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Cinzia Fornai, PhD
Summer term 2025
Winter term 2024
Simma-Kletschka, I., Artacker, N., Balla, M., Oellerer, N., Piehslinger, E., & Fornai, C. (2025). Initial therapeutic approaches for orofacial myofascial pain: three pilot studies. Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice, 43(3), 489-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2023.2198397
Webb, N. M., Fornai, C., Krenn, V. A., Watson, L. M., Herbst, E. C., & Haeusler, M. (2024). Gradual exacerbation of obstetric constraints during hominoid evolution implied by re-evaluation of cephalopelvic fit in chimpanzees. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(12), 2228-2238. Article pgad230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02558-7
Fornai, C. (2024). Why Anthropologists and Dentists Should Work in Synergy to Improve Oral Health (in Latin America). Revista Argentina de Antropología Biologica, 26(2), Article e081. https://doi.org/10.24215/18536387e081
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
Fornai, C. (2024). Anthropology meets Dentistry in Central America: Research and education in oral biology. Revista Argentina de Antropologia Biologica, 26(2).
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
Fornai, C. (2023). An evolutionary perspective on craniomandibular dysfunctions. Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology, 17(1), 1-12. https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2046032
Fornai, C., Oppermann, NJ., Tester, I., Parlett, K., Elnager, MH., Kusnoto, B., & Sanchez, FJ. (2023). Robert M. Ricketts and Rudolf Slavicek: dentistry by the rules of nature. The Angle Orthodontist.
Frémondière, P., Thollon, L., Marchal, F., Fornai, C., Webb, N. M., & Haeusler, M. (2022). Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03321-z
Fornai, C., Tester, I., Parlett, K., Basili, C., & Costa, H. N. (2022). Centric relation: A matter of form and substance. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 49(7), 687-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.13329
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.
Krenn, V. A., Webb, N. M., Fornai, C., & Haeusler, M. (2022). Sex classification using the human sacrum: Geometric morphometrics versus conventional approaches. PLoS ONE, 17(4 April 2022), Article e0264770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264770
Krenn, V. A., Fornai, C., Webb, N. M., Woodert, M. A., Prosch, H., & Haeusler, M. (2022). The morphological consequences of segmentation anomalies in the human sacrum. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(4), 690-707. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24466
Londoño , A., Assis , M., Fornai, C., & Greven, M. (2022). Premolar extraction affects mandibular kynematics. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry .
Krenn, V., Fornai, C., Webb, N. M., & Häusler, M. (2022). Sex determination accuracy in a Central European sample using the human sacrum. Anthropologischer Anzeiger.
May, H., Sarig, R., Pokhojaev, A., Fornai, C., Martinon-Torres, M., Bermudez de Castro, J. M., Weber, G. W., Zaidner, Y., & Hershkovitz, I. (2021). Response to Comment on "A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel". Science, 374(6572), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl5789
Sarig, R., Fornai, C., Pokhojaev , A., May, H., Hans, M., Latimer, B., Barzilai, O., Quam, R., & Weber, G. (2021). The dental remains from the Early Upper Paleolithic of Manot Cave, Israel. Journal of Human Evolution, 160, Article 102648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102648
Haeusler, M., Grunstra, N., Martin, R. D., Krenn, V., Fornai, C., & Webb, N. M. (2021). The obstetrical dilemma hypothesis: there’s life in the old dog yet. Biological Reviews, 96(5), 2031–2057. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12744
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.118