Gonzalo Javier Trancho Gayo (

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, 8 February 1955) is a Spanish anthropologist. He obtained

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and

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degrees in Biological Sciences at the

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, where he is also a professor in the Zoology and Anthropology Department. His thesis dealt with a

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study of populations of Nilotides and he has taken part in several researches in Spain and more countries (for instance, ''El hombre arcaico costero: su biodiversidad y bioadaptación'',

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). He's a member of the ''Asociación Española de Paleopatología''

Partial bibliography

*''Paleodieta de la población ibérica de Villasviejas del Tamuja : análisis de la necrópolis de el Mercadillo (Botija, Cáceres)'', 1998. *''Dieta, indicadores de salud y caracterización biomorfológica de la población medieval musulmana de Xarea (Vélez Rubio, Almería)'', 1998. *''Investigaciones antropológicas en España'', 1997.

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1955 births Living people Spanish anthropologists Spanish biologists {{Biologist-stub