2026 Craig S. Feibel: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	45	4363	4011	1690	1502	145	10104

Overview

Craig S. Feibel is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a total of 37 publications. Within this main field, their work extends into several subfields including Paleontology, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The research topics addressed by Feibel cover diverse aspects of ancient environmental and evolutionary studies. These main topics include:

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Geological formations and processes
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Feibel has co-authored extensively with several researchers. Frequent collaborators include:

Catherine Beck (24 co-authored works)
Andrew S. Cohen (8 co-authored works)
Sara Mana (8 co-authored works)
Gregory Henkes (8 co-authored works)
Gary E. Stinchcomb (8 co-authored works)

Their publication record features contributions in a variety of academic venues. Notably, they have published 17 papers in the Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, 3 papers in Nature, and multiple papers in other outlets such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Journal of Human Evolution, and Scientific Reports.

Among recent papers, several stand out, demonstrating the focus on climate, environmental context, and evolutionary implications during the Pleistocene epoch:

Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene (2022), published in Scientific Reports
Abrupt climate change and its influences on hominin evolution during the early Pleistocene in the Turkana Basin, Kenya (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling (2022), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Plio-Pleistocene environmental variability in Africa and its implications for mammalian evolution (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Orbital Influence on Precipitation, Fire, and Grass Community Composition From 1.87 to 1.38 Ma in the Turkana Basin, Kenya (2021), published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya

Sonia Harmand;Jason E. Lewis;Craig S. Feibel;Christopher J. Lepre

1274
Citations
2.5-million-year-old stone tools from Gona, Ethiopia

S. Semaw;P. Renne;J. W.K. Harris;Craig Feibel

906
Citations
New four-million-year-old hominid species from Kanapoi and Allia Bay, Kenya

Meave G. Leakey;Craig S. Feibel;Ian McDougall;Alan Walker

832
Citations
An earlier origin for the Acheulian

Christopher J. Lepre;Hélène Roche;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;Sonia Harmand

611
Citations
Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo group deposits: northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Craig S. Feibel;Francis H. Brown;Ian McDougall

569
Citations
Pleistocene milestones on the out-of-Africa corridor at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, israel.

Naama Goren-Inbar;Craig S. Feibel;Kenneth L. Verosub;Yoel Melamed

469
Citations
Early hominid stone tool production and technical skill 2.34 Myr ago in West Turkana, Kenya.

Hélène Roche;Anne Delagnes;Jean-Philip Brugal;C. Feibel

443
Citations
New specimens and confirmation of an early age for Australopithecus anamensis

Meave G. Leakey;Craig S. Feibel;Ian McDougall;Carol Ward

345
Citations
New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo

Meave G. Leakey;Fred Spoor;M. Christopher Dean;Craig S. Feibel

230
Citations
Changing patterns of land use by Plio-Pleistocene hominids in the Lake Turkana Basin

Michael J. Rogers;John W.K. Harris;Craig S. Feibel

213
Citations
Spatial Organization of Hominin Activities at Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Israel

Nira Alperson-Afil;Gonen Sharon;Mordechai Kislev;Yoel Melamed

199
Citations
Lothagam: a record of faunal change in the late Miocene of East Africa

Meave G. Leakey;Craig S. Feibel;Raymond L. Bernor;John M. Harris

193
Citations
Revision of lithostratigraphic nomenclature in the Koobi Fora region, Kenya

F. H. Brown;C. S. Feibel

186
Citations
A Geological History of the Turkana Basin

Craig S. Feibel

168
Citations
Les sites archéologiques plio-pléistocènes de la formation de Nachukui, Ouest-Turkana, Kenya: bilan synthétique 1997-2001

Hélène Roche;Jean-Philip Brugal;Anne Delagnes;Craig Feibel

163
Citations
Numerical Age Control for the Miocene-Pliocene Succession at Lothagam, a Hominoid-bearing Sequence in the Northern Kenya Rift

I.A.N. McDOUGALL;Craig S. Feibel

163
Citations
The Acheulian Site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: the wood assemblage

Naama Goren-Inbar;Ella Werker;Craig S. Feibel

133
Citations
The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project : High-Resolution Paleoclimate Records from the East African Rift System and Their Implications for Understanding the Environmental Context of Hominin Evolution

Christopher J. Campisano;Andrew S. Cohen;J. Ramon Arrowsmith;Asfawossen Asrat

133
Citations
The Age of the 20 Meter Solo River Terrace, Java, Indonesia and the Survival of Homo erectus in Asia

Etty Indriati;Carl C. Swisher;Christopher Lepre;Christopher Lepre;Rhonda L. Quinn;Rhonda L. Quinn

124
Citations
An astronomically-tuned climate framework for hominins in the Turkana Basin

Josephine C.A. Joordens;Josephine C.A. Joordens;Hubert B. Vonhof;Craig S. Feibel;Lucas J. Lourens

119
Citations
Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins

Craig S. Feibel

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona

Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center

James M. Russell Brown University

Hubert B. Vonhof Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Robin W. Renaut University of Saskatchewan

Henry F. Lamb Aberystwyth University

Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes

Richard Potts National Museum of Natural History

Jean-Jacques Tiercelin Géosciences Rennes

James D. Wright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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