Francisco Javier Aceituno Bocanegra is a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Antioquia (Colombia). He trained as a prehistoric archaeologist at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), where he earned his PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology with a dissertation on the early peopling of the Colombian sub-Andean forests. His research focuses on the early peopling of Colombia, Early Holocene archaeology, human adaptation to tropical environments, and the processes of plant domestication in northern South America. His work is providing key insights into how northern South America-including the Colombian Amazon-was first settled, as well as evidence supporting Colombia as an early center of plant domestication. He has participated in archaeological projects in the Andean region, the Caribbean, and the Colombian Amazon, the latter as part of the international project The Last Journey. He has also collaborated with research initiatives in Spain, Panama, Argentina, and Peru. Dr. Aceituno is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, particularly on Colombian archaeology, and has served as a reviewer for leading scientific journals such as PNAS and PLOS ONE.