2026 Meave G. Leakey: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	53	4171	3992	1577	1455	100	13681

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

2593
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
Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins

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

652
Citations
New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages.

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

583
Citations
Implications of New Early Homo Fossils From Ileret, East of Lake Turkana, Kenya

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

412
Citations
Inactivation of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase occurred prior to brain expansion during human evolution

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

410
Citations
Browsing and grazing in elephants: the isotope record of modern and fossil proboscideans

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

379
Citations
New specimens and confirmation of an early age for Australopithecus anamensis

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

345
Citations
Morphology of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi and Allia Bay, Kenya

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

326
Citations
Lothagam : the dawn of humanity in eastern Africa

Meave G. Leakey;John Michael Harris

322
Citations
Diet of Paranthropus boisei in the early Pleistocene of East Africa

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

306
Citations
Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets

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

306
Citations
Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins

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

274
Citations
Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene localities west of Lake Turkana, Kenya

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

263
Citations
The retention of primary oxygen isotope compositions of fossil elephant skeletal phosphate

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

242
Citations
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

240
Citations
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

237
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
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

211
Citations
The new hominid speciesAustralopithecus anamensis

Carol Ward;Meave Leakey;Alan Walker

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
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

183
Citations
Comparative dental development and microstructure of Proconsul teeth from Rusinga Island, Kenya

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

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thure E. Cerling University of Utah

John Harris Newcastle University

Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University

Craig S. Feibel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Francis H. Brown University of Utah

Nina G. Jablonski Pennsylvania State University

Matt Sponheimer University of Colorado Boulder

Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ian McDougall Australian National University

Mikael Fortelius University of Helsinki

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