Philipp Mitteröcker
Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr., Privatdoz.
phone +43-1-4277-56705
philipp.mitteroecker@univie.ac.at
About me
I am a theoretical biologist and evolutionary biologist with strong interests in human and animal evolution, evolutionary medicine, biological anthropology, statistics, and the philosophy of science.
I have studied the development and evolution of human and primate anatomy, including the individual variation and perception of human faces, with medical applications to orthodontics. I am particularly interested in the interaction of developmental, environmental, and evolutionary processes. Another current research focus is on human childbirth: an evolutionary conundrum involving biological, environmental, and sociocultural dynamics.
I am fascinated by the analysis of complex biological data, including morphological, behavioral, and genetic data. I have contributed to modern morphometrics, the statistical analysis of biological form, as well as to multivariate biostatistics and quantitative genetics.
I am teaching morphometrics, statistics, theoretical and evolutionary biology at the University of Vienna and the University of Graz, and I am a directorial board member of the KLI Institute for Evolution & Cognition Research.
Publication list
2020
Le Maitre, A., Grunstra, N., Pfaff, C., & Mitteroecker, P. (2020). Evolution of the Mammalian Ear: An Evolvability Hypothesis. Evolutionary Biology. doi.org/10.1007/s11692-020-09502-0
Neubauer, S., Gunz, P., Scott, N. A., Hublin, J-J., & Mitteroecker, P. (2020). Evolution of brain lateralization: A shared hominid pattern of endocranial asymmetry is much more variable in humans than in great apes. Science Advances, 6(7), [9935]. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9935
Pavličev, M., Romero, R., & Mitteroecker, P. (2020). Evolution of the human pelvis and obstructed labor: new explanations of an old obstetrical dilemma. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 222(1), 3-16. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2019.06.043
2019
Le Maitre, A., & Mitteroecker, P. (2019). Multivariate comparison of variance in R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(9), 1380-1392. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13253
Mitteroecker, P. (2019). How human bodies are evolving in modern societies. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(3), 324–326. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0773-2
Windhager, S., Mitteroecker, P., Rupic, I., Lauc, T., Polasek, O., & Schäfer, K. (2019). Facial aging trajectories: A common shape pattern in male and female faces is disrupted after menopause. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 169, 678–688. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23878
Zaffarini, E., & Mitteroecker, P. (2019). Secular changes in body height predict global rates of caesarean section. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1896), [20182425]. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2425
2018
Grunstra, N. D. S., Mitteroecker, P., & Foley, R. A. (2018). A multivariate ecogeographic analysis of macaque craniodental variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 166(2), 386-400. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23439
van der Geer, A. A. E., Lyras, G. A., Mitteroecker, P., & MacPhee, R. D. E. (2018). From Jumbo to Dumbo: Cranial Shape Changes in Elephants and Hippos During Phyletic Dwarfing. Evolutionary Biology, 45(3), 303-317. doi.org/10.1007/s11692-018-9451-1
2017
Astl, E., Onodera, K., Čelar, A., Mitteröcker, P., & Bantleon, H-P. (2017). Vergleich von konventionellen und selbstligierenden Brackets in der Nivellierungsphase mittels Split-Mouth-Design. Informationen aus Orthodontie & Kieferorthopädie, 49(1), 49-55.
Coquerelle, M., Prados-Frutos, J. C., Rojo, R., Drake, A. G., Murillo-Gonzalez, J. A., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). The Fetal Origin of the Human Chin. Evolutionary Biology, 44(3), 295-311. doi.org/10.1007/s11692-017-9408-9
Fischer, B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). Allometry and Sexual Dimorphism in the Human Pelvis. Anatomical Record, 300(4), 698-705. doi.org/10.1002/ar.23549
Freudenthaler, J., Čelar, A., Ritt, C., & Mitteröcker, P. (2017). Geometric morphometrics of different malocclusions in lateral skull radiographs. Journal of orofacial orthopedics, 78, 11-20. doi.org/10.1007/s00056-016-0057-x
Mayer, C., Windhager, S., Schäfer, K., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). BMI and WHR are reflected in female facial shape and texture: a geometric morphometric image analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(1), [e0169336]. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169336
Mitteroecker, P., Windhager, S., & Pavlicev, M. (2017). Cliff-edge model predicts intergenerational predisposition to dystocia and Caesarean delivery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 114(44), 11669-11672. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712203114
2016
Bertl, M. H., Bertl, K., Wagner, M., Gahleitner, A., Stavropoulos, A., Ulm, C., & Mitteroecker, P. (2016). Second premolar agenesis is associated with mandibular form: a geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular cross-sections. International Journal of Oral Science, 8(4), 254-260. doi.org/10.1038/ijos.2016.41
Fischer, B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2016). Reply to Underdown and Oppenheimer: Roles of selection, plasticity, and genetics in the integration of human pelvis shape and head size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 113(3), E259. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520865113
Gonzalez, P. N., Pavlicev, M., Mitteroecker, P., Pardo-Manuel de Villena, F., Spritz, R. A., Marcucio, R. S., & Hallgrímsson, B. (2016). Genetic structure of phenotypic robustness in the collaborative cross mouse diallel panel. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(9), 1737-1751. doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12906
Mitteroecker, P., & Fischer, B. (2016). Adult pelvic shape change is an evolutionary side effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 113(26), E3596. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1607066113