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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weber
Gerhard Weber
T: +43-1-4277-54777
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/gerhard.weber/

My research activities centre on the evolution, growth and development of humans, their ancestors, and their closest relatives (e.g. Great Apes). Main focus is the quantitative analysis and comparison of hominid skulls, teeth, long bones and other skeletal elements using geometric and biomechanical properties. Most of my projects deal with the functional anatomy and evolutionary development of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Australopithecines.

I am the Head of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at University of Vienna, where I lead the work group “Virtual Anthropology” (multidisciplinary extension of anthropology into the digital world). Current projects deal with the description and classification of middle to late Pleistocene hominin material, the reconstruction of fossils, the quantitative analysis of postcanine hominin teeth, or the application of Virtual Anthropology to other areas such as archaeology and orthodontics. In addition, I am the head of the Vienna Micro-CT Lab at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna. The lab runs an advanced micro-CT device that can handle objects up to the size of skulls and femurs and penetrate dense objects such as fossils.

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Piccirilli, E., Sorrentino, R., Seghi, F., Vazzana, A., Belcastro, M. G., Talamo, S., Harvati, K., Bettuzzi, M., Morigi, M. P., Weber, G., Capecchi, G., Spagnolo, V., Martini, I., Moroni, A., Boschin, F., Ricci, S., & Benazzi, S. (2025). The Human Remains From the MIS 6 Site of Grotta Del Poggio (Cilento, Southern Italy): A Taxonomic and Chronological Reassessment. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 188(4), Article e70188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70188
Pigott, E. M., Cheshmedzhieva, K., Zeller, E., van der Sluis, L. G., Chowdhury, M. P., Gianni, M., Végh, E., Uthmeier, T., Chabai, V., Patou-Mathis, M., Šimková, P. G., Voglmayr, J. N., Weber, G. W., Pinhasi, R., Timmermann, A., Kuhlwilm, M., Douka, K., & Higham, T. (2025). A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(45), Article e2518974122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518974122
Ledogar, J. A., Benazzi, S., Smith, A. L., Dechow, P. C., Wang, Q., Cook, R. W., Neaux, D., Ross, C. F., Grosse, I. R., Wright, B. W., Weber, G. W., Byron, C., Wroe, S., & Strait, D. S. (2025). Bite force production and the origin of Homo. Royal Society Open Science, 12(4), Article 241879. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241879
Weber, G. W., Šimková, P. G., Fernandes, D. M., Cheronet, O., Úry, E., Wilfing, H., Matiasek, K., Llano-Lizcano, A., Gelabert, P., Trinks, I., Douka, K., Ladstätter, S., Higham, T., Steskal, M., & Pinhasi, R. (2025). The cranium from the Octagon in Ephesos. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83870-x
Simkova, P., Krenn-Stocker, V., Fornai, C., Wurm, L., Halasz, V., Lidinsky, D., & Weber, G. (2025). Exploring morphological covariation patterns in the modern human postcanine dentition. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 153. Article 186.
Voglmayr, J. N., Simkova, P., Krenn-Stocker, V., Halasz, V., Wurm, L., Lidinsky, D., Fornai, C., & Weber, G. (2025). Postcanine dentinal Shape-Types and their relationship to dental tissue volumes, sex, and geographical origin in modern humans. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 173. Article 186.
Weber, G. (2025). The non-linear increase of hominin cranial capacity and its relationship to cultural evolution. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 178. Article 186.
Tejero, J.-M., Cheronet, O., Gelabert, P., Zagorc, B., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Arias, P., Averbouh, A., Bar-Oz, G., Barzilai, O., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bosch, M. D., Brück, F., Cueto, M., Dockner, M., Fullola, J. M., Gárate, D., Giannakoulis, M., González, C., Jakeli, N., ... Pinhasi, R. (2024). Cervidae antlers exploited to manufacture prehistoric tools and hunting implements as a reliable source of ancient DNA. Heliyon, 10(11), Article e31858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31858, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31858
Šimková, P. G., Wurm, L., Fornai, C., Krenn, V. A., & Weber, G. W. (2024). Shape variation in modern human upper premolars. PLoS ONE, 19(4 April), Article e0301482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301482
Simkova, P., Krenn, V., Fornai, C., Wurm, L., Halasz, V., Lidinsky, D., & Weber, G. (2024). Between teeth: morphological covariation in the human postcanine dentition. Paleoanthropology, 524. Article 2. https://doi.org/10.48738/2024.iss2.1209
Simkova, P., Krenn, V., Fornai, C., Wurm, L., Halasz, V., Lidinsky, D., & Weber, G. (2024). Connecting crowns: Analyzing morphological covariation in the modern human postcanine dentition. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.05.611460
Tejero, J.-M., Cheronet, O., Gelabert, P., Zagorc, B., Alvarez, E., Averbouh, A., Bar-Oz, G., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bosch, M. D., Brück, F., Cueto, M., Dockner, M., Fullola, J. M., Gárate, D., Giannakoulis, M., González, C., Jakeli, N., Mangado, X., Meshveliani, T., ... Pinhasi, R. (2023). A minimally-invasive method for ancient DNA sampling of Prehistoric bone and antler tools and hunting weapons. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.02.535282
Weber, G. (2023). Quantum Leaps in Human Biocultural Evolution and the Relationship to Cranial Capacity. Life, 13(4), 13. Article 1030. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13041030
Weber, G., Lukeneder, A., Harzhauser, M., Mitteroecker, P., Hollaus, L.-M., Kainz, S., Haack, F., Antl-Weiser, W., & Kern, A. (2023). A possible connection between Gravettian populations north and south of the Alps: the Venus from Willendorf. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, (180), 192. Article 180.
Weber, G. (2023). Human bio-cultural evolution and its relationship to cranial capacity. Paleoanthropology, 405.
Ledogar, J. A., Senck, S., Villmoare, B. A., Smith, A. L., Weber, G. W., Richmond, B. G., Dechow, P. C., Ross, C. F., Grosse, I. R., Wright, B. W., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Benazzi, S., Carlson, K. J., Carlson, K. B., Pryor McIntosh, L. C., van Casteren, A., & Strait, D. S. (2022). Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 289(1977), Article 20220711. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0711
Vekszler, G., Granner, M., Valenzuela, E. N., Winter, E., Dockner, M., Weber, G. W., Pretterklieber, M., Teschler-Nicola, M., & Pietschmann, P. (2022). Microarchitecture of historic bone samples with tuberculosis. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 134(11-12), 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02017-y
May, H., Sarig, R., Weber, G. W., Fornai, C., Martinon-Torres, M., Bermudez De Castro, J. M., Zaidner, Y., & Hershkovitz, I. (2022). A new Levantine Middle Pleistocene paleodeme: the Nesher Ramla Homo. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, 117-117.
Simkova, P. G., Wurm, L., Fornai, C., & Weber, G. W. (2022). Modern human upper premolar shape does not reflect their geographical origin. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, 168-168.
Weber, G. (2022). Der Kopfarbeiter. Profil - das unabhängige Nachrichtenmagazin Österreichs, (11), 58-60.
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Human evolution is a story of migration

Weber, G. (Speaker)

12 Dec 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Reconstruction of a fragmented Cranium from Tinshemet

Weber, G. (Speaker)

23 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

What the Venus from Willendorf tells us about the dispersal of Gravettian populations?

Weber, G. (Speaker)

22 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

3D Imaging in Evolutionary Anthropology: Micro-Computed Tomography and Advanced Morphometrics

Weber, G. (Speaker)

10 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Anfänge des Menschen

Weber, G. (Speaker)

4 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

From the Venus von Willendorf to the digital (r)evolution

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

13 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

NACHGEFRAGT „Homo Sapiens: Kam er vor 200.000 Jahren nach Eurasien?"

Weber, G. (Speaker)

8 May 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

An early bird in human evolution: Misliya, the first modern human outside Africa

Weber, G. (Speaker)

16 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

“Homo digitalis” – building bridges between our evolutionary past and our digital future

Weber, G. (Speaker)

23 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Virtual Anthropology - Applications of the last years, Anthropological Seminar

Weber, G. (Speaker)

26 Apr 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Die Evolution des modernen Menschen und die virtuelle Anthropologie - Auf der Suche nach unserer Herkunft im Informationszeitalter

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

4 Feb 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Virtuelle Anthropologie und Biomechanik

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

20 Nov 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Was ist “Virtuelle Anthropologie” und wie könnte sie in der Archäologie nützlich sein?

Weber, G. (Speaker)

6 May 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Wie arbeiten Anthropologen im 21. Jahrhundert? Zwischen Wüstensand und Micro-CT Labor

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

20 Mar 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Virtuelle Anthropologie: Anwendungen zwischen Evolution, Archäologie und funktioneller Morphologie

Weber, G. (Speaker)

22 Jan 2014

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Osteologie und virtuelle Anthropologie: Anwendungen zwischen Evolution und funktioneller Morphologie

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

12 Apr 2013

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Another link between archaeology and anthropology: Virtual Anthropology

Weber, G. (Speaker)

3 Apr 2013

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Virtual Anthropology: On the way to Virtual Functional Morphology

Weber, G. (Speaker)

5 Nov 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

µ-CT Anwendungen in der biologischen Anthropologie

Weber, G. (Speaker)

29 Mar 2012

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A temporary paradise for collaboration and training: Our experience with EVAN, the European Virtual Anthropology Network

Weber, G. (Keynote speaker)

16 Apr 2010

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Multidisciplinary approaches for the study of cultural heritage: the example of virtual anthropology.

Weber, G. (Contributor)

2 Dec 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Mrs. Ples reconstructed and loaded: A synthesis of Virtual Anthropology and Finite Element Analysis

Weber, G. (Speaker)

1 Jul 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Vienna Morphofest 2006

Weber, G. (Contributor)

11 Jul 2006

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Frontal cranial profiles of archaic and modern subadult and adult humans

Schäfer, K. (Speaker), Seidler, H. (Contributor), Gunz, P. (Contributor), Mitteroecker, P. (Contributor), Prossinger, H. (Contributor) & Weber, G. (Contributor)

2002

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Exo- and endocranial morphometrics and the implications for mid-Pleistocene crania descriptions

Schäfer, K. (Speaker), Seidler, H. (Contributor), Prossinger, H. (Contributor) & Weber, G. (Contributor)

2000

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Position and Morphology of the Forebrain in genus Homo: Implications due to differently chosen planar Sections

Schäfer, K. (Speaker), Seidler, H. (Contributor), Scholze, T. (Contributor), Fieder, M. (Contributor), Prossinger, H. (Contributor), Weber, G. (Contributor) & Recheis, W. (Contributor)

1999

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Re-evaluation of the endocranial volume of Guattari 1

Schäfer, K. (Speaker), Recheis, W. (Contributor), Macchiarelli, R. (Contributor), Seidler, H. (Contributor), Weaver, D. (Contributor), Bondioli, L. (Contributor), Weber, G. (Contributor) & Zur Nedden, D. (Contributor)

1999

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Head

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.136

T: +43-1-4277-54777

gerhard.weber@univie.ac.at