Elisabeth S. Vrba

12.9k citations
61 papers · 7.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37
Topics
Evolution and Paleontology Studies (30 papers)Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers)Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

Elisabeth S. Vrba

59 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form1982202619962011198210002.0k3.0k

Peers

Elisabeth S. Vrba
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
  • Paleontology 3.0k
  • Ecology 1.9k
  • Anthropology 1.8k
  • Genetics 1.5k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.3k
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All Works

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2 16
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4 42
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8 58
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Environment and evolution: alternative causes of the temporal distribution of evolutionary events
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African Bovidae: evolutionary events since the Miocene
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Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Formbreakdown →
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Age of the chiwondo beds northern malawi
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About Elisabeth S. Vrba

Elisabeth S. Vrba is a scholar working on Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology, having authored 61 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (30 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (20 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.0k citations), Anthropology (1.8k citations) and Ecological Modeling (358 citations). Elisabeth S. Vrba has collaborated with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Jay Gould, Manuel Hérnandez Fernández, David Degusta, Niles Eldredge, Giday WoldeGabriel, Tim D. White, William K. Hart, Paul R. Renne, J. Desmond Clark and Jean de Heinzelin. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

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