Dr. Sofia Samper Carro

Biography

Sofia Samper Carro received her Bachelor's degree in History from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2005, followed by a Master of Palaeontology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2009. She completed a second Master in Osteoarchaeology at the University of Edinburgh in 2011 and earned her Ph.D. in Prehistoric Archaeology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2015. She later obtained another Ph.D. in Archaeology from the Australian National University in 2019. Sofia specializes in taphonomic analysis of faunal remains and studies human subsistence strategies and human-animal interactions from the Pleistocene to early Holocene periods. Her experience also includes archaeothanatology and bioanthropological studies, particularly in Island Southeast Asia. Currently, she explores the possibilities of ancient bone proteomics research in the Indo-Pacific region. She leads a DECRA project combining taphonomic analyses of small vertebrates and palaeoproteomic research of large vertebrates to understand Neanderthal lifeways and diet, particularly in the Iberian Southeastern Prepyrenees.

Research Interests