Mona Le Luyer
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Anthropology
PACEA UMR5199
GPR Human Past – WP 1-Action 3 / Innovative Actions 6
©Joris Munier
mona.le-luyer%40u-bordeaux.fr
Research Interests
I study prehistoric and recent human teeth to assess late human evolution and to characterize interactions between biological, environmental, and sociocultural changes. My current research interests include:
- Evolutionary and microevolutionary trends in Upper Pleistocene and Holocene human populations
- Characterization, variability and morphogenesis of dental morphology, factors of variation
- Dental development, biorhythms and growth trajectories, stress identification
- Biocultural interactions, food behaviors, environmental constraints, neolithization
- 3D imaging techniques, histology and geometric morphometrics applied to dental anthropology
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
October 2024 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Anthropology
PACEA – GPR Human Past
Supervisors: Priscilla Bayle and Caroline Tokarski
Education
2012-2016 PhD in Biological Anthropology
University of Bordeaux
University of Bordeaux
University of Rennes 1
Professional Work Experience
Field Laboratory
2022-2024 Research fellow
Dunn lab, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
2022-2024 Research fellow
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
2022 (2 months) Postdoctoral researcher
PACEA, University of Bordeaux
2018-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral research fellow
School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
2016-2018 Fyssen postdoctoral research fellow
School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
2016 (3 months) Postdoctoral researcher
PACEA, University of Bordeaux
Archaeological Fieldwork Experience
- La Borie del Rey (since 2019, member of the scientific team)
Directors: Mathieu Langlais (PACEA) and Jean-Baptiste Mallye (PACEA)
- Le Piage (since 2016, member of the scientific team)
Directors: Jean-Guillaume Bordes (PACEA) and Foni Le Brun-Ricalens (CNRA)
- Fournol (2017-2018, member of the scientific team)
Director: André Morala (PACEA)
- Sirogne (2017, member of the scientific team)
Director: Priscilla Bayle (PACEA)
- Beg-er-Vil (05/2013)
Director: Grégor Marchand (CREAAH)
- Bressilien (07/2011)
Director: Joseph Le Gall (INRAP Bretagne)
- Les Vallées (06/2010)
Director: Briagell Huet (CREAAH)
- Menez-Dregan (08/2008 and 08/2010)
Director: Jean-Laurent Monnier (CREAAH)
Technical Skills
MicroCT and 3D imaging (dental and bone acquisitions, image processing, segmentation, analyses of dental tissue proportions and enamel thickness with Avizo, Dragonfly, and ImageJ)
Morphometry (3D geometric morphometrics and shape analysis of enamel-dentine junction with Viewbox and MorphoJ)
Histology (dental and bone sectioning, analyses of dental microstructures with Cell and QuPath)
Microwear (impressions of dental occlusal surfaces, 3D dental microwear texture analysis using Sfrax and Toothfrax)
Publications
Airvaux, Jean, and Mona Le Luyer. “Les traces anthropiques sur les vestiges humains de la grotte de La Marche. ” Thanat’Os, vol. 6, in press, pp. 139-156.
Augoyard, Mathilde, et al. “Evaluation of age, sex, and ancestry-related variation in cortical bone and dentine volumes in modern humans, and a preliminary assessment of cortical bone-dentine covariation in later Homo.” Journal of Anthropological Sciences, vol. 101, 2023, pp. 143-169. https://doi.org/10.4436/jass.10019.
Le Luyer, Mona, et al. “How well do parents identify their child's baby teeth? Engagement and accuracy of parent-reported information on a tooth checklist survey.” Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 52, 2024, pp. 731-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12971.
Le Luyer, Mona, et al. “Mandible and teeth characterization of the Gravettian child from Gargas, France. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, vol. 34, 2022, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.4000/bmsap.9810.
Le Luyer, Mona, and Priscilla Bayle. “The Tooth Fairy collection (la collection Petite souris), a sample of documented human deciduous teeth at the University of Bordeaux, France.” American Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol. 177, 2022, pp. 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24405.
Le Luyer, Mona, Jean Airvaux, and Dominique Henry-Gambier. “Les dents humaines magdaléniennes de la grotte de La Marche (Lussac-Les-Châteaux, Vienne, France).” PALEO, vol. 31, 2021, pp. 158-186. https://doi.org/10.4000/paleo.6267.
McFarlane, Gina, et al. “Enamel daily secretion rates of deciduous molars from a global sample of modern children.” Archives of Oral Biology, vol. 132, 2021, pp. 105290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2021.105290.
Posth, Cosimo, et al. “Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.” Nature, vol. 615, 2023, pp. 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05726-0.