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Meave G. Leakey publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Meave G. Leakey sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 100 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Meave G. Leakey D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Meave G. Leakey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Meave G. Leakey is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Social Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their subfields of focus include Anthropology, Paleontology, Ecology, Archeology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Leakey's work include:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry

Leakey's recent publications highlight contributions across paleontology and human evolution. Selected papers include:

  • "40 Ar/ 39 Ar eruption ages of Turkana Basin tuffs: millennial-scale resolution constrains palaeoclimate proxy tuning models and hominin fossil ages" (2023), Journal of the Geological Society
  • "Hominin dental remains from the Pliocene localities at Lomekwi, Kenya (1982-2009)" (2020), Journal of Human Evolution
  • "A 4.3-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis mandible from Ileret, East Turkana, Kenya, and its paleoenvironmental context" (2024), Journal of Human Evolution
  • "Mid-Pliocene hominin diversity revisited" (2024), Comptes Rendus Palevol
  • "New fossils reveal the hand of Paranthropus boisei" (2025), Nature

Several venues frequently publish Leakey's research, such as:

  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Comptes Rendus Palevol
  • Nature
  • Palaeovertebrata

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors including Louise Leakey, Frank H. Brown, Fred Spoor, Carrie S. Mongle, and Craig S. Feibel.

In 2013, Meave G. Leakey was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary

    Thure E. Cerling;John M. Harris;Bruce J. MacFadden;Meave G. Leakey

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

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

  • Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins

    Christopher Dean;Meave G. Leakey;Donald Reid;Friedemann Schrenk

  • New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages.

    Meave G. Leakey;Fred Spoor;Frank H. Brown;Patrick N. Gathogo

  • Implications of New Early Homo Fossils From Ileret, East of Lake Turkana, Kenya

    Fed Spoor;Meave Leakey;P Gathogo;F H Brown

  • Inactivation of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase occurred prior to brain expansion during human evolution

    Hsun Hua Chou;Toshiyuki Hayakawa;Sandra Diaz;Matthias Krings

  • Browsing and grazing in elephants: the isotope record of modern and fossil proboscideans

    Thure E. Cerling;John M. Harris;Meave G. Leakey

  • New specimens and confirmation of an early age for Australopithecus anamensis

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

  • Morphology of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi and Allia Bay, Kenya

    C.V. Ward;M.G. Leakey;A. Walker

  • Lothagam : the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa

    Meave G. Leakey;John Michael Harris

  • Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa

    Thure E. Cerling;Emma Mbua;Francis M. Kirera;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi

  • Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets

    Matt Sponheimer;Zeresenay Alemseged;Thure E. Cerling;Frederick E. Grine

  • Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins

    Thure E. Cerling;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi;Emma N. Mbua;Louise N. Leakey

  • Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene localities west of Lake Turkana, Kenya

    John M. Harris;Frank H. Brown;Meave G. Leakey

  • The retention of primary oxygen isotope compositions of fossil elephant skeletal phosphate

    L.K Ayliffe;A.R Chivas;M.G Leakey

  • Dietary and environmental reconstruction with stable isotope analyses of herbivore tooth enamel from the Miocene locality of Fort Ternan, Kenya

    Thure E. Cerling;John M. Harris;Stanley H. Ambrose;Meave G. Leakey

  • Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

    Thure E. Cerling;Samuel A. Andanje;Scott A. Blumenthal;Francis H. Brown

  • 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

  • Late Miocene to Pliocene carbon isotope record of differential diet change among East African herbivores

    Kevin T. Uno;Thure E. Cerling;John M. Harris;Yutaka Kunimatsu

  • The new hominid speciesAustralopithecus anamensis

    Carol Ward;Meave Leakey;Alan Walker

  • 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

  • Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record

    William H. Kimbel;William H. Kimbel;Charles A. Lockwood;Charles A. Lockwood;Carol V. Ward;Carol V. Ward;Meave G. Leakey;Meave G. Leakey

  • Comparative dental development and microstructure of Proconsul teeth from Rusinga Island, Kenya

    A.D Beynon;M.C Dean;M.G Leakey;D.J Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
John Harris
John Harris Newcastle University
Frederick E. Grine
Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University
Craig S. Feibel
Craig S. Feibel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francis H. Brown
Francis H. Brown University of Utah
Nina G. Jablonski
Nina G. Jablonski Pennsylvania State University
Matt Sponheimer
Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder
Benjamin H. Passey
Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Australian National University
Mikael Fortelius
Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki

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