos del Pleistoceno inferior de Barranco León y Fuente Nueva 3 de Orce (Granada). Contribución al conocimiento del primer poblamiento humano de Europa
En los ltimos aos numerosas investigaciones han contribuido a un mejor conocimiento de los primeros habitantes de Europa. Si en los aos ochenta, Francia pareca situarse en el centro del debate con yacimientos como Chilhac, Soleilhac o Vallonet; los hallazgos en la regin del Cacaso y Oriente Medio (Dmanisi y Ubeidiya), la Pennsula Itlica (Ceprano) y la Pennsula Ibrica (Orce) en los aos noventa, han desplazado el debate a las puertas de Europa. La …
The skull of Orce
Occurrence of the Indian genus Hemibos (Bovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition in Italy
The morphology of the horn-core structure and section shape of the Bos galerianus type specimen, as well as the general anatomy of the frontal and occipital areas of the skull, suggest that the skull is better attributed to the Indian genus Hemibos . This finding contributes to our understanding of faunal dispersal patterns into Europe at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition.
Réévaluation de la présence humaine au Pléistocène inférieur dans le Sud de l'Espagne
Early Pleistocene "hominid remains" from southern Spain and the taxonomic assignment of the Cueva Victoria phalanx
The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos
The origin of the genus Bos is a debated issue. From ∼ 0.5 Ma until historic times, the genus is well known in the Eurasian large mammal assemblages, where it is represented by Bos primigenius . This species has a highly derived cranial anatomy that shows important morphological differences from other Plio-Pleistocene Eurasian genera of the tribe Bovini such as Leptobos , Bison , Proamphibos-Hemibos , and Bubalus . The oldest clear evidence of Bo…
Reply to Gibert et al. (2008) on the supposed human phalanx from Cueva Victoria (Cartagena, Spain)
New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France)
L’industrie lithique des gisements du Pléistocène inférieur de Barranco León et Fuente Nueva 3 à Orce, Grenade, Espagne
The large carnivores from 'Ubeidiya (early Pleistocene, Israel)
Early Pleistocene Faunas of Eurasia and Hominin Dispersals
Early Pleistocene hominin dispersals in Eurasia
The Early Pleistocene large mammal assemblages from Orce (Spain) and the earliest evidences of human presence in Western Europe
A new species of bull from the Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)
Early hominid dispersals
Villafranchian
Stratigraphic context and taxonomic assessment of the large cercopithecoid (Primates, Mammalia) from the late Early Pleistocene palaeoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)
Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic proxies to the Early Pleistocene hominids of Barranco León D and Fuente Nueva 3 (Granada, Spain) by means of their amphibian and reptile assemblages
The karst site of Las Palomas (Guadalteba County, Málaga, Spain)
The Quaternary of southern Spain
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (50 works) · Geography (48 works) · Pleistocene (42 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (39 works) · Archaeology (37 works) · Biology (34 works) · Paleontology (33 works) · Early Pleistocene (32 works) · Geology (28 works) · Ecology (25 works)