Lee R. Berger

Lee R. Berger publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Lee R. Berger D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 2020 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Best Publications

• Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa

  Lee R. Berger;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid

  733
  Citations

• Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

  Lee R Berger;John Hawks;Darryl J de Ruiter;Steven E Churchill

  653
  Citations

• Australopithecus sediba Hand Demonstrates Mosaic Evolution of Locomotor and Manipulative Abilities

  Tracy L. Kivell;Job M. Kibii;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid

  299
  Citations

• The Foot and Ankle of Australopithecus sediba

  Bernhard Zipfel;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Robert S. Kidd;Robert S. Kidd;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

  251
  Citations

• Body proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus and the origin of the genus Homo

  Henry M. McHenry;Lee R. Berger

  245
  Citations

• The diet of Australopithecus sediba

  Amanda G. Henry;Peter S. Ungar;Peter S. Ungar;Benjamin H. Passey;Matt Sponheimer;Matt Sponheimer

  240
  Citations

• Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo

  Robyn Pickering;Robyn Pickering;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Zubair Jinnah;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  238
  Citations

• Geological Setting and Age of Australopithecus sediba from Southern Africa

  Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Job M. Kibii;Brian F. Kuhn;Christine Steininger

  235
  Citations

• The Endocast of MH1, Australopithecus sediba

  Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson;Dietrich Stout;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

  227
  Citations

• Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

  Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Paul H.G.M. Dirks;Lee R. Berger;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Jan D. Kramers

  217
  Citations

• A Partial Pelvis of Australopithecus sediba

  Job M. Kibii;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Peter Schmid;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

  202
  Citations

• The Lower Limb and Mechanics of Walking in Australopithecus sediba

  Jeremy M. DeSilva;Jeremy M. DeSilva;Kenneth G. Holt;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson

  197
  Citations

• Leopards as Taphonomic Agents in Dolomitic Caves—Implications for Bone Accumulations in the Hominid-bearing Deposits of South Africa

  Darryl J de Ruiter;Lee R Berger

  188
  Citations

• New fossil remains of Homo naledi from the Lesedi Chamber, South Africa

  John Hawks;John Hawks;Marina Elliott;Peter Schmid;Peter Schmid;Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill

  179
  Citations

• The hand of Homo naledi

  Tracy L. Kivell;Andrew S. Deane;Matthew W. Tocheri;Caley M. Orr

  164
  Citations

• The Upper Limb of Australopithecus sediba

  Steven E. Churchill;Steven E. Churchill;Trenton W. Holliday;Trenton W. Holliday;Kristian J. Carlson;Kristian J. Carlson;Tea Jashashvili;Tea Jashashvili

  160
  Citations

• The foot of Homo naledi

  W. E. H. Harcourt-Smith;Z. Throckmorton;K. A. Congdon;K. A. Congdon;B. Zipfel

  158
  Citations

• Eagle involvement in accumulation of the Taung child fauna

  L.R. Berger;R.J. Clarke

  149
  Citations

• Examining criteria for identifying and differentiating fossil faunal assemblages accumulated by hyenas and hominins using extant hyenid accumulations

  B. F. Kuhn;B. F. Kuhn;L. R. Berger;J. D. Skinner

  148
  Citations

• Faunal assemblage seriation of southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil deposits.

  Jeffrey K. McKee;J. Francis Thackeray;Lee R. Berger

  132
  Citations