Pubs
2024
Najafzadeh A., Hernaiz-García M., Benazzi S., Chen, B., Hublin J-J., Kullmer O., Pokhojaev A., Sarig R., Sorrentino R., Vazzana A., & L. Fiorenza, 2024. Finite element analysis of Neanderthal and early Homo sapiens maxillary central incisor. Journal of Human Evolution 189, DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103512. [Link]
Hernaiz-García M., Zanolli C., Martín-Francés L., Mazurier A., Benazzi S., Sarig R., Fu J., Kullmer O. & L. Fiorenza, 2024. Masticatory habits of the adult Neanderthal individual BD 1 from La Chaise-de-Vouthon (France). American Journal of Biological Anthropology, DOI 10.1002/ajpa.24926. [Link]
Hernaiz-García M., Oxilia G., Benazzi S., Sarig R., Fu J., Kullmer O. & L. Fiorenza, 2024. Diet and cultural habits of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans from macrowear analysis of mandibular molars. Journal of Archaeological Science 164, 105950, DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2024.105950. [Link]
2023
Sorrentino R., Carlson K.J., Orr C.M., Pietrobelli A., Figus C., Li S., Conconi M., Sancisi N., Belvedere C., Zhu M., Fiorenza L., Hublin J-J., Jashashvili T., Novak M., Patel B.A., Prang T.C., Williams S.A., Saers J.P.P., Stock J.T., Ryan T., Myerson M., Leardini A., DeSilva J., Marchi D., Belcastro M.G. & S. Benazzi, 2023. Morphological and evolutionary insghts into the keystone element of the hominin foot medial longitudinal arch. Communications Biology, DOI 10.1038/s42003-023-05431-8. [Link]
Fiorenza L., Habashi W., Moggi-Cecchi J., Benazzi S. & R. Sarig, 2023. Relationship between interproximal and occlusal wear in Australopithecus africanus and Neanderthal molars. Journal of human Evolution, DOI 10.1016/j.jevol.2023.103423. [Link]
2022
Harty T., Berthaume M.A., Bortolini E., Evans A.R., Galbany J., Guy F., Kullmer O., Lazzari V., Romero A. & L. Fiorenza, 2022. Dental macrowear reveals ecological diversity of Gorilla spp.. Scientific Reports, DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-12488-8. [Link]
Fiorenza L., Harty T., Janocha M.M., Kullmer O., Bortolini E. & S. Benazzi, 2022. Understanding dietary ecology in great apes from dental macrowear analysis. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, DOI 10.1002/ajpa.24533 [Link]
Tian S., Huang R., Li Z., Fiorenza L., Dai N., Sun Y. and H. Ma, 2022. A dual discriminator adversarial learning approach for dental occlusal surface reconstruction. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, DOI 10.1155/2022/1933617 [Link]
2021
Tian S., Fulai Y., Dai N., Fiorenza L., Sun Y., Qing Y. and C. Xiaosheng, 2021. Dental crown prosthesis restoration using two-stage generative adversarial networks. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. [Link]
Nudel I., Pokhojaev A., Bitterman Y., Shpack N., Fiorenza L., Benazzi S. and R. Sarig, 2021. Secondary dentin formation mechanism: the effect of attrition. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 9961 [Link]
Lee J., Fung S., Yong R., Ranjitkar S., Kaidonis J., Evans A.R. and L. Fiorenza, 2021. Tooth wear development in the Australian Aboriginal dentition from Yuendumu: a longitudinal study. Plos One 16(7): 20254151 [Link]
Bortolini E., Pagani L., Oxilia G., Posth C., Fontana F., Badino F., Saupe T., Montinaro F., Margaritora D., Romandini M., Lugli F., Papini A., Boggioni M., Perrini N., Oxilia A., Aiese Cigliano R., Barcelona R., Visentin D., Fasser N., Arrighi S., Figus C., Marciani G., Silvestrini S., Bernardini F., Menghi Sartorio J., Fiorenza L., Moggi-Cecchi J., Tuniz C., Kivisild T., Gianfrancesco F., Peresani M., Scheib C. L., Talamo S., D’Esposito M. and Stefano Benazzi, 2021. Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe. Current Biology 31: 2484-2493.e7 [Link]
Oxilia G., Menghi Sartorio J., Bortolini E., Zampirolo G., Papin A., Boggioni M., Martini S., Marciani F., Arrighi S., Figus C., Marciani G., Romandini M., Silvestrini S., Pedrosi M.E., Mori T., Riga A., Kullmer O., Sarig R., Fiorenza L., Giganti M., Sorrentino R., Belcastro M. G., Moggi-Cecchi J. and S. Benazzi, 2021. Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24293[Link]
2020
Oxilia G., Bartolini E., Badino F., Bernardini F., Gazzoni V., Lugli F., Romandini M., Radini A., Terlato G., Marciani G., Silvestrini S., Menghi Sartorio J., Fiorenza L., Kullmer O., Tuniz C., Moggi-Cecchi J., Talamo S., Fontana F., Peresani M., Benazzi S. and E. Cristiani, 2020. Exploring Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine Region of Italy through multi-proxies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174: 232-253 [Link]
Fung S., Lee J., Yong R., Ranjitkar S., Kaidonis J., Panagiotopoulou O. and L. Fiorenza, 2020. Brief communications: A functional analysis of Carabelli trait in Australian aboriginal dentition. American Journal Physical Anthropology 174: 375-383 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Menter C.G., Fung S., Lee J., Kaidonis J., Moggi-Cecchi J., Townsend G. and O. Kullmer, 2020. The functional role of the Carabelli trait in early and late hominins. Journal of Human Evolution 145: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102816. [Link]
Sorrentino R., Carlson K., Bortolini E., Minghetti C., Feletti F., Fiorenza L., Frost S.R., Jashashvili T., Parr W., Shaw C., Su A., Turley K., Wroe S., Ryan T., Belcastro M.G. and S. Benazzi, 2020. Morphometric analysis of the hominin talus: Evolutionary and functional implications. Journal of Human Evolution 142: 102747. [Link]
Kullmer O., Menz U. and Fiorenza L., 2020. Occlusal Fingerprint Analysis (OFA) reveals dental occlusal behaviour in primate teeth. In: Mammalian Teeth – Form and Function (T. Martin, W. von Koenigswald, K.-H. Südekum eds.). Dr. F. Pfeil, München. [Link]
Sorrentino R., Stephens N.B., Carlson K.J., Figus C., Fiorenza L., Frost S., Harcourt-Smith W., Parr W., Saers J., Turley K., Wroe S., Belcastro M.G., Ryan T.M. and S. Benazzi, 2020. The influence of mobility strategy on the modern human talus. American Journal Physical Anthropology 171: 456-469. [Link]
Fiorenza L., S. Benazzi, Estalrrich A. and O. Kullmer, 2020. Diet and cultural diversity in Neanderthals and modern humans from dental macrowear analyses. In Schmidt C., Watson J.T. (eds.): Dental wear in evolutionary and biocultural contexts. Academic Press, London, pp. 39-72. [Link]
2019
Joannes-Boyau R., Adams J.W., Austin C., Arora M., Herries A.I.R., Tonge M.P., Benazzi S., Evans A.R., Kullmer O., Wroe S., Dosseto A. and Fiorenza L., 2019. Elemental signatures of Australopithecus africanus teeth reveal seasonal dietary stress. Nature 572: 112-115 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Kullmer O., Zampirolo G., Mazurier A., Zanolli C., Macchiarelli R., 2019. Dental macrowear an cortical bone distribution of the Neanderthal mandible from Regourdou (Dordogne, Southwestern France). Journal of Human Evolution 132: 174-188. [Link]
Zanolli C., Kullmer O., Kelley J., Bacon AM., Demeter F., Dumoncel J., Fiorenza L., Grine FE., Hublin J-J., Nguyen AT., Nguyen TMH., Pan L., Schillinger B., Schrenk F., Skinner MM., Ji X., Macchiarelli R., 2019. Evidence for increased hominid diversity in the Early to Middle Pleistocene of Indonesia. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 755-764. [Link]
2018
Fiorenza L., Yong R., Ranjitkar S., Huges T., Quayle M., McMenamin P., Kaidonis J., Townsend G. and J.W. Adams, 2018. Technical note: The use of 3D printing in dental anthropology collections. American Journal Physical Anthropology 167: 400-406 [Link]
Oxilia G., Bortolini E., Martini S., Papini A., Boggioni M., Buti L., Figus C., Sorrentino R., Townsend G., Fiorenza L., Cristiani E., Kullmer O., Moggi-Cecchi J. and S. Benazzi, 2018. The physiological linkage between molar inclination and dental macrowear pattern. American Journal Physical Anthropology 166: 941-951 [Link]
Wroe S., Parr W.C.H., Ledogar J.A., Bourke J., Evans S.P., Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Hublin J-J., Stringer C., Kullmer O., Curry M., Rae T.C. and T.R. Yokley 2018. Computational simulations show that Neanderthal facial morphology represents adaptation to cold and high energy demands, but not heavy biting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20180085 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Oxilia G. and O. Kullmer 2018. Functional relationship between dental macrowear and diet in Late Pleistocene and recent modern human populations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 28: 153-161 [Link]
2017
Fiorenza L. and E. Bruner 2017. Cranial shape variation in adult howler monkeys (Alouatta senisculus). American Journal of Primatology 80: e22729 [Link]
Knight-Sadler J. and L. Fiorenza, 2017. Tooth wear inclinations in great ape molars. Folia Primatologica 88: 223-236. [Link]
2016
Fiorenza L. and O. Kullmer, 2016. Occlusion in an adult male gorilla with a supernumerary maxillary premolar. International Journal of Primatology 37: 762-777 [Link]
2015
Oxilia G., Peresan M., Romandini M., Matteucci C., Spiteri C., Henry A., Schulz D., Archer W., Crezzini J., Boschini F., Boscato P., Jaouen K., Dogandžić T., Moggi-Cecchi J., Fiorenza L., Hublin J.J., Kullmer O. and S. Benazzi, 2015. Earliest evidence of dental treatment in the Late Upper Paleolithic. Scientific Reports 5: 12150 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Nguyen H.N. and S. Benazzi, 2015. Stress distribution and molar macrowear in Pongo pygmaeus: a new approach through Finite Element and Occlusal Fingerprint analyses. Hum. Evol. 30: 215-226 [Link]
Fiorenza L. and O. Kullmer, 2015. Dental wear patterns in early modern humans from Skhul and Qafzeh: a response to Sarig and Tillier. Homo – J. Comp. Hum. Biol. 66: 414-419. [Link]
Fiorenza L., 2015. Reconstructing diet and behaviour of Neanderthals from Central Italy through dental macrowear analysis. J. Anthropol. Sci. 93: 1-15. [Link]
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Henry A., Salazar-García DC., Blasco R., Picin A., Wroe S. and O. Kullmer, 2015. To meat or not to meat? New perspectives on Neanderthal ecology. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. 156, Supplement S59: 43-71 [Link]
2013
Fiorenza L. and O. Kullmer, 2013. Dental wear and culture in the Middle Paleolithic humans from the Levant. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 152: 107-117 [Link]
Harvati K., Darlas A., Bailey S.E., Rein T.R., El Zaatari S., Fiorenza L., Kullmer O. and E. Psathi, 2013. New Neanderthal remains from Mani peninsula, S. Greece: The Kalamakia Middle Palaeolithic cave site. J. Hum. Evol. 64: 486-499 [Link]
2011
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Tausch J., Kullmer O., Bromage T.G. and F. Schrenk, 2011. Molar macrowear reveals Neanderthal eco-geographical dietary variation. PLoS ONE 6 (3):e14769 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S. and O. Kullmer, 2011. Para-masticatory wear facets and their functional significance in hunter-gatherer maxillary molars. J. Archaeol. Sci. 38: 2182-2189 [Link]
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Kullmer O. and F. Schrenk, 2011. Relationship between morphology and occlusal wear pattern in Neanderthal and early Homo sapiens first maxillary molars. Anat. Rec. 294: 453-461 [Link]
Benazzi S., Fiorenza L., Kozakowski S. and O. Kullmer, 2011. Comparing 3D virtual methods for hemimandibular body reconstruction. Anat. Rec. 294: 1116-1125 [Link]
Benazzi S., Viola B., Kullmer O., Fiorenza L., Harvati K., Tobias P., Gruppioni G., Weber G.G. and F. Mallegni, 2011. A reassessment of the Neanderthal teeth from Taddeo cave (southern Italy). J. Hum. Evol. 61: 377-387 [Link]
Benazzi S., Fiorenza L., Katina S., Bruner E. and O. Kullmer, 2011. Quantitative assessment of interproximal wear facet outlines for the association of isolated molars. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 144: 309-316 [Link]
Benazzi S., Coquerelle M., Fiorenza L., Bookstein F., Katina S. and O. Kullmer, 2011. Comparison of dental measurement system for taxonomic assignment of first maxillary molars. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 144: 342-354 [Link]
2010
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S., Tausch J., Kullmer O. and F. Schrenk, 2010. Brief communication: Identification reassessment of the isolated tooth Krapina D58 through occlusal fingerprint analysis. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 143: 306-312 [Link]
2009
Fiorenza L., Benazzi S. and O. Kullmer, 2009. Morphology, wear and 3D digital surface models: materials and techniques to create high-resolution replicas of teeth. J. Anthropol. Sci. 87: 211-218 [Link]
Kullmer O., Benazzi S., Fiorenza L., Schulz D., Bacso S. and O. Winzen, 2009. Technical note: Occlusal Fingerprint Analysis (OFA) – Quantification of tooth wear pattern. J. Am. Phys. Anthrop. 139: 600-605 [Link]
Benazzi S., Stansfield E., Kullmer O., Fiorenza L. and G. Gruppioni, 2009. Geometric morphometric methods for bone reconstruction: the mandibular condyle of Pico della Mirandola. Anat. Rec. 292 (8): 1088-1097 [Link]