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David Lordkipanidze

David Lordkipanidze

David Lordkipanidze publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Lordkipanidze sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

David Lordkipanidze D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Lordkipanidze sits on this spectrum.

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The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

David Lordkipanidze is affiliated with the Georgian National Museum in Georgia and has a substantial publication record primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Anthropology, Paleontology, Genetics, Archeology, and Ecology. The main topics of their work focus on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forensic and Genetic Research, and Genetic diversity and population structure.

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Nature
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Notable recent papers include:

  • Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia, 2024, Nature
  • The dental proteome of Homo antecessor, 2020, Nature
  • The primitive brain of early Homo, 2021, Science
  • Population genomics of postglacial western eurasia, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment, 2021, Current Biology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with David Lordkipanidze include:

  • Maia Bukhsianidze
  • Lorenzo Rook
  • Omar Cirilli
  • Raymond L. Bernor
  • Carles Lalueza-Fox

David Lordkipanidze has been recognized by professional bodies, holding memberships such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (2010)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)

Best Publications

  • Earliest Pleistocene hominid cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: taxonomy, geological setting, and age.

    Leo Gabunia;Abesalom Vekua;David Lordkipanidze;Carl C. Swisher

  • Postcranial evidence from early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

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

  • A complete skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, and the evolutionary biology of early Homo.

    David Lordkipanidze;Marcia S. Ponce de León;Ann Margvelashvili;Yoel Rak

  • A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

    Abesalom Vekua;David Lordkipanidze;G. Philip Rightmire;Jordi Agusti

  • Anatomical descriptions, comparative studies and evolutionary significance of the hominin skulls from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia.

    G. Philip Rightmire;David Lordkipanidze;Abesalom Vekua

  • Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus

    Patrick McGovern;Mindia Jalabadze;Stephen Batiuk;Michael P. Callahan

  • Earliest human occupations at Dmanisi (Georgian Caucasus) dated to 1.85-1.78 Ma.

    Reid Ferring;Oriol Oms;Jordi Agustí;Francesco Berna

  • Anthropology: the earliest toothless hominin skull.

    David Lordkipanidze;Abesalom Vekua;Reid Ferring;G. Philip Rightmire

  • Dental evidence on the hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene

    María Martinón-Torres;J. M. Bermúdez De Castro;Aida Gómez-Robles;J. L. Arsuaga

  • Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain : Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution

    W. Krijgsman;A. Tesakov;T. Yanina;S. Lazarev

  • Dmanisi and dispersal

    Leo Gabunia;Susan C. Antón;David Lordkipanidze;Abesalom Vekua

  • Découverte d'un nouvel hominidé à Dmanissi (Transcaucasie, Géorgie)

    Léo Gabounia;Marie-Antoinette de Lumley;Abesalom Vekua;David Lordkipanidze

  • A fourth hominin skull from Dmanisi, Georgia.

    David Lordkipanidze;Abesalom Vekua;Reid Ferring;G. Philip Rightmire;G. Philip Rightmire

  • Dental remains from Dmanisi (Republic of Georgia): morphological analysis and comparative study.

    María Martinón-Torres;José María Bermúdez de Castro;Aida Gómez-Robles;Ann Margvelashvili

  • Datation par la méthode 40Ar / 39Ar de la couche de cendres volcaniques (couche VI) de Dmanissi (Géorgie) qui a livré des restes d'hominidés fossiles de 1,81 Ma

    Henry de Lumley;David Lordkipanidze;Gilbert Féraud;Tristan Garcia

  • Hominin occupations at the Dmanisi site, Georgia, Southern Caucasus: raw materials and technical behaviours of Europe's first hominins.

    Ana Mgeladze;David Lordkipanidze;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Jackie Despriee

  • Late Quaternary record of the vegetation and catchment-related changes from Lake Paravani (Javakheti, South Caucasus)

    Erwan Messager;Soumaya Belmecheri;Ulrich Von Grafenstein;Sébastien Nomade

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

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

  • Multiple origins of Bondi Cave and Ortvale Klde (NW Georgia) obsidians and human mobility in Transcaucasia during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic

    François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec;Sébastien Nomade;Gérard Poupeau;Gérard Poupeau;Hervé Guillou

  • How “African” was the early human dispersal out of Africa?

    Jordi Agustí;David Lordkipanidze

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Rook
Lorenzo Rook University of Florence
Jordi Agustí
Jordi Agustí Rovira i Virgili University
Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Marie-Hélène Moncel National Museum of Natural History
Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro
Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Oriol Oms
Oriol Oms Autonomous University of Barcelona
Anna Belfer-Cohen
Anna Belfer-Cohen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
María Martinón-Torres
María Martinón-Torres University College London
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen

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