Zollikofer Ponce de León
Fakultäten » Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät » Anthropologisches Institut und Museum » Prof. Dr. Christoph P.E. Zollikofer » Zollikofer Ponce de León
Current research project
| Title / Titel | CT-based reconstruction and comparative analysis of the Dmanisi hominins | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | - Establishment of hardware/software infrastructure for fossil computed tomography (CT) in Tbilisi - CT-based acquisition of volumetric data of the fossil hominin specimens from Dmanisi - SLS-based acquisition of surface data of the Dmanisi fossils - Computer-assisted preparation and reconstruction of the craniomandibular remains - Comparative geometric-morphometric analysis of craniomandibular morphology - Micro- and macro-CT-based analysis of dentognathic morphology and paleopathology of the Dmanisi hominins - Micro- and macro-CT-based analysis of appendicular morphology and paleopathology of the Dmanisi hominins - Non-invasive replication of reconstructed specimens with 3D-printing technology |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Vekua et al. (2002): A new skull of early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia. Science 297, 85-89.Lordkipanidze, D., Vekua, A., Ferring, R., Rightmire, G.P., Agusti, J., Kiladze, G., Mouskhelishvili, A., Nioradze, M., Ponce de León, M. S., Tappen, M. and Zollikofer, C.P.E. (2005). The earliest toothless hominin skull. Nature 434, 717-718.Lordkipanidze D, Vekua A, Ferring R, Rightmire GP, Zollikofer CPE, De Leon MSP, Agusti J, Kiladze G, Mouskhelishvili A, Nioradze M et al. . 2006. A fourth hominin skull from Dmanisi, Georgia. Anat Rec 288A:1146-1157.Lordkipanidze D, Jashashvili T, Vekua A, Ponce de León MS, Zollikofer CPE, Rightmire PG, Pontzer H, Ferring R, Oms O, Tappen M et al. . 2007. Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia. Nature 449:305-310.Margvelashvili A. Ponce de León MS, Peltomaki T, Lordkipanidze D. and Zollikofer CPE (2010). Dentognathic variation in the Dmanisi hominins: effects of pathology and age-related compensatory mechanisms. Paleoanthropology Meeting, St. Louis.Margvelashvili A. Ponce de León MS, Peltomaki T, Lordkipanidze D. and Zollikofer CPE (2010). Dmanisi hominin dentognathic variation: phylogeny, pathology or in-vivo compensatory mechanisms? AAPA conference, AlbuquerquePontzer H, Rolian C, Rightmire GP, Jashashvili T, Ponce de León MS, Lordkipanidze D, and Zollikofer CPE. 2010. Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominins. J Hum Evol 58:492-504.Jashashvili T, Ponce de León MS, Lordkipanidze D, and Zollikofer CPE. 2010. First evidence of a bipartite medial cuneiform in the hominin fossil record: a case report from the Early Pleistocene site of Dmanisi. J Anat 216:705-716.Margvelashvili A, Ponce de León MS, and Zollikofer CPE. 2011. Dentoalveolar remodeling in hominoids. Am J Phys Anthropol 144: 206.Margvelashvili, A., Zollikofer, C.P.E. & Ponce de León, M.S. (2012) Age-related changes of the occlusal surface geometry in humans and great apes. AAPA Conference 2012, p. 203Margvelashvili, A., Zollikofer, C.P.E. & Ponce de León, M.S. (2013) Mastication-related and age-related changes in the dentognathic apparatus of hominoids. AAPA Conference 2013, p. 189 | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Computer-assisted paleoanthropology, paleopathology, Human evolution, hominins, early Homo, Dmanisi, Georgia, Computed Tomography, Computer Graphics, Stereolithography, Geometric Morphometrics, Out of Africa | ||||
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| Other links to external web pages | http://www.aim.uzh.ch/morpho/wiki/ | ||||
| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), Forschungskredit der Universität Zürich, Foundation, Others SNF (SCOPES Program); Wenner-Gren Foundation; A. H. Schultz Foundation, |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2007 to Jan 2015 |