Nicole Grunstra, BA MSc PhD
Nicole Grunstra
T: +43-1-4277-56714
Summer term 2026
300124 SE Concepts in Evolutionary Theory - How unique are humans in mammalian context ?
Summer term 2025
300124 SE Concepts in Evolutionary Theory - How unique are humans in mammalian context ?
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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


Mitteroecker P, Bartsch S, Erkinger C, Grunstra N, Le Maitre A, Bookstein F. Morphometric Variation at Different Spatial Scales: Coordination and Compensation in the Emergence of Organismal Form. Systematic Biology. 2020 Sept;69(5):913–926. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa007

Le Maitre A, Grunstra N, Pfaff C, Mitteroecker P. Evolution of the Mammalian Ear: An Evolvability Hypothesis. Evolutionary Biology. 2020 May 27;47:187-192. doi: 10.1007/s11692-020-09502-0, 10.1007/s11692-020-09502-0



Grunstra NDS, Mitteroecker P, Foley RA. A multivariate ecogeographic analysis of macaque craniodental variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2018 Jun 1;166(2):386-400. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23439

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Evolution des Beckenbodens: Ein evolutionäres „Tauziehen” zwischen Geburts-und Stützfunktion?

Grunstra, N. (Speaker)

11 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Is human birth really comparatively difficult? A review of dystocia among placental mammals

Grunstra, N. (Speaker)

23 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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 202320 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience 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 presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of Evolutionary Biology

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.112

T: +43-1-4277-56714

nicole.grunstra@univie.ac.at