Amelia Villaseñor Source Confirmed

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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13 h-index 33 pubs 775 cited

Research Areas

Human Evolution Research Paleoecology and Environmental Change Early Hominin Behavior Archaeological Technology Studies Mammalian Community Ecology Biotic Homogenization Studies Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

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Amelia Villaseñor's research investigates human evolution, focusing on early hominin behavior and paleoecology. Her work examines the environmental contexts and technological advancements associated with prehistoric human populations. Recent publications explore the association of Pliocene hominins with specific environments in the Turkana Basin, Kenya, and the early Oldowan technology during periods of environmental change. She also studies the impact of past extinction events on mammalian community structures, specifically the ecological consequences of Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions in North America. Further research addresses methodological challenges in aggregating and utilizing specimen-level trait data for interdisciplinary studies. Villaseñor has published 33 works, accumulating 775 citations and an h-index of 13.

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  • h-index: 13
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 775

Selected Publications

  • Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya (2025) DOI
  • ‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time (2025) DOI
  • Hominin Technology Flourished amid Pliocene Environmental Variance in the Turkana Basin (2024) DOI
  • Sex-biased sampling may influence Homo naledi tooth size variation (2024) DOI
  • The Zambia Rift Valley research project: Exploring human evolution at the crossroads of Africa (2023) DOI
  • Pliocene hominins from East Turkana were associated with mesic environments in a semiarid basin (2023) DOI
  • Late Pleistocene megafauna extinction leads to missing pieces of ecological space in a North American mammal community (2022) DOI
  • A solution to the challenges of interdisciplinary aggregation and use of specimen-level trait data (2022) DOI
  • Late quaternary biotic homogenization of North American mammalian faunas (2022) DOI

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Lucas K. Delezene University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications