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Lars Werdelin publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Werdelin sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 153 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Lars Werdelin D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Werdelin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lars Werdelin is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the Earth and Planetary Sciences field, with a strong focus on paleontology. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to several subfields, including Paleontology, Anthropology, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Werdelin has published frequently in several scientific venues. Notable publication venues with multiple works include:

  • Annales Zoologici Fennici
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Quaternary International
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Several coauthors have frequently collaborated with Werdelin, including Michael V. Westbury, Ross Barnett, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Graham Gower, and Filipe Garrett Vieira. These coauthors have contributed to understanding complex evolutionary patterns and paleobiological history alongside Werdelin.

Recent publications demonstrate the range and depth of Werdelin's work across various aspects of carnivore evolution, paleogenomics, biogeography, and paleoecology. Some of the recent papers are:

  • Brain expansion in early hominins predicts carnivore extinctions in East Africa, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Hyena paleogenomes reveal a complex evolutionary history of cross-continental gene flow between spotted and cave hyena, 2020, Science Advances
  • A revision of the genus Crocuta (Mammalia, Hyaenidae), 2022, Palaeontographica Abteilung A
  • Early Pleistocene fauna of the Olteţ River Valley of Romania: Biochronological and biogeographic implications, 2020, Quaternary International
  • Reliable biogeography requires fossils: insights from a new species-level phylogeny of extinct and living carnivores, 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Spatial Response of Mammals to Late Quaternary Environmental Fluctuations

    Russell W. Graham;Ernest L. Lundelius;Mary Ann Graham;Erich K. Schroeder

  • A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group

    A.C. Kitchener;C. Breitenmoser-Würsten;E. Eizirik;A. Gentry

  • Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

    Lars Werdelin;William Joseph Sanders

  • The Origin and Evolution of Mammals

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  • The spread of grass-dominated habitats in Turkey and surrounding areas during the Cenozoic: Phytolith evidence

    Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Lars Werdelin;Else Marie Friis;Gerçek Saraç

  • Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns

    Lars Werdelin;Margaret E. Lewis

  • 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

  • The evolution of lynxes

    Lars Werdelin

  • Provinciality, diversity, turnover, and paleoecology in land mammal faunas of the later Miocene of western Eurasia

    M. Fortelius;Lars Werdelin;P. Andrews;R. L. Bernor

  • A revision of the genus Dinofelis (Mammalia, Felidae)

    Lars Werdelin;Margaret E. Lewis

  • Constraint and adaptation in the bone-cracking canid Osteoborus (Mammalia: Canidae)

    Lars Werdelin

  • 87Sr/86Sr, Na, F, Sr, and La in skeletal fish debris as a measure of the paleosalinity of fossil-fish habitats

    Birger Schmitz;Göran Åberg;Lars Werdelin;Peter Forey

  • Temporal Change in Functional Richness and Evenness in the Eastern African Plio-Pleistocene Carnivoran Guild

    Lars Werdelin;Margaret E. Lewis

  • The evolution of the scrotum and testicular descent in mammals: a phylogenetic view.

    Lars Werdelin;Åsa Nilsonne

  • Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe

    Alan Turner;Mauricio Antón;Lars Werdelin

  • Jaw geometry and molar morphology in marsupial carnivores: analysis of a constraint and its macroevolutionary consequences

    Lars Werdelin

  • Evolution of the mane and group-living in the lion ( Panthera leo ): a review

    Nobuyuki Yamaguchi;Alan Cooper;Lars Werdelin;David W. Macdonald

  • A peculiar climbing Megalonychidae from the Pleistocene of Peru and its implication for sloth history

    François Pujos;François Pujos;Gerardo De Iuliis;Christine Argot;Lars Werdelin

  • Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)

    Lars Werdelin;Nobuyuki Yamaguchi;Warren E. Johnson;Stephen J. O'Brien

  • An ecometric analysis of the fossil mammal record of the Turkana Basin.

    Mikael Fortelius;Indrė Žliobaitė;Ferhat Kaya;Faysal Bibi

  • Revealing the maternal demographic history of Panthera leo using ancient DNA and a spatially explicit genealogical analysis.

    Ross Barnett;Nobuyuki Yamaguchi;Beth Shapiro;Simon Y.W. Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki
Nikos Solounias
Nikos Solounias New York Institute of Technology
Søren Faurby
Søren Faurby University of Gothenburg
Andrew C. Kitchener
Andrew C. Kitchener National Museums Scotland
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Lee R. Berger
Lee R. Berger James Cook University
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Colin P. Groves
Colin P. Groves Australian National University
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Meave G. Leakey
Meave G. Leakey Stony Brook University

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