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Conference abstracts and presentations

2018

  1. Aris, C; Deter, C., Mahoney P. (2018) Evidence for Microevolution in Enamel Growth Rates: Preliminary Results. Conference: American Association of Physical Anthropology, (2018), Austin, Texas.
  2. Aris C. (2018) First Histological Evidence for a change in Tooth Enamel Growth Rates in Ancient Britain. Conference: British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteology, (2017), Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  3. Aris C (2018) A Preliminary Examination of Enamel Microevolution over the Last 2000 years of Human History. Conference: Postgraduate Research Festival, (2017), University of Kent, UK
  4. Dunmore C.J., Kivell T.L., Pahr D., Skinner M.M (2018). Trabecular architecture across the metacarpus reflects different locomotor strategies in hominoids American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas, USA, 2018 pp.73
  5. Synek A, Dunmore CJ, Kivell TL, Skinner MM, Pahr DH. 2018. Using an inverse bone remodeling approach to predict joint loads: sensitive enough to detect different habitualactivities? World Congress of Biomechanics, 8-12 July, Dublin, Ireland.
  6. Bardo A, Moncel M-H, Kivell TL, Pouydebat E, Cornette R. 2018. Morpho-functionalcharacteristics of the Neanderthal thumb: implications for their diverse tool kit.International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), Paris, France, June 3-9, 2018.
  7. Schmitt D, Zeininger A, Lemelin P, Miller C, Granatosky M, Hanna J, Wunderlich RE, Kivell TL, Rose MD, Turnquist J. 2018. Digit clearance patterns in primates vary by limb and substrate reflecting different strategies between terrestrial and arboreal locomotion. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas April 2018.
  8. Georgiou L, Kivell TL, Pahr DH, Skinner MM. 2018. Trabecular bone structure of the distal femur in great apes. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas April 2018.
  9. Bowland LA, Scott JE, Kivell TL, Patel BA, Tocheri MW, Orr CM. 2018. Pollical metacarpal shaft morphology in Homo naledi: a 3D geometric morphometric analysis. American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, Texas April 2018.
  10. Mahoney, P., Miszkiewicz, J., Chapple, S., Le Luyer, M., Schlecht, S., Stewart, T., Griffiths, R., Deter, C., and Guatelli-Steinberg, D. 2018. The biorhythm of human skeletal growth. American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, Austin (USA)
  11. Pitfield, R., Deter, C., Mahoney, P. 2018. Thick enamel, thin bone: a common link in human juvenile hard tissue growth? American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, Austin (USA)
  12. Gonzalez EO, Bocaege E, Moggi-Cecchi J, Sparacello VS, Dori I. 2018. Une méthode multi-proxy pour l’étude des hypoplasies de l’email dentaire : application sur une collection néolithique de Finale Ligure (Italie). Poster presentation, colloque du Groupe des paleopathologistes de langue francaise (Rouen, France)
  13. Gonzalez EO, Bocaege E, Moggi-Cecchi J, Sparacello VS, Dori I. 2018. Growth disturbances in the Neolithic of Liguria from the analysis of perikymata. Podium presentation, LIII Scientific Meeting of the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria The Prehistory and Protohistory of Liguria (Genoa, Italy)
  14. Pitfield, R., Deter, C.,and Mahoney, P. Growing inequality: inferring differences in the lives of high and low status medieval juveniles from bone microstructure. Conference: Skeletons, Stories, and Social Bodies Conference, (2018), Southampton, UK.

2017

  1. Key AJM, Merritt S, Kivell TL. 2017. Getting a grip in the Lower Palaeolithic: an empirical analysis of grip diversity and frequencies of employment during stone-tool use. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  2. Dunmore CJ, Kivell TL, Pahr DH, Skinner MM. 2017. Trabecular morphology across the hominoid metacarpus reflects distinct locomotor strategies. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  3. Stephens NB, Kivell TL, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Skinner MM. 2017. Trabecular bone patterning across the human hand: Implications for reconstructing behaviour and manipulation in past populations. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  4. Lu S-C, Vereecke E, Synek A, Pahr DH, Kivell TL. 2017. Reconstructing hand use in fossil hominins: validating musculoskeletal and finite element models of the third digit during precision grasping and locomotion. European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  5. Ortiz, A, Bailey, SE, Schwartz, G, Hublin, J-J, Skinner, MM (2017). Does the patterning cascade model explain accessory cusp variation in the hominoid clade? International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Bordeaux, France, October 2017.
  6. Skinner, MM, Klassen, P, Alemseged, Z, Wood, B, Hublin, J-J (2017). Patterns of metameric variation in premolar root morphology in fossil hominins. International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Bordeaux, France, October 2017.
  7. Davies, T, Delezene, L, Gunz, P, Hublin, J-J, Skinner, MM (2017). Enamel-dentine junction morphology of hominin mandibular third premolars. International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Bordeaux, France, October 2017.
  8. Skinner, MM, Klassen, P, Alemseged, Z, Wood, BA, Hublin, J-J (2017). Premolar root and canal variation in the hominin clade. European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  9. Ortiz, A, Bailey, SE, Delgado-Burbano, M, Zanolli, C, Demeter, F, Bacon, A-M, Nguyen, TMH, Nguyen, AT, Zhang, Y, Hublin, J-J, Skinner, MM (2017). Homo or Pongo? Trigon morphology of maxillary molars may solve taxonomic controversies over isolated hominoid teeth from the Asian Pleistocene. European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  10. Le Cabec, A, Skinner, MM, Delezene, LK (2017) What can anterior tooth root morphometrics tell us about Homo naledi. European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  11. Dunmore CJ, Kivell TL, Pahr DH, Skinner MM (2017). Trabecular morphology across the hominoid metacarpus reflects distinct locomotor strategies. European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  12. Stephens NB, Kivell TL, Pahr DH, Hublin J-J, Skinner MM (2017). Trabecular bone patterning across the human hand: Implications for reconstructing behaviour and manipulation in past populations. European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), Leiden, Netherlands, September 2017.
  13. Key, A.J.M. ” Biomechanical restrictions on Palaeolithic technological decisions: a study of the non-dominant hand”. Podium presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, Austin (USA).
  14. Key, A.J.M., Merritt, S. and Kivell, T. “Getting a grip in the Lower Palaeolithic: an empirical analysis of grip diversity and frequencies of employment during stone-tool use”. Podium presentation at the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution conference, Leiden (Netherlands
  15. Bas M., Le Luyer M., Bayle P., 2017. Exploratory study of microwear signatures in human deciduous molars from the Tooth Fairy collections: methodological considerations. 17th International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM) and 2nd congress of International Association for Paleodontology (IAPO), Bordeaux, France, 4-7 octobre 2017 (poster)
  16. Le Luyer M., Mahoney P., 2017. Biorhythm in deciduous molars from the Tooth Fairy collection: preliminary results. 17th International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM) and 2nd congress of International Association for Paleodontology (IAPO), Bordeaux, France, 4-7 octobre 2017 (poster).
  17. Bocaege E, Kierdorf H, Kierdorf U, Witzel C. 2017. Incremental enamel growth of Natufian deciduous teeth from Shubayqa, Jordan. Poster presentation, International Symposium on Dental Morphology/Congress of the International Association for Paleodontology (Bordeaux, France)
  18. Partiot C, Maureille B, Bocaege E, Ledevin R, Guillon M, Castex D. 2017. Undocumented anatomical trait common to Neandertal and Extant Human on the upper deciduous incisor crown of individuals in perinatal period: anatomical description and micro-CT study. Podium presentation, International Symposium on Dental Morphology/Congress of the International Association for Paleodontology (Bordeaux, France)
  19. Curto, A., Maurer, A. F., Barrocas-Dias, C., Fernandes, T., Mahoney, P., Fahy, G. Stable isotope comparison between apparently healthy and unhealthy adult individuals from medieval Tomar, Portugal. BABAO Conference. University of Liverpool, UK.
  20. Curto, A., Maurer, A. F., Barrocas-Dias, C., Mahoney, P., Fernandes, T., Fahy, G. Did military orders influence the general population diet? Skeletons, Stories, and Social Bodies Conference. University of Southampton, UK.
  21. Small J. Sharp Force Trauma and Ultraviolet Radiation. 87th Annual Meeting, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin Texas.
  22. Stewart TJ, Deter C, Fahy G, Mahoney P., Miszkiewicz JJ. Inferring diet in medieval England from bone histology and stable isotope data: preliminary results. Tahlia J Stewart, Chris Deter, Geraldine Fahy, Patrick Mahoney, Justyna J. Miszkiewicz. Australasian Society for Human Biology 31st Annual Conference (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia). December 2017
  23. Pitfield, R, Mahoney, P. Variation in human prenatal enamel formation rates of permanent first molars. Conference: the 17th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, (2017), Bordeaux, France.
  24. Pitfield, R, Mahoney, P. Biorhythm correlates with human molar enamel thickness. Conference: the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteology, (2017), Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
  25. Deckers, K.P., Hoogland, M., and Waters-Rist, A. 2017. Trabecular Bone Ontogeny in the Human Talus of a 19th Century Dutch Population. European Society for the study of Human Evolution Conference, Leiden, Netherlands, 2017 44.