Antonio Profico

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• 2023

  A Comparison of Semilandmarking Approaches in the Analysis of Size and Shape

  Shui, W., Profico, A. & O'Higgins, P., 28 Mar 2023, In: Animals. 13, 7, 21 p.

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• A Comparison of Semilandmarking Approaches in the Visualisation of Shape Differences

  Shui, W., Profico, A. & O'Higgins, P., 23 Jan 2023, In: Animals. 13, 3, 36 p.

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• Icex: advances in the automatic extraction and volume calculation of cranial cavities

  Buzi, C., Profico, A., Liang, C., Khonsari, R. H., O'Higgins, P., Moazen, M. & Harvati, K., 11 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Anatomy . 12 p.

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• Normal human craniofacial growth and development from 0 to 4 years

  Liang, C., Profico, A., Buzi, C., Khonsari, R. H., Johnson, D., O'Higgins, P. & Moazen, M., 14 Jun 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 9641.

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• 2021

  Growing old: Do women and men age differently?

  Smith, O. A. M., Duncan, C., Pears, N., Profico, A. & O'Higgins, P., 17 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Anatomical Record. 11 p.

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• Morphometric maps of bilateral asymmetry in the human humerus: An implementation in the R package morphomap

  Profico, A., Zeppilli, C., Micarelli, I., Mondanaro, A., Raia, P., Marchi, D., Manzi, G. & O’higgins, P., 16 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Symmetry. 13, 9, 1711.

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• 2020

  3D Modeling of craniofacial ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in children

  Smith, O. A. M., Nashed, Y. S. G., Duncan, C., Pears, N., Profico, A. & O'Higgins, P., 26 Dec 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Anatomical Record. 9 p.

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• A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History

  Mondanaro, A., Melchionna, M., Di Febbraro, M., Castiglione, S., Holden, P. B., Edwards, N. R., Carotenuto, F., Maiorano, L., Modafferi, M., Serio, C., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Rangel, T., Rook, L., O'Higgins, P., Spikins, P., Profico, A. & Raia, P., 20 Nov 2020, In: iScience. 23, 11, 29 p., 101693.

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• Ancestral State Estimation with Phylogenetic Ridge Regression

  Castiglione, S., Serio, C., Mondanaro, A., Melchionna, M., Carotenuto, F., Di Febbraro, M., Profico, A., Tamagnini, D. & Raia, P., 1 Sept 2020, In: Evolutionary Biology. 47, p. 220-232 13 p.

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• Current Options for Visualization of Local Deformation in Modern Shape Analysis Applied to Paleobiological Case Studies

  Piras, P., Profico, A., Pandolfi, L., Raia, P., Di Vincenzo, F., Mondanaro, A., Castiglione, S. & Varano, V., 24 Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 8, 66.

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• Decoupling Functional and Morphological Convergence, the Study Case of Fossorial Mammalia

  Sansalone, G., Castiglione, S., Raia, P., Archer, M., Dickson, B., Hand, S., Piras, P., Profico, A. & Wroe, S., 21 Apr 2020, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 8, 112.

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• Endomaker, a new algorithm for fully automatic extraction of cranial endocasts and the calculation of their volumes

  Profico, A., Buzi, C., Melchionna, M., Veneziano, A. & Raia, P., 26 Jun 2020, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 172, 3, p. 511-515 5 p.

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• Locomotion, posture, and the foramen magnum in primates: Reliability of indices and insights into hominin bipedalism

  Landi, F., Profico, A., Veneziano, A., De Groote, I. & Manzi, G., 25 Aug 2020, In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY. 82, 9, 13 p., e23170.

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• morphomap: An R package for long bone landmarking, cortical thickness, and cross-sectional geometry mapping

  Profico, A., Bondioli, L., Raia, P., O'Higgins, P. & Marchi, D., 31 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American journal of physical anthropology. 11 p., e24140.

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• Target Deformation of the Equus stenonis Holotype Skull: A Virtual Reconstruction

  Cirilli, O., Melchionna, M., Serio, C., Bernor, R. L., Bukhsianidze, M., Lordkipanidze, D., Rook, L., Profico, A. & Raia, P., 26 Jun 2020, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 8, 12 p., 247.

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• The wolf from the Middle Pleistocene site of Ostiense (Rome): the last occurrence of Canis mosbachensis (Canidae, Mammalia) in Italy

  Mecozzi, B., Iurino, D. A., Profico, A., Rosa, C. & Sardella, R., 8 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Historical Biology.

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• Variation in the strength of allometry drives rates of evolution in primate brain shape

  Sansalone, G., Allen, K., Ledogar, J. A., Ledogar, S., Mitchell, D. R., Profico, A., Castiglione, S., Melchionna, M., Serio, C., Mondanaro, A., Raia, P. & Wroe, S., 8 Jul 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1930, 8 p., 20200807.

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• 2019

  A new, fast method to search for morphological convergence with shape data

  Castiglione, S., Serio, C., Tamagnini, D., Melchionna, M., Mondanaro, A., Di Febbraro, M., Profico, A., Piras, P., Barattolo, F. & Raia, P., 27 Dec 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 12, p. e0226949

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• A New Tool for Digital Alignment in Virtual Anthropology

  Profico, A., Buzi, C., Davis, C., Melchionna, M., Veneziano, A., Raia, P. & Manzi, G., 1 Jul 2019, In: Anatomical Record. 302, 7, p. 1104-1115 12 p.

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• Macroevolutionary trends of brain mass in Primates

  Melchionna, M., Mondanaro, A., Serio, C., Castiglione, S., Di Febbraro, M., Rook, L., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Manzi, G., Profico, A., Sansalone, G. & Raia, P., 7 Nov 2019, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129, 1, p. 14-25 12 p.

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• Medical imaging as a taphonomic tool: The naturally-mummified bodies from Takarkori rock shelter (Tadrart Acacus, SW Libya, 6100-5600 uncal BP)

  Profico, A., Tafuri, M. A., Di Vincenzo, F., Ricci, F., Ottini, L., Ventura, L., Fornaciari, G., Di Lernia, S. & Manzi, G., 22 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development. 10, 2, p. 144-156 13 p.

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• Neandertal Introgression Sheds Light on Modern Human Endocranial Globularity

  Gunz, P., Tilot, A. K., Wittfeld, K., Teumer, A., Shapland, C. Y., van Erp, T. G. M., Dannemann, M., Vernot, B., Neubauer, S., Guadalupe, T., Fernández, G., Brunner, H. G., Enard, W., Fallon, J., Hosten, N., Völker, U., Profico, A., Di Vincenzo, F., Manzi, G. & Kelso, J. & 7 others, St. Pourcain, B., Hublin, J. J., Franke, B., Pääbo, S., Macciardi, F., Grabe, H. J. & Fisher, S. E., 7 Jan 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 1, p. 120-127.e5

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• Seeing the wood through the trees. Combining shape information from different landmark configurations

  Profico, A., Piras, P., Buzi, C., Del Bove, A., Melchionna, M., Senczuk, G., Varano, V., Veneziano, A., Raia, P. & Manzi, G., 27 Nov 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hystrix. 30, 2, p. 157-165 9 p.

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• Simultaneous detection of macroevolutionary patterns in phenotypic means and rate of change with and within phylogenetic trees including extinct species

  Castiglione, S., Serio, C., Mondanaro, A., Di Febbraro, M., Profico, A., Girardi, G. & Raia, P., 1 Jan 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 1, e0210101.

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• Tasks Performed by Different Groups of Foragers and Regulation of Foraging Activity in the Mediterranean Harvest Ant Messor wasmanni (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

  D’Eustacchio, D., Solida, L., Profico, A., Centorame, M., Grasso, D. A., Castracani, C., Mori, A. & Fanfani, A., 28 Apr 2019, In: Journal of insect behavior. 32, 1, p. 38-46 9 p.

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• Three-Dimensional Visualisation of Skeletal Cavities

  Veneziano, A. & Profico, A., 11 Dec 2019, In: Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1171, p. 73-83 11 p.

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• 2018

  Distinct among Neanderthals: The scapula of the skeleton from Altamura, Italy

  Di Vincenzo, F., Churchill, S. E., Buzi, C., Profico, A., Tafuri, M. A., Micheli, M., Caramelli, D. & Manzi, G., 27 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 217, p. 76-88 13 p.

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• Measuring the shape: Performance evaluation of a photogrammetry improvement applied to the Neanderthal skull Saccopastore 1

  Buzi, C., Micarelli, I., Profico, A., Conti, J., Grassetti, R., Cristiano, W., Di Vincenzo, F., Tafuri, M. A. & Manzi, G., 1 Oct 2018, In: Acta IMEKO. 7, 3, p. 79-85 7 p.

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• MicroWeaR: A new R package for dental microwear analysis

  Strani, F., Profico, A., Manzi, G., Pushkina, D., Raia, P., Sardella, R. & DeMiguel, D., 11 Jun 2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 14, p. 7022-7030 9 p.

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• Neuromandibular integration in humans and chimpanzees: Implications for dental and mandibular reduction in Homo

  Veneziano, A., Meloro, C., Irish, J. D., Stringer, C., Profico, A. & De Groote, I., 1 Sept 2018, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 167, 1, p. 84-96 13 p.

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• Reproducing the internal and external anatomy of fossil bones: Two new automatic digital tools

  Profico, A., Schlager, S., Valoriani, V., Buzi, C., Melchionna, M., Veneziano, A., Raia, P., Moggi-Cecchi, J. & Manzi, G., 21 Apr 2018, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 166, 4, p. 979-986 8 p.

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• Retrodeformation of fossil specimens based on 3D bilateral semi-landmarks: Implementation in the R package “Morpho”

  Schlager, S., Profico, A., Vincenzo, F. D. & Manzi, G., 1 Mar 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 3, e0194073.

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• Surface smoothing, decimation, and their effects on 3D biological specimens

  Veneziano, A., Landi, F. & Profico, A., 1 Jun 2018, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 166, 2, p. 473-480 8 p.

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• Survival to amputation in pre-antibiotic era: A case study from a longobard necropolis (6 ^th -8 ^th centuries AD)

  Micarelli, I., Paine, R., Giostra, C., Tafuri, M. A., Profico, A., Boggioni, M., Di Vincenzo, F., Massani, D., Papini, A. & Manzi, G., 1 Jan 2018, In: Journal of anthropological sciences. 96, p. 185-200 16 p.

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• Unexpectedly rapid evolution of mandibular shape in hominins

  Raia, P., Boggioni, M., Carotenuto, F., Castiglione, S., Di Febbraro, M., Di Vincenzo, F., Melchionna, M., Mondanaro, A., Papini, A., Profico, A., Serio, C., Veneziano, A., Vero, V. A., Rook, L., Meloro, C. & Manzi, G., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 7340.

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• Virtual Anthropology and its Application in Cultural Heritage Studies

  Profico, A., Bellucci, L., Buzi, C., Di Vincenzo, F., Micarelli, I., Strani, F., Tafuri, M. A. & Manzi, G., 20 Sept 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Studies in Conservation. 64, 6, p. 323-336 14 p.

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• 2017

  Dietary resilience among hunter-gatherers of Tierra del Fuego: Isotopic evidence in a diachronic perspective

  Tafuri, M. A., Zangrando, A. F. J., Tessone, A., Kochi, S., Cecchi, J. M., Vincenzo, F. D., Profico, A. & Manzi, G., 1 Apr 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 4, e0175594.

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• Digital reconstruction of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy), and implications for its interpretation

  Di Vincenzo, F., Profico, A., Bernardini, F., Cerroni, V., Dreossi, D., Schlager, S., Zaio, P., Benazzi, S., Biddittu, I., Rubini, M., Tuniz, C. & Manzi, G., 1 Dec 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 13974.

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• The evolution of cranial base and face in Cercopithecoidea and Hominoidea: Modularity and morphological integration

  Profico, A., Piras, P., Buzi, C., Di Vincenzo, F., Lattarini, F., Melchionna, M., Veneziano, A., Raia, P. & Manzi, G., 1 Dec 2017, In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY. 79, 12, e22721.

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• 2016

  Filling the gap. Human cranial remains from Gombore II (Melka kunture, Ethiopia; ca. 850 ka) and the origin of Homo heidelbergensis

  Profico, A., di Vincenzo, F., Gagliardi, L., Piperno, M. & Manzi, G., 1 Jan 2016, In: Journal of anthropological sciences. 94, p. 41-63 23 p.

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• Tuning Geometric Morphometrics: an r tool to reduce information loss caused by surface smoothing

  Profico, A., Veneziano, A., Lanteri, A., Piras, P., Sansalone, G. & Manzi, G., 1 Oct 2016, In: Methods in ecology and evolution. 7, 10, p. 1195-1200 6 p.

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• 2015

  A lynx natural brain endocast from ingarano (Southern Italy; late pleistocene): Taphonomic, morphometric and phylogenetic approaches

  Iurino, D. A., Profico, A., Cherin, M., Veneziano, A., Costeur, L. & Sardella, R., 1 Jan 2015, In: Hystrix. 26, 2, p. 110-117

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• Digging adaptation in insectivorous subterranean eutherians. The enigma of Mesoscalops montanensis unveiled by geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis

  Piras, P., Sansalone, G., Teresi, L., Moscato, M., Profico, A., Eng, R., Cox, T. C., Loy, A., Colangelo, P. & Kotsakis, T., 9 Sept 2015, In: Journal of morphology. 276, 10, p. 1157-1171 15 p.

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• Modern Beams for Ancient Mummies Computerized Tomography of the Holocene Mummified Remains from Wadi Takarkori (Acacus, South-Western Libya; Middle Pastoral)

  Di Vincenzo, F., Carbone, I., Ottini, L., Profico, A., Ricci, F., Tafuri, M. A. N., Fornaciari, G. & Manzi, G., 1 Jan 2015, In: Medicina nei secoli. 27, 2, p. 575-588 14 p.

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• The Neanderthal in the karst: First dating, morphometric, and paleogenetic data on the fossil skeleton from Altamura (Italy)

  Lari, M., Di Vincenzo, F., Borsato, A., Ghirotto, S., Micheli, M., Balsamo, C., Collina, C., De Bellis, G., Frisia, S., Giacobini, G., Gigli, E., Hellstrom, J. C., Lannino, A., Modi, A., Pietrelli, A., Pilli, E., Profico, A., Ramirez, O., Rizzi, E. & Vai, S. & 6 others, Venturo, D., Piperno, M., Lalueza-Fox, C., Barbujani, G., Caramelli, D. & Manzi, G., 1 May 2015, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 82, p. 88-94 7 p.

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