2026 Philipp Gunz: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	50	3756	3621	210	206	174	13658

Overview

Philipp Gunz is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed to the study of human evolution and related fields through extensive research and publication. Their work focuses primarily on Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, evolution and paleontology studies, morphological variations and asymmetry, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, as well as primate behavior and ecology.

The scientist's publications are found in a variety of notable venues, reflecting a diverse yet specialized research scope. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Human Evolution, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Science Advances.

Some key recent papers authored or coauthored by Philipp Gunz are:

Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth (2020, Science Advances)
Evolution of brain lateralization: A shared hominid pattern of endocranial asymmetry is much more variable in humans than in great apes (2020, Science Advances)
Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86-68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos (2023, Nature Communications)
A morphometric comparison of the parietal lobe in modern humans and Neanderthals (2020, Journal of Human Evolution)
The upper limb of Paranthropus boisei from Ileret, Kenya (2020, Journal of Human Evolution)

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Jean-Jacques Hublin, Sarah E. Freidline, Simon Neubauer, Alexandra Schuh, and Tobias Gräßle, highlighting interdisciplinary connections within paleoanthropological and evolutionary research.

Their research is anchored within the broad category of Social Sciences with particular specialization in Anthropology, Paleontology, Archeology, Geometry and Topology, and Social Psychology. This multidisciplinary approach supports insights into evolutionary biology, brain development, and hominin morphology.

Main research topics covered by Philipp Gunz include:

Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Morphological variations and asymmetry
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Dental development and anomalies
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Best Publications

Advances in Geometric Morphometrics

Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Gunz

1579
Citations
New fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco and the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

Jean Jacques Hublin;Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer;Shara E. Bailey;Sarah E. Freidline

1374
Citations
Semilandmarks: a method for quantifying curves and surfaces

Philipp Gunz;Philipp Mitteroecker

912
Citations
Comparison of cranial ontogenetic trajectories among great apes and humans

Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Gunz;Markus Bernhard;Katrin Schaefer

683
Citations
Principles for the virtual reconstruction of hominin crania

Philipp Gunz;Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Mitteroecker;Simon Neubauer;Gerhard W. Weber

526
Citations
Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter?

Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

494
Citations
Cranial integration in Homo: singular warps analysis of the midsagittal plane in ontogeny and evolution.

Fred L Bookstein;Fred L Bookstein;Philipp Gunz;Philipp Mitterœcker;Hermann Prossinger

464
Citations
Geometric Morphometrics

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426
Citations
A brief review of shape, form, and allometry in geometric morphometrics, with applications to human facial morphology

Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Gunz;Sonja Windhager;Katrin Schaefer

424
Citations
The evolution of modern human brain shape

Simon Neubauer;Jean-Jacques Hublin;Philipp Gunz

358
Citations
Brain development after birth differs between Neanderthals and modern humans

Philipp Gunz;Simon Neubauer;Bruno Maureille;Jean-Jacques Hublin

344
Citations
Heterochrony and geometric morphometrics: a comparison of cranial growth in Pan paniscus versus Pan troglodytes

Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Gunz;Fred L. Bookstein;Fred L. Bookstein

277
Citations
Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans

Israel Hershkovitz;Israel Hershkovitz;Ofer Marder;Avner Ayalon;Miryam Bar-Matthews

274
Citations
Early modern human diversity suggests subdivided population structure and a complex out-of-Africa scenario

Philipp Gunz;Fred L. Bookstein;Philipp Mitteroecker;Andrea Stadlmayr

261
Citations
Second to fourth digit ratio and face shape

Bernhard Fink;Karl Grammer;Philipp Mitteroecker;Philipp Gunz

245
Citations
Endocranial shape changes during growth in chimpanzees and humans: a morphometric analysis of unique and shared aspects.

Simon Neubauer;Philipp Gunz;Jean-Jacques Hublin

234
Citations
The pattern of endocranial ontogenetic shape changes in humans

Simon Neubauer;Philipp Gunz;Jean-Jacques Hublin

226
Citations
Reconstructed Homo habilis type OH 7 suggests deep-rooted species diversity in early Homo

Fred Spoor;Philipp Gunz;Simon Neubauer;Stefanie Stelzer

216
Citations
A uniquely modern human pattern of endocranial development. Insights from a new cranial reconstruction of the Neandertal newborn from Mezmaiskaya

Philipp Gunz;Simon Neubauer;Lubov Golovanova;Vladimir Doronichev

215
Citations
The Neanderthal “chignon”: Variation, integration, and homology

Philipp Gunz;Katerina Harvati

179
Citations
Evolution of the base of the brain in highly encephalized human species

Markus Bastir;Antonio Rosas;Philipp Gunz;Angel Peña-Melian

173
Citations
Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and Why does it matter?

Eleanor M.L. Scerri;Mark G. Thomas;Andrea Manica;Philipp Gunz

11
Citations
The evolution of modern human brain shape

Neubauer S;Hublin J-J;Gunz P

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Hublin Collège de France

Matthew M. Skinner Max Planck Society

Katerina Harvati University of Tübingen

David R. Begun University of Toronto

Huw S. Groucutt Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Avner Ayalon Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Richard Durbin University of Cambridge

Svante Pääbo Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society

Han G. Brunner Radboud University

External Links

Personal website of Philipp Gunz

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