Luca Fiorenza — Monash University

Personal profile

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 2022

1 Finished
1 Not started

A real-time biomechanical study of Neanderthal anterior dentition

Fiorenza, L., Benazzi, S. & Sarig, R.

1/09/19 → 31/08/22

Project: Research

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 2019

31 Abstract
27 Article

Evidence for increased hominid diversity in the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Indonesia

Zanolli, C., Kullmer, O., Kelley, J., Bacon, A-M., Demeter, F., Dumoncel, J., Fiorenza, L., Grine, F. E., Hublin, J-J., Nguyen, A. T., Nguyen, T. M. H., Pan, L., Schillinger, B., Schrenk, F., Skinner, M. M., Ji, X. & Macchiarelli, R., Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Nature Ecology and Evolution. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

A multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic dietary habits: human adaptation to Pleistocene-Holocene environmental change in northeastern Italy

Oxilia, G., Fontana, F., Fiorenza, L., Kullmer, O., Goude, G., Gazzoni, V., Lugli, F., Peresani, M., Romandini, M., Cilli, E., Tuniz, C., Bernardini, F., Bortolini, E., Menghi Sartorio, J., Talamo, S., Benazzi, S. & Cristiani, E., 2018, (Accepted/In press).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other › peer-review

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 › Research › peer-review