Francisco Curate holds a degree in Anthropology, a master's in Human Evolution, and a PhD in Biological Anthropology (University of Coimbra, Portugal). He is a researcher and professor at the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health (CIAS) within the Department of Life Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and an invited teacher at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. He has authored various works in the fields of forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and paleopathology. His research has focused on skeletal health, bone mass loss, and traumatic injuries in archaeological samples and reference osteological collections. Human skeletal variability as a research topic is a natural extension of his interest in bone health and includes the development of methods for estimating biological sex and age at death through innovative experiments that leverage the technological potential of online applications, machine learning, and medical imaging.