Blanca Zoila González Sobrino

Blanca Zoila González Sobrino

Blanca Zoila González Sobrino is a senior researcher at the Institute of Anthropological Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She holds a degree in physical anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) and earned her Master's and Doctoral degrees in Anthropology from UNAM. She has been awarded the Conaculta-INAH Javier Romero Molina Prize for best doctoral dissertation and for best Master's thesis in physical anthropology, as well as the Alfonso Caso Medal for academic merit from UNAM. She is the author of numerous national and international articles and the books: “The Body as a Biological, Symbolic, and Social Vestige: Sacrificed Victims at the Temple of Quetzalcoatl,” “A Reading of the Human Body as a Biological and Symbolic Entity in El Gran Nayar,” “Among Tarahumara, Cora, and Huichol Peoples: Some Aspects of Madness,” and “Mexico: Between Historical Hedges and Genetic Entanglements.” In order to delve deeper into the processes related to population genetics in Mexico, his research at the Laboratory of Genetic Anthropology aims to generate new approaches in relation to the dynamics between microevolutionary, cultural and historical aspects.