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Lorenzo Rook is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research predominantly centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Social Sciences and Environmental Science. Their subfields of study include Paleontology, Anthropology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Archeology.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics, highlighting Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Morphological variations and asymmetry, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

Among their recently published papers are:

  • Past Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change (2020, One Earth)
  • A Major Change in Rate of Climate Niche Envelope Evolution during Hominid History (2020, iScience)
  • Evolution of Old World Equus and origin of the zebra-ass clade (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy) (2020, Episodes)
  • The role of habitat fragmentation in Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Eurasia (2021, Ecography)

Lorenzo Rook has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Saverio Bartolini Lucenti, Luca Pandolfi, Omar Cirilli, Joan Madurell-Malapeira, and Raymond L. Bernor.

The scientist has published repeatedly in several venues. Notable publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Journal of Human Evolution, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Historical Biology.

Best Publications

  • Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

    David Lordkipanidze;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Abesalom Vekua;Marcia S. Ponce de León

  • BIOCHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED MAMMALS, MOLLUSCS AND OSTRACODS FROM THE MIDDLE PLIOCENE TO THE LATE PLEISTOCENE IN ITALY. THE STATE OF THE ART

    Elsa Gliozzi;L. Abbazzi;P. Argenti;A. Azzaroli

  • Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy)

    Marta Arzarello;Federica Marcolini;Giulio Pavia;Marco Pavia

  • Villafranchian: The long story of a Plio-Pleistocene European large mammal biochronologic unit

    Lorenzo Rook;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro

  • A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea

    Ernesto Abbate;Andrea Albianelli;Augusto Azzaroli;Marco Benvenuti

  • Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

    Enrico Cappellini;Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Luca Pandolfi;Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal

  • The evolution of Neogene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe

    Jordi Agustí;Lorenzo Rook;Peter Andrews

  • Enigmatic Anthropoid or Misunderstood Ape

    Terry Harrison;Lorenzo Rook

  • Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage Systematic implications

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Lorenzo Rook

  • The Mio-Pliocene European primate fossil record: dynamics and habitat tracking

    Jussi T. Eronen;Lorenzo Rook

  • Dispersal of the Canini (Mammalia, Canidae: Caninae) across Eurasia during the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene

    M. Sotnikova;Lorenzo Rook

  • Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus

    Salvador Moyà-Solà;Meike Köhler;Lorenzo Rook

  • Lands and endemic mammals in the Late Miocene of Italy: Constrains for paleogeographic outlines of Tyrrhenian area

    Lorenzo Rook;Gianni Gallai;Danilo Torre

  • L’industrie lithique du site Pléistocène inférieur de Pirro Nord (Apricena, Italie du sud) : une occupation humaine entre 1,3 et 1,7 Ma

    Marta Arzarello;Federica Marcolini;Giulio Pavia;Marco Pavia

  • LATE PLEISTOCENE SURVIVAL OF THE SABER-TOOTHED CAT HOMOTHERIUM IN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE

    Jelle W. F. Reumer;Lorenzo Rook;Klaas Van Der Borg;Klaas Post

  • PLIO-PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF MONTE TUTTAVISTA (OROSEI, EASTERN SARDINIA, ITALY), AN OVERVIEW

    Laura Abbazzi;Chiara Angelone;Marisa Arca;Giancarlo Barisone

  • Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene (MN9), Hungary: a compendium

    R. L. Bernor;L. Kordos;L. Rook;J. C. Agustí

  • The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Juan Antonio Pérez-Claros;Maria Rita Palombo;Lorenzo Rook

  • Venturing out safely: The biogeography of Homo erectus dispersal out of Africa

    F. Carotenuto;N. Tsikaridze;L. Rook;D. Lordkipanidze

  • Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Acknowledgements: The European Science Foundation

    Jorge Agustí;Lorenzo Rook;Peter Andrews

  • Occurrence of Theropithecus sp. in the Late Villafranchian of Southern Italy and implication for Early Pleistocene "out of Africa" dispersals.

    Lorenzo Rook;Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;F. Clark Howell

  • New human remains of archaic Homo sapiens and lower palaeolithic industries from Visogliano (Duino Aurisina, Trieste, Italy)

    L. Abbazzi;F. Fanfani;M.P. Ferretti;L. Rook

  • Short Paper The Olduvai buffalo Pelorovis and the origin of Bos

    Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro;Juan Antonio Pérez-Claros;Maria Rita Palombo;Lorenzo Rook

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Delfino
Massimo Delfino University of Turin
Pasquale Raia
Pasquale Raia University of Naples Federico II
Raffaele Sardella
Raffaele Sardella Sapienza University of Rome
Marco Ferretti
Marco Ferretti University of Camerino
Massimiliano Ghinassi
Massimiliano Ghinassi University of Padua
Luca Pandolfi
Luca Pandolfi University of Pisa
Elsa Gliozzi
Elsa Gliozzi Roma Tre University
Oriol Oms
Oriol Oms Autonomous University of Barcelona
David M. Alba
David M. Alba Autonomous University of Barcelona
Salvador Moyà-Solà
Salvador Moyà-Solà Autonomous University of Barcelona

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