Cinzia Fornai, PhD
Courses
Winter term 2026
Winter term 2025
Publications
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.
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, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 489-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2023.2198397
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.
Webb, NM, Fornai, C, Krenn, VA, Watson, LM, Herbst, EC & Haeusler, M 2024, 'Gradual exacerbation of obstetric constraints during hominoid evolution implied by re-evaluation of cephalopelvic fit in chimpanzees', Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 12, pgad230, pp. 2228-2238. 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, vol. 26, no. 2, e081. https://doi.org/10.24215/18536387e081
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
Fornai, C 2024, 'Anthropology meets Dentistry in Central America: Research and education in oral biology', Revista Argentina de Antropologia Biologica, vol. 26, no. 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, 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
Fornai, C 2023, 'An evolutionary perspective on craniomandibular dysfunctions', Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 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, NM & Haeusler, M 2022, 'Dynamic finite-element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern', Communications Biology, vol. 5, no. 1, 377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03321-z
Fornai, C, Tester, I, Parlett, K, Basili, C & Costa, HN 2022, 'Centric relation: A matter of form and substance', Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 687-690. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.13329
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.
Krenn, VA, Webb, NM, Fornai, C & Haeusler, M 2022, 'Sex classification using the human sacrum: Geometric morphometrics versus conventional approaches', PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 4 April 2022, e0264770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264770
Krenn, VA, Fornai, C, Webb, NM, Woodert, MA, Prosch, H & Haeusler, M 2022, 'The morphological consequences of segmentation anomalies in the human sacrum', American Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol. 177, no. 4, pp. 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, NM & 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, JM, Weber, GW, Zaidner, Y & Hershkovitz, I 2021, 'Response to Comment on "A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel"', Science, vol. 374, no. 6572, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl5789