Damiano Marchi, Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest:
Hominoid functional morphology
Biomechanics
Hominoid locomotion
European Neolithic population mobility
Research Summary:
My primary focus is functional morphology and biomechanics of human and non-human hominoids. I have studied the functional morphology and biomechanics of hands and feet in African great apes, and their role in locomotor behavior. I am now focusing on leg and foot functional morphology and their relationchip to arboreal and terrestrial locomotion in primates. I am also interested in ancient human population mobility.
- Recent Publications
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- Sparacello VS, Marchi D. "Mobility and subsistence economy: a diachronic comparison between two groups settled in the same geographical area (Liguria, Italy)." Accepted by American Journal of Physical Anthropology (2008). [abs]
- D. Marchi. "Diaphyseal and joint properties of metacarpals and metatarsals of Hominoidea and their relationships with locomotor behavior.." 2008: 46: 148.. [abs]
- D. Marchi. "Relative strength of the tibia and fibula and locomotor behavior in hominoids." Journal of Human Evolution (2007): 53:647-655. [abs]
- D. Marchi. "Lower limb bone remodeling in a Neolithic sample from Liguria (Italy)." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement. 2007: 163-164. [abs]
- D. Marchi, V.S. Sparacello, B.M. Holt, V. Formicola. "Biomechanical approach to the reconstruction of activity patterns in Neolithic Western Liguria, Italy." American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131 (2006): 447-456. [abs]
- Education:
- Ph.D., University of Pisa, Italy, 2004
- M.S., University of Pisa, Italy, 1998
- Contact Info:
- 04A Bio. Sci. Bldg. |
(919) 660-7371 |
dmarchi1@duke.edu