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Rodrigo S. Lacruz

Ph.D.

Research Associate

Education Experience Publications

Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION	DEGREE	YEAR(s)	FIELD OF STUDY
University of the Witwatersrand	M.Sc.	2002	Palaeoanthropology
University of the Witwatersrand	Ph.D.	2006	Palaeoanthropology

Research & Professional Experience

2006-present	Research Associate, Center of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2003	Co-Director Field excavations, Gladysvale, South Africa.
2000-2002	Research Assistant, Palaeoanthropology Unit for Research and Exporation, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Publications

Lacruz RS, Nanci A, Kurtz I, Wright T, Paine ML. (in press). Regulation of pH during amelogenesis. Calcified Tissue International.

Lacruz RS, Ramirez Rozzi (in press). Molar crown development in Australopithecus afarensis. Journal of Human Evolution.

Bromage TG, Lacruz RS, Hogg R, Goldman HM, McFarlin SC, Warshaw J, Dirks W, Perez Ochoa A, Smolyar I, Enlow DH,Boyde A. (2009) Lamellar Bone Reconciles Enamel Rhythms, Body Size, and Organismal Life History. Calcified Tissue International. 84(5):388-404.

Lacruz RS, Dean MC, Ramirez Rozzi FV, Bromage TG. (2008) Megadontia, Patterns of enamel secretion and striae periodicity in Plio-Pleistocene fossil hominins. Journal of Anatomy. 213: 148- 158.

Bromage TG, Lacruz RS, Perez Ochoa A & Boyde A. (2007). Portable confocal scanning optical microscopy of Australopithecus africanus enamel microstructure”. In (S. Bailey & JJ. Hublin, Eds) Dental Palaeoanthropology, Springer, Berlin. pp 191- 207

Ramirez Rozzi FV & Lacruz RS (2007). Histological study of an upper incisor and molar of a Bonobo (Pan paniscus) individual”. In (S. Bailey & JJ. Hublin, Eds) Dental Palaeoanthropology, Springer, Berlin. pp: 161- 174.

Lacruz RS. (2007). Enamel microstructure of the hominid KB 5223 from Kromdraai, South Africa. Am J Phys Anthropol. 132(2):175-82

Lacruz RS, Rozzi FR, Bromage TG. (2006). Variation in enamel development of South African fossil hominids. J Hum Evol. 51(6):580-90.

Lacruz RS, Bromage TG. (2006). Appositional enamel growth in molars of South African fossil hominids. Journal of Anatomy, 209: 13- 20.

Lacruz RS; Ramirez Rozzi FV & Bromage TG. (2005). Linear enamel hypoplasia, weaning and age at death in the Taung child. South African Journal of Science, 101: 567-569

Lacruz RS, Turner A, Berger LR. (2006). New Dinofelis (Carnivora: Machairodontinae) remains from Sterkfontein Valley sites and a taxonomic revision of the genus in southern Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 43:89-106.

Lacruz R. & Maude G. (2005). Bone accumulations at brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) den sites in the Makgadikgadi Pans, northern Botswana: Taphonomic, behavioural and palaeoecological implications. Journal of Taphonomy. vol 3 (1): 43-54.

Berger L.R.& Lacruz R. (2003). Preliminary Report on the First Excavations at the New Fossil Site of Motsetse, Gauteng, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, vol. 99: 279-281

Lacruz RS, Ungar P, Hancox J, Brink J & Berger LR. (2003). Gladysvale: Fossils, Strata and GIS analysis. South African Journal of Science, vol. 99:286-288.

Berger LR, Lacruz RS & de Ruiter DJ (2002). Revised age estimates of Australopithecus bearing deposits at Sterkfontein, South Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 119: 192- 197.

Lacruz RS, Brink J, Hancox J, Skinner AR, Herries A, Schmid P & Berger LR. (2002). Palaeontology and Geological Context of a Middle Pleistocene Faunal Assemblage from the Gladysvale Cave, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana. vol. 38.

Last Updated: 10/13/09