Lars Werdelin

Swedish Museum of Natural History — Sweden

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

46h-index6.3kcitations253works2.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Evolution and Paleontology Studies(168), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(74), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(58), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(49), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(27)

Publications253 total

Origin of adaptations to open environments and social behaviour in sabretoothed cats from the northeastern border of the Tibetan Plateau
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
When did spotted hyenas become social? Evidence from fossil endocasts
Journal of Mammalian Evolution·2025Open Access
A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025Open Access
East African uplift as a catalyst for Middle Miocene faunal transitions
Science Advances·2025Open Access
Author response for "A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora"
2025
Good Colonizers Diversify Faster
The American Naturalist·2025Open Access
Author response for "A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora"
2025
New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia
Nature·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora"
2025
Commentary: What's so interesting about sabertooths?
The Anatomical Record·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Palaeoecology of the Pliocene large carnivore guild at Hadar, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia
Journal of Human Evolution·2025Open Access
Using paleoclimatic range reconstructions to analyse historical space shifts of Striped and Brown Hyenas
2025Open Access
Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago
Nature Communications·2025· 10 citedOpen Access
A review of fossil Ictonychinae (Mustelidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa
KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)·2025Open Access
The hyena story: from ancient fossils to folktales and witchcraft
Annales Zoologici Fennici·2024· 1 cited
Double exposure: recollections of Björn Kurtén
Annales Zoologici Fennici·2024· 2 cited
Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China
Annales Zoologici Fennici·2024
Reliable biogeography requires fossils: insights from a new species-level phylogeny of extinct and living carnivores
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
A hyaena on stilts: comparison of the limb morphology of <i>Ictitherium ebu</i> (Mammalia: Hyaenidae) from the Late Miocene of Lothagam, Turkana Basin, Kenya with extant Canidae and Hyaenidae
PeerJ·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Hypercanines: Not just for sabertooths
The Anatomical Record·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Margaret E. Lewis(6), Mikael Fortelius(5), Raymond L. Bernor(4), Faysal Bibi(4), Nobuyuki Yamaguchi(4), Peter Andrews(3), Alan Turner(3), Nikos Solounias(2), Meave G. Leakey(2), Kathlyn M. Stewart(2), Alan W. Gentry(2), Suvi Viranta(2), Warren E. Johnson(2), Antoine Souron(2), Ki Andersson(2), Miranda Armour-Chelu(2), Björn Kurtén(2), John A. Long(2), Russell W. Graham(1), Ernest L. Lundelius(1)