Nicole Grunstra, BA MSc PhD
T: +43-1-4277-56714
Summer term 2025
300124 SE Concepts in Evolutionary Theory - How unique are humans in mammalian context ?
Le Maitre A, Grunstra N, Bravo Morante G, Pfaff C, Wimmer W, Mitteroecker P. A comparison of the intraspecific variation of middle and inner ear morphology between selected mammals and birds. In Kroh A, Grunstra N, editors, NOBIS Meeting 2024: Systematics & Collections. Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. 2024. p. 20 doi: 10.57827/978-3-903096-81-3
Grunstra N, Hollinetz F, Bravo Morante G, Zachos F, Pfaff C, Winkler V et al. Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear. Nature Communications. 2024 Sept 16;15(1):7869. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3125661/v1, 10.1038/S41467-024-52180-1, 10.1038/s41467-024-52180-1
Grunstra N, Hollinetz F, Bravo Morante G, Zachos F, Pfaff C, Winkler V et al. Data for "Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear". 2024.
Le Maitre A, Grunstra N. R scripts for "Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear" Zenodo. 2024.
Grunstra NDS, Betti L, Fischer B, Haeusler M, Pavlicev M, Stansfield E et al. There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 2023 Aug;181(4):535-544. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24802
Grunstra N, Louys J, Elton S. Climate, not Quaternary biogeography, explains skull morphology of the long-tailed macaque on the Sunda Shelf. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2023 Jun 15;310:108121. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108121
Sookias R, Grunstra N, Le Maitre A, Ascarrunz E, Foth C. Disentangling the influence of phylogeny and ecology on skull shape in Mesozoic archosaurs. 2022. 6th International Palaeontological Congress, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Sookias R, Grunstra N, Le Maitre A, Foth C. Disentangling phylogenetic and ecomorphological signal in 2D skull shape in the radiation of archosaurs. 2022. 66th Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Cork, Ireland.
Sookias R, Grunstra N, Le Maitre A, Ascarrunz E, Foth C. Understanding the relative contribution of phylogeny and ecomorphology to 2D skull shape in the Mesozoic radiation of fossil archosaurs.. 2022. Evolution 2022, Cleveland, United States.
Mitteroecker P, Grunstra NDS, Stansfield E, Waltenberger L, Fischer B. The roles of natural selection and drift in the evolution of modern human pelvic form. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 2022 Apr;177:126-127.
Stansfield E, Fischer B, Grunstra N, Villa Pouca M, Mitteroecker P. The evolution of pelvic canal shape and rotational birth in humans. BMC Biology. 2021 Oct 11;19(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s12915-021-01150-w
Haeusler M, Grunstra N, Martin RD, Krenn V, Fornai C, Webb NM. The obstetrical dilemma hypothesis: there’s life in the old dog yet. Biological Reviews. 2021 Oct;96(5):2031–2057. doi: 10.1111/brv.12744
Grunstra N, Bartsch S, Le Maitre A, Mitteroecker P. Detecting Phylogenetic Signal and Adaptation in Papionin Cranial Shape by Decomposing Variation at Different Spatial Scales. Systematic Biology. 2021 Jul;70(4):694–706 . doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa093
Stansfield E, Kumar K, Mitteroecker P, Grunstra N. Biomechanical trade-offs in the pelvic floor constrain the evolution of the human birth canal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2021 Apr 20;118(16):e2022159118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022159118
Grunstra NDS, Kumar K, Mitteroecker P, Stansfield E. Trade-offs in the pelvic floor constrain human pelvic evolution: A finite element approach. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2021 Mar;174:42-42.
Cazzolla Gatti R, Menéndez L, Laciny A, Bobadilla Rodrígeuz H, Bravo Morante G, Carmen E et al. Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment. Science of the Total Environment. 2021 Feb 20;756:144014. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144014
Mitteroecker P, Grunstra NDS, Stansfield E, Waltenberger L, Fischer B. Did population differences in human pelvic form evolve by drift or selection? Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris. 2021;33(1):11-26. doi: 10.4000/BMSAP.7460
Fischer B, Grunstra NDS, Zaffarini E, Mitteroecker P. Sex differences in the pelvis did not evolve de novo in modern humans. A facilitated variation hypothesis. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2021;5(5):625–630 . doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01425-z
Grunstra N, Le Maitre A, Bartsch S, Mitteroecker P. Data from: Detecting phylogenetic signal and adaptation in papionin cranial shape by decomposing variation at different spatial scales Dryad Digital Repository. 2020. doi: 10.5061/dryad.zkh189373
Evolution des Beckenbodens: Ein evolutionäres „Tauziehen” zwischen Geburts-und Stützfunktion?
Grunstra, N. (Speaker)
11 Oct 2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Is human birth really comparatively difficult? A review of dystocia among placental mammals
Grunstra, N. (Speaker)
23 Mar 2024
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Convergent evolution in the bony labyrinth of Afrotheria and non-Afrotherian mammals
Grunstra, N. (Speaker), Le Maitre, A. (Contributor), Hollinetz, F. (Contributor), Bravo Morante, G. (Contributor), Zachos, F. (Contributor), Pfaff, C. (Contributor) & Mitteröcker, P. (Contributor)
14 Jul 2023 → 20 Jul 2023
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Signals of Ecogeography and Phylogeny in the Macaque Dentition (Cercopithecidae: Macaca)
Grunstra, N. (Speaker) & Mitteroecker, P. (Contributor)
20 Apr 2017
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Evolutionary Biology
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.112
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