Dr Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel received her initial training in the natural sciences as a B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology from the National University of Ireland, Galway (2002). Her interest in human evolution led to an M.Sc. in Human Evolution and Behaviour from University College London (2003) and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge (2008).

Dr von Cramon-Taubadel’s research interests encompass a range of topics within Evolutionary Anthropology. She has published on issues such as the analysis of past hominin dispersal, the nature of the transition to agriculture in Europe, geometric morphometrics and comparative shape analysis of Palaeolithic stone tools.The major focus of her current research is the microevolutionary analysis of craniometric variation within modern humans and the degree to which individual elements of the human cranium are impacted by neutral and selective evolutionary forces.

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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2011). The relative efficacy of functional and developmental cranial modules for reconstructing global human population history. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, LINK

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Pinhasi, R. (2011 in press). Craniometric data support a mosaic model of demic and cultural Neolithic diffusion to outlying regions of Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2010.2678. PDF

Ricaut, F.X, Auriol, V., von Cramon-Taubadel, N., Keyser, C., Murail, P., Ludes, B., Crubézy, E. (2010). Comparison between morphological and genetic data to estimate biological relationship: The case of the Egyn Gol necropolis (Mongolia). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143: 355-364.

Lycett, S.J., von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Gowlett, J.A.J. (2010). A comparative 3D geometric morphometric analysis of Victoria West cores: implications for the origins of Levallois technology. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 1110-1117. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Weaver, T.D. (2009). Insights from a quantitative genetic approach to human morphological evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology 18: 237-240. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2009). Congruence of individual cranial bone morphology and neutral molecular affinity patterns in modern humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 140:205-215. PDF

Pinhasi, R., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2009). Craniometric data supports demic diffusion model for the spread of agriculture into Europe. PLoS ONE 4(8): e6747 pp. 1-8. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2009). Revisiting the homoiology hypothesis: The impact of phenotypic plasticity on the reconstruction of human population history from craniometric data. Journal of Human Evolution 57:179-190. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N., & Lycett, S. J. (2008). Human cranial variation fits iterative founder effect model with African origin. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136: 108-113. PDF

Lycett, S.J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. (2008). Acheulean variability and hominin dispersals: a model-bound approach. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 553-562. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N., Frazier, B.C., & Lahr, M. M. (2007). The problem of assessing landmark error in geometric morphometrics: theory, methods and modifications. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134:24-35. PDF

Lycett, S.J., von Cramon-Taubadel, N. & Foley, R. A. (2006). A crossbeam co-ordinate caliper for the morphometric analysis of lithic nuclei: a description, test and empirical examples of application. Journal of Archaeological Science 33: 847-861. PDF

von Cramon-Taubadel, N., Ling, E. N., Cotter, D., & Wilkins, N. P. (2005). Determination of body shape variation of hatchery-reared and wild Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology 66: 1471-1482. PDF

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