This is a meticulous work that provides a better understanding of this species and its significance in human evolution, offering the first insight to the lay public. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 5 December, at 8:15 pm in the museum's auditorium, with free entry until full capacity is reached. 

 While Homo antecessor, a species proposed by the Atapuerca team of scientists, has been extensively discussed in various publications, there has been a lack of insight for the non-expert public. Moreover, amidst a constant flow of articles and news in the media about the Atapuerca archaeological and palaeontological sites, as well as the complex history of human evolution, readers are looking for simple and clear answers to resolve their confusion. The barrage of data, often lacking proper reasoning and contextualisation, is constant. 

 To dispel doubts and provide concrete answers, the co-directors of the Atapuerca Archaeological Site, José María Bermúdez de Castro and Eudald Carbonell, will discuss the identity, origin and importance of Homo antecessor on Tuesday, 5 December, in the museum's auditorium. The presentation, in collaboration with Editorial Crítica and the museum's bookshop, will begin at 8:15 pm in the museum's auditorium and will be live-streamed on the MEH's YouTube channel. 

 The book answers questions about Homo antecessor with rigour, credibility and expertise from a scientific standpoint. However, this latest work has a special twist that makes it accessible to the general public. Anecdotes and personal experiences (expeditions, visits to research centres, various events) are effectively used  to bring the reader much closer to the subject. Each new chapter or episode of the story captivates us with intriguing tales that only these two individuals, with remarkable scientific and life journeys, can share. 

José María Bermúdez de Castro has a PhD in Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he was a senior lecturer in Palaeontology. He is a research professor at the CSIC and has been co-director of the Sierra de Atapuerca excavations since 1991. He directed the National Centre for Research on Human Evolution (Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre Evolución Humana) from its establishment until 2012. He has a long track record in the dissemination of science. He has received, among others, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research and is Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Burgos. 

Eudald Carbonell Roura is a lecturer at Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Palaeoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES). Since 1991, he has co-directed the Atapuerca project alongside Juan Luis Arsuaga and José María Bermúdez de Castro. He has authored and co-authored a number of scientific articles and has also published several books on archaeology, anthropology, and social evolution for both scholarly and lay audiences.