Reconstruction of ancient populations
- Development of methodologies to study human remains from archaeological and forensic contexts.
- Reconstruction of population dynamics (demography and phylogenetic relationships) and lifestyle (diet, activity patterns and health status) of ancient human populations.
- Interpretation of the taphonomic context of human remains based on observational and experimental studies.
- Identification and reconstruction studies of the circumstances and causes of death of historical figures and contexts of forced disappearances (Civil War pits) and forensic cases.
Current population dynamics
- Genomic variation of current populations: microevolutionary reconstruction and health projection.
- Study of genomic and molecular variation with individuals with pathologies such as cancer, cardiovascular and neuro-degenerative diseases.
- Study of the evolutionary mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA.