Laura MacLatchy

Earth and Planetary Sciences · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1989

Evolution and Paleontology Studies Primate Behavior and Ecology Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Morphological variations and asymmetry

Publications

Citations

2,325

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1989

In context

Among 255 established Earth and Planetary Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 2,325cohort median 2,963

Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 19% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 13 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda
Science · 2023
Oldest evidence of abundant C <sub>4</sub> grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa
Science · 2023
Wooded grasslands flourished in Africa 21 million years ago – new research forces a rethink of ape evolution
2023
Herbivore isotopic dietary ecology of the middle Miocene Maboko Formation, Kenya
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2022
Hominoidea Morphology
2022
A chimpanzee enamel-diet δ13C enrichment factor and a refined enamel sampling strategy: Implications for dietary reconstructions
Journal of Human Evolution · 2021
Hominoidea Morphology
2021
EARLY MIOCENE EVIDENCE FOR C4 BIOMASS IN KENYA AND UGANDA
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · 2021
EARLY MIOCENE EVOLUTION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS AND C<sub>4</sub> VEGETATION IN EQUATORIAL EAST AFRICA
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · 2020
Early Miocene evolution of C4 vegetation and open ecosystems across equatorial East Africa
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts · 2020
Phylogeny, ancestors, and anagenesis in the hominin fossil record
Paleobiology · 2019
New hominoid fossils from Moroto II, Uganda and their bearing on the taxonomic and adaptive status of Morotopithecus bishopi
Journal of Human Evolution · 2019
Wrist morphology reveals substantial locomotor diversity among early catarrhines: an analysis of capitates from the early Miocene of Tinderet (Kenya)
Scientific Reports · 2019
Evidence for rapid faunal change in the early Miocene of East Africa based on revised biostratigraphic and radiometric dating of Bukwa, Uganda
Journal of Human Evolution · 2018
Environmental Change and African Early to Middle Miocene Catarrhine Evolution
The 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX · 2018

Publishes in

The 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX×6
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×5
American Journal of Biological Anthropology×4
Journal of Human Evolution×3
Science×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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