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W. Kimbel

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W. Kimbel — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 39
Works: 99
Citations: 6,096

Most-cited papers

A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia
Z. Alemseged, Fred Spoor, W. Kimbel, R. Bobe +3 more
2006Nature393 citations
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Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia
B. Villmoare, W. Kimbel, C. Seyoum, C. Campisano +5 more
2015Science361 citations
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Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia
W. Kimbel, R. Walter, D. Johanson, K. Reed +13 more
1996333 citations
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Species, Species Concepts and Primate Evolution
W. Kimbel, Lawrence B. Martin
1993Advances in Primatology302 citations
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New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
D. Johanson, F. Masao, G. Eck, T. White +6 more
1987Nature296 citations
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Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets
M. Sponheimer, Z. Alemseged, T. Cerling, F. Grine +7 more
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America258 citations Open access
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"Lucy" redux: a review of research on Australopithecus afarensis.
W. Kimbel, Lucas K. Delezene
2009American Journal of Physical Anthropology246 citations Open access
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The first skull and other new discoveries of Australopithecus afarensis at Hadar, Ethiopia
W. Kimbel, D. Johanson, Y. Rak
1994Nature204 citations
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Complete Fourth Metatarsal and Arches in the Foot of Australopithecus afarensis
C. Ward, W. Kimbel, D. Johanson
2011Science188 citations
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Morphometrics and hominoid phylogeny: Support for a chimpanzee-human clade and differentiation among great ape subspecies.
Charles A. Lockwood, W. Kimbel, J. M. Lynch
2004Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America182 citations Open access
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Systematic assessment of a maxilla of Homo from Hadar, Ethiopia.
W. Kimbel, D. Johanson, Y. Rak
1997American Journal of Physical Anthropology175 citations
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Randomization procedures and sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus afarensis
Charles A. Lockwood, B. Richmond, W. Jungers, W. Kimbel
1996173 citations
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Australopithecus africanus: Its Phyletic Position Reconsidered
T. D. White, D. Johanson, W. Kimbel
1983170 citations
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Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record.
W. Kimbel, Charles A. Lockwood, C. Ward, M. Leakey +2 more
2006Journal of Human Evolution168 citations
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Temporal trends and metric variation in the mandibles and dentition of Australopithecus afarensis.
Charles A. Lockwood, W. Kimbel, D. Johanson
2000Journal of Human Evolution142 citations
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A Neandertal infant from Amud Cave, Israel
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, E. Hovers
1994141 citations
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The Skull Of Australopithecus Afarensis
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak, D. Johanson, R. Holloway +1 more
2004136 citations
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Variation in the pattern of cranial venous sinuses and hominid phylogeny.
W. Kimbel
1984American Journal of Physical Anthropology125 citations
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TL Dates for the Neanderthal Site of the Amud Cave, Israel
H. Valladas, N. Mercier, L. Froget, E. Hovers +3 more
1999116 citations
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New postcranial fossils of Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia (1990-2007).
C. Ward, W. Kimbel, Elizabeth H. Harmon, D. Johanson
2012Journal of Human Evolution113 citations
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Associated cranial and forelimb remains attributed to Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia.
M. Drapeau, C. Ward, W. Kimbel, D. Johanson +1 more
2005Journal of Human Evolution112 citations
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The Importance of Species Taxa in Paleoanthropology and an Argument for the Phylogenetic Concept of the Species Category
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
1993109 citations
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Diet of Australopithecus afarensis from the Pliocene Hadar Formation, Ethiopia
J. Wynn, M. Sponheimer, W. Kimbel, Z. Alemseged +3 more
2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America108 citations Open access
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The evolutionary history of the human face
R. Lacruz, C. Stringer, W. Kimbel, B. Wood +4 more
2019Nature Ecology & Evolution102 citations Open access
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Pliocene hominid cranial remains from the Hadar formation, Ethiopia
W. Kimbel, D. Johanson, Y. Coppens
198283 citations
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Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth
P. Gunz, Simon Neubauer, D. Falk, P. Tafforeau +5 more
2020Science Advances81 citations Open access
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Variation and diversity in Homo erectus: a 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the temporal bone.
C. Terhune, W. Kimbel, Charles A. Lockwood
2007Journal of Human Evolution73 citations
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Subnasal morphological variation in extant hominoids and fossil hominids
Melanie A. McCollum, F. Grine, S. Ward, W. Kimbel
199362 citations
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A new hominin from the Basal Member of the Hadar Formation, Dikika, Ethiopia, and its geological context.
Z. Alemseged, J. Wynn, W. Kimbel, Denné N. Reed +2 more
2005Journal of Human Evolution60 citations
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From Australopithecus to Homo: the transition that wasn't†
W. Kimbel, B. Villmoare
2016Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences57 citations Open access
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The cranial base of Australopithecus afarensis: new insights from the female skull
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
2010Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences57 citations Open access
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Endocast morphology of Hadar hominid AL 162–28
R. Holloway, W. Kimbel
1986Nature55 citations
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Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial base
W. Kimbel, G. Suwa, B. Asfaw, Y. Rak +1 more
2014Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America50 citations Open access
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Identification of a partial cranium of Australopithecus afarensis from the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya
W. Kimbel
198847 citations
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Dietary flexibility of Australopithecus afarensis in the face of paleoecological change during the middle Pliocene: Faunal evidence from Hadar, Ethiopia.
J. Wynn, K. Reed, M. Sponheimer, W. Kimbel +3 more
2016Journal of Human Evolution46 citations Open access
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Species, species concepts and hominid evolution: A Theory of Human and Primate Evolution. By Colin Groves (1989). New York: Oxford University Press. xii+375 pp. $75.00. ISBN 0-19-857629-3
W. Kimbel
199146 citations
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The pygmy chimpanzee is not a living missing link in human evolution
B. Latimer, T. White, W. Kimbel, D. Johanson +1 more
198145 citations
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The Origin of Homo
W. Kimbel
200942 citations
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Australopithecus sediba and the emergence of Homo: Questionable evidence from the cranium of the juvenile holotype MH 1.
W. Kimbel, Y. Rak
2017Journal of Human Evolution39 citations
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7 The Species and Diversity of Australopiths
W. Kimbel
200739 citations
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Cranial vault thickness in primates: Homo erectus does not have uniquely thick vault bones.
L. Copes, W. Kimbel
2016Journal of Human Evolution31 citations Open access
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Palaeoanthropology: Hesitation on hominin history
W. Kimbel
2013Nature27 citations
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The DNH 7 skull of Australopithecus robustus from Drimolen (Main Quarry), South Africa.
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, J. Moggi-Cecchi, Charles A. Lockwood +1 more
2020Journal of Human Evolution25 citations
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On the Phylogenetic Analysis of Early Hominids
W. Kimbel, T. White, D. Johanson, L. Yaroch +2 more
1986Current Anthropology25 citations
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Evolution of the mandibular third premolar crown in early Australopithecus.
Lucas K. Delezene, W. Kimbel
2011Journal of Human Evolution24 citations
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Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo
Thomas W. Davies, P. Gunz, Fred Spoor, Z. Alemseged +7 more
2024Nature Communications23 citations Open access
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The Human Fossil Record, Vol. 3. Brain Endocasts: The Paleoneurological Evidence. Ralph L. Holloway , Douglas C. Broadfield , Michael S. Yuan , Jeffrey H. Schwartz , Ian Tattersall
W. Kimbel
200522 citations
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Premolar microwear and tooth use in Australopithecus afarensis.
Lucas K. Delezene, M. Zolnierz, M. Teaford, W. Kimbel +2 more
2013Journal of Human Evolution21 citations
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On Neandertal autapomorphies discernible in Neandertal infants: a response to Creed-Mileset al.
Y. Rak, W. Kimbel, E. Hovers
199621 citations
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CT-based study of internal structure of the anterior pillar in extinct hominins and its implications for the phylogeny of robust Australopithecus
B. Villmoare, W. Kimbel
2011Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America17 citations Open access
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