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Kevin D. Hunt

Psychology · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and ReproductionPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentHuman-Animal Interaction Studies

Publications

122

Citations

5,284

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

44

Publishing since 1983

Research summary
AI-generated

Kevin D. Hunt studies primate behavior and evolution, with a focus on chimpanzees and how their anatomy and behavior—such as suspensory (arm-hanging) movement and knee structure—inform our understanding of the origins of human walking on two legs. His work spans field primatology, functional anatomy, and human evolutionary biology, including a book-length study of chimpanzees. (Note: some listed publications, such as those on valves, muscular dystrophy, or mowing machines, appear to belong to other authors sharing the name.)

Primate behavior and ecologyChimpanzee biologyEvolution of human bipedalismFunctional anatomy and locomotionHuman evolution and paleoanthropology

Publication output was low-to-moderate for most of the decade but spiked sharply in 2020 (largely book chapters from a single volume), then dropped to roughly one to three items per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
172018: 5 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 31 publications31202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×23
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology×2
  • Journal of Anthropological Research×2
  • International Journal of Primatology×2
  • Journal of Anatomy×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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