Carles Lalueza-Fox

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lalueza and the second or maternal family name is Fox.
Carles Lalueza-Fox
Born
Carles Lalueza Fox

1965
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationBiology

Carles Lalueza Fox (Barcelona, 1965) is a Spanish biologist specialized in the study of ancient DNA.[1] A doctor in Biology for the University of Barcelona, he worked in Cambridge and Oxford as well as in the private genetics company CODE Genetics of Iceland. Since 2008, he has served as a research Scientist in the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC – Pompeu Fabra University).[2]

He is a specialist in DNA recovery techniques from the remains of the past, in phylogenetic reconstruction of extinct species, in the rebuilding of past migrations in human populations and in the evolutionary genetics of Neanderthals.[3][4] In 2010, the magazine Science published a study directed by Svante Pääbo, which demonstrated the presence of Neanderthal DNA in the Homo sapiens for the first time. Lalueza was one the fifty investigators that collaborated with this project.[5]

Lalueza-Fox also directed the first sequencing of a European mesolithic genome at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona (2014). The team of scientists led by him discovered that African versions of pigmentation genes determined his skin color, but that he had blue eyes now associated with northern Europeans.[6][7]

  1. ^ Lalueza-Fox, Carles (October 2012). "Interview to Carles Lalueza-Fox". Current Biology. 22 (19): R822–R823. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.068. PMID 23227488.
  2. ^ CSIC - Pompeu Fabra University, Institute of Evolutionary Biology. "Lalueza-Fox, Carles".
  3. ^ Fountain, Henry (30 October 2007). "Neanderthal Bones Make a Case for Redheads". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
  4. ^ Zimmer, Carl (20 December 2010). "Bones Give Peek Into the Lives of Neanderthals". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ^ Zorich, Zach (March–April 2010). "Should We Clone Neanderthals?". Archaeology. 63 (2). Archaeological Institute of America.
  6. ^ Sample, Ian (26 January 2014). "Swarthy, blue-eyed caveman revealed using DNA from ancient tooth". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. ^ "7,000-year-old Mesolithic male, blue eyes, dark skin, likes hunting..." CNN. Retrieved 26 January 2014.