Carles Lalueza-Fox is a Research Professor at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF). He is a recognized global expert in paleogenomic studies on DNA recovery in extinct species such as the mammoth. Lalueza-Fox has published more than 100 articles in international scientific magazines, and in 2010, participated in the Neanderthal genome project directed by the biologist Svante Pääbo and published in Science magazine. Currently, Lalueza-Fox is studying prehistoric populations in Europe. Besides his ongoing research, the author is interested in making science accessible to the wider public and has published several books on popular science. Lalueza-Fox has received various awards for his work in disseminating scientific knowledge. In 2007, he was awarded the City of Barcelona Prize for Scientific Research and in 2018 the Narcís Monturiol medal from the Generalitat of Catalunya.