Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weber
1030 Wien
Room : 5.136
Courses
Winter term 2026
Summer term 2026
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300133 VO Evolution
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300360 SE Hominid evolution
Winter term 2025
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300015 UE Applied Statistics for Anthropologists
Publications
Piccirilli, E, Sorrentino, R, Seghi, F, Vazzana, A, Belcastro, MG, Talamo, S, Harvati, K, Bettuzzi, M, Morigi, MP, 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, vol. 188, no. 4, e70188. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70188
Pigott, EM, Cheshmedzhieva, K, Zeller, E, van der Sluis, LG, Chowdhury, MP, Gianni, M, Végh, E, Uthmeier, T, Chabai, V, Patou-Mathis, M, Šimková, PG, Voglmayr, JN, Weber, GW, 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, vol. 122, no. 45, e2518974122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2518974122
Ledogar, JA, Benazzi, S, Smith, AL, Dechow, PC, Wang, Q, Cook, RW, Neaux, D, Ross, CF, Grosse, IR, Wright, BW, Weber, GW, Byron, C, Wroe, S & Strait, DS 2025, 'Bite force production and the origin of Homo', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 12, no. 4, 241879. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.241879
Weber, GW, Šimková, PG, Fernandes, DM, 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, vol. 15, no. 1, 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, pp. 153.
Voglmayr, JN, 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, pp. 173.
Weber, G 2025, 'The non-linear increase of hominin cranial capacity and its relationship to cultural evolution', American Journal of Biological Anthropology, pp. 178.
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, MD, Brück, F, Cueto, M, Dockner, M, Fullola, JM, Gárate, D, Giannakoulis, M, González, C, Jakeli, N, Mangado, X, Meshveliani, T, Neruda, P, Nigst, P, Ontañón, R, Shemer, M, Šimková, PG, Tapia, J, Sánchez de la Torre, M, Schwab, C, Weber, G & Pinhasi, R 2024, 'Cervidae antlers exploited to manufacture prehistoric tools and hunting implements as a reliable source of ancient DNA', Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 11, e31858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31858, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31858
Šimková, PG, Wurm, L, Fornai, C, Krenn, VA & Weber, GW 2024, 'Shape variation in modern human upper premolars', PLoS ONE, vol. 19, no. 4 April, 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, pp. 524. 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, MD, Brück, F, Cueto, M, Dockner, M, Fullola, JM, Gárate, D, Giannakoulis, M, González, C, Jakeli, N, Mangado, X, Meshveliani, T, Neruda, P, Nigst, P, Šimková, PG, Tapia, J, Torre, MSDL, Schwab, C, Weber, G & 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, vol. 13, no. 4, 1030, pp. 13. 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, no. 180, 180, pp. 192.
Weber, G 2023, 'Human bio-cultural evolution and its relationship to cranial capacity', Paleoanthropology, pp. 405.
Ledogar, JA, Senck, S, Villmoare, BA, Smith, AL, Weber, GW, Richmond, BG, Dechow, PC, Ross, CF, Grosse, IR, Wright, BW, Wang, Q, Byron, C, Benazzi, S, Carlson, KJ, Carlson, KB, Pryor McIntosh, LC, van Casteren, A & Strait, DS 2022, 'Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, vol. 289, no. 1977, 20220711. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0711
Vekszler, G, Granner, M, Valenzuela, EN, Winter, E, Dockner, M, Weber, GW, Pretterklieber, M, Teschler-Nicola, M & Pietschmann, P 2022, 'Microarchitecture of historic bone samples with tuberculosis', Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, vol. 134, no. 11-12, pp. 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-022-02017-y
May, H, Sarig, R, Weber, GW, Fornai, C, Martinon-Torres, M, Bermudez De Castro, JM, Zaidner, Y & Hershkovitz, I 2022, 'A new Levantine Middle Pleistocene paleodeme: the Nesher Ramla Homo', American Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol. 177, pp. 117-117.
Simkova, PG, Wurm, L, Fornai, C & Weber, GW 2022, 'Modern human upper premolar shape does not reflect their geographical origin', American Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol. 177, pp. 168-168.
Weber, G 2022, 'Der Kopfarbeiter' Profil - das unabhängige Nachrichtenmagazin Österreichs, no. 11, pp. 58-60.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weber
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.