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Maria Giovanna Belcastro

Full Professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: BIOS-03/B Anthropology

Publications

Sorrentino Rita, Carlson K. J., Orr C.M., Pietrobelli A., Figus C., Jashashvili T, Saers J. P. P., Guarnieri T., Fiorenza L., Novak M., Stock J. T., Williams S.A., Patel B. A., Marchi D., Belcastro M. G., Benazzi S., Morphological variation of the hominid navicular bone: Implications for behavioral driven divergence, in: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, 30 June-2 July 2021 : programme, abstracts and instructions for participants and panelists, 2021, pp. 68 - 69 (atti di: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, Online, 30th June-2nd July 2021) [Contribution to conference proceedings]Open Access

Pietrobelli A., Sorrentino R., Benazzi S., Marchi D., Belcastro M.G.,, Patterns of sexual dimorphism in the modern human fibular extremities: a geometric morphometric approach, in: SMEF 2021, 2021, pp. 1 - 1 (atti di: 11th Symposium on Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, Online, 30th June-2nd July 2021) [Abstract]

Viciano J.; Tanga C.; D'Anastasio R.; Belcastro M.G.; Capasso L., Sex estimation by odontometrics of nonadult human remains from a contemporary Italian sample, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, 175, pp. 59 - 80 [Scientific article]Open Access

Milella M.; Franklin D.; Belcastro M.G.; Cardini A., Sexual differences in human cranial morphology: Is one sex more variable or one region more dimorphic?, «THE ANATOMICAL RECORD», 2021, 304, pp. 2789 - 2810 [Scientific article]Open Access

Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Mariotti, Valentina, The place of human remains in the frame of cultural heritage: the restitution of medieval skeletons from a Jewish cemetery, «JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE», 2021, 49, pp. 229 - 238 [Scientific article]Open Access

Sorrentino R.; Stephens N.B.; Marchi D.; DeMars L.J.D.; Figus C.; Bortolini E.; Badino F.; Saers J.P.P.; Bettuzzi M.; Boschin F.; Capecchi G.; Feletti F.; Guarnieri T.; May H.; Morigi M.P.; Parr W.; Ricci S.; Ronchitelli A.; Stock J.T.; Carlson K.J.; Ryan T.M.; Belcastro M.G.; Benazzi S., Unique foot posture in Neanderthals reflects their body mass and high mechanical stress, «JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION», 2021, 161, Article number: 103093 , pp. 1 - 20 [Scientific article]Open Access

Sorrentino Rita, Stephens N.B., Marchi D., DeMars L. J. D., Figus C., Bortolini E., Badino F., Saers J. P. P., Bettuzzi M., Boschin F., Capecchi G., Feletti Francesco, Guarnieri Tiziana, May H., Morigi M.P., Parr W., Ricci S., Ronchitelli A., Stock J. T., Carlson K. J., Ryan T. M., Belcastro M. G., Benazzi S., Unraveling the morpho-functional traits of the Neanderthal talus, in: 11th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution Abstracts Online, 22-24 September 2021, «PALEOANTHROPOLOGY», 2021, pp. 252 - 253 (atti di: European Society for the study of Human Evolution - ESHE, 11th Annual Meeting, Online, September 22-24, 2021) [Abstract]Open Access

Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Nicolosi, Teresa; Sorrentino, Rita; Mariotti, Valentina; Pietrobelli, Annalisa; Bettuzzi, Matteo; Morigi, Maria Pia; Benazzi, Stefano; Talamo, Sahra; Miari, Monica; Preti, Nevio; Castagna, Lucia; Pisani, Luca; Grandi, Luca; Baraldi, Pietro; Zannini, Paolo; Scarponi, Daniele; De Waele, Jo, Unveiling an odd fate after death: The isolated Eneolithic cranium discovered in the Marcel Loubens Cave (Bologna, Northern Italy), «PLOS ONE», 2021, 16, Article number: e0247306 , pp. 1 - 30 [Scientific article]Open Access

Milella M.; Belcastro M.G.; Mariotti V.; Nikita E., Estimation of adult age-at-death from entheseal robusticity: A test using an identified Italian skeletal collection, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2020, 173, pp. 190 - 199 [Scientific article]

Sorrentino, Rita; Belcastro, Maria Giovanna; Figus, Carla; Stephens, Nicholas B; Turley, Kevin; Harcourt-Smith, William; Ryan, Timothy M; Benazzi, Stefano, Exploring sexual dimorphism of the modern human talus through geometric morphometric methods, «PLOS ONE», 2020, 15, Article number: e0229255 , pp. 1 - 17 [Scientific article]Open Access

Sorrentino R.; Carlson K.J.; Bortolini E.; Minghetti C.; Feletti F.; Fiorenza L.; Frost S.; Jashashvili T.; Parr W.; Shaw C.; Su A.; Turley K.; Wroe S.; Ryan T.M.; Belcastro M.G.; Benazzi S., Morphometric analysis of the hominin talus: Evolutionary and functional implications, «JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION», 2020, 142, Article number: 102747 , pp. 1 - 21 [Scientific article]Open Access

Mariotti, Valentina; Muntoni, Italo M.; Belcastro, Maria Giovanna, New insights into the funerary rituals of the Neolithic site of Passo di Corvo (Apulia, Italy): The study of the human remains, «JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE: REPORTS», 2020, 34, Article number: 102643 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]

Serrangeli M., Sorrentino R., Belcastro M.G., Benazzi S., Feeney R.N.M.,, Sexual dimorphism in the human calcaneus using 3D geometric morphometric methods, in: AAPA 2020, 2020(atti di: American Association of Physical Anthropologists - 89th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles (CA, USA), April 15-18, 2020) [Poster]

Pietrobelli, Annalisa; Mariotti, Valentina; Fusari, Samantha; Gasparini, Anthony; Bettuzzi, Matteo; Morigi, Maria Pia; Belcastro, Maria Giovanna;, Syphilis in an Italian medieval jewish community: A bioarchaeological and cultural perspective, «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY», 2020, 30, pp. 85 - 97 [Scientific article]

Rita Sorrentino; Nicholas B. Stephens; Kristian J. Carlson; Carla Figus; Luca Fiorenza; Stephen Frost; William Harcourt‐Smith; William Parr; Jaap Saers; Kevin Turley; Stephen Wroe; Maria G. Belcastro; Timothy M. Ryan; Stefano Benazzi, The influence of mobility strategy on the modern human talus, «AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY», 2020, 171, pp. 456 - 469 [Scientific article]Open Access