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Biography
Luca received his Bachelor/Master degree in Natural Sciences in 2003 at La Sapienza University in Rome (Italy), and completed his PhD in Biological Sciences between the Goethe University and the Senckenberg Research Institute (Frankfurt, Germany) at the end of 2009. During his doctoral degree he was part of an outstanding multidisciplinary network called EVAN (European Virtual Anthropology Network), where he mastered cutting-edge techniques for the study of anatomical variability, including medical imaging, 3D digitisation, display, modelling and programming. Luca's research interests mostly focus on functional morphology of the masticatory apparatus in human and non-human primates, and on the importance of the role of diet in human evolution.
External positions
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Palaeoanthropology, University of New England
2015 → …Keywords
- Anthropology
- Biomechanics
- Human Evolution
- Palaeodiet
- functional morphology
- occlusion
- masticatory system
- Neanderthals
- Palaeontology
- Primatology
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Projects 2016 2016
- 1 Finished
Understanding the evolution of human diet through digital anatomy and dental biomechanics
Fiorenza, L. & Yuzuru, H.
25/03/16 → 30/11/16
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2018
Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting
Wroe, S., Parr, W. C. H., Ledogar, J., Bourke, J., Evans, S. P., Fiorenza, L., Benazzi, S., Hublin, J-J., Stringer, C., Kullmer, O., Curry, M., Rae, T. C. & Yokley, T. R. 11 Apr 2018 In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1876, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Diet and cultural diversity in Neanderthals and modern humans from dental macrowear analyses
Fiorenza, L., Benazzi, S., Estalrrich, A. & Kullmer, O. 2018Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
The physiological linkage between dental arch asymmetry, alveolar inclination and dental macrowear pattern
Oxilia, G., Bartolini, E., Martini, S., Papini, A., Boggioni, M., Townsend, G. C., Kaidonis, J., Fiorenza, L., Cristiani, E., Kullmer, O., Moggi-Cecchi, J. & Benazzi, S. 2018Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
The shape of the hominin talus: Evolutionary timing and relationships of the talar facets
Sorrentino, R., Minghetti, C., Parr, W., Turley, K., Wroe, S., Shaw, C., Su, A., Fiorenza, L., Feletti, F., Jashashvili, T., Frost, S., Carlson, K. J., Belcastro, G. M., Ryan, T. & Benazzi, S. 2018Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Asymmetry, balance and dental macrowear pattern of Yuendumu Aboriginal people. A case study
Oxilia, G., Kullmer, O., Townsend, G. C., Kaidonis, J., Fiorenza, L. & Benazzi, S. 2017Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Press / Media
Computer simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting
4/04/18 → 6/04/18
8 items of media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Paleo diet? The opinion of a biological anthropologist
20/04/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers
8/03/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment