| Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence MV Flinn, DC Geary, CV Ward Evolution and Human Behavior 26 (1), 10-46, 2005 | 537 | 2005 |
| Interpreting the posture and locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis: Where do we stand? CV Ward American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the …, 2002 | 443 | 2002 |
| New specimens and confirmation of an early age for Australopithecus anamensis MG Leakey, CS Feibel, I McDougall, C Ward, A Walker Nature 393 (6680), 62-66, 1998 | 357 | 1998 |
| Morphology of Australopithecus anamensis from Kanapoi and Allia bay, Kenya CV Ward, MG Leakey, A Walker Journal of human evolution 41 (4), 255-368, 2001 | 331 | 2001 |
| Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain S Moyà-Solà, M Köhler, DM Alba, I Casanovas-Vilar, J Galindo Science 306 (5700), 1339-1344, 2004 | 313* | 2004 |
| Torso morphology and locomotion in Proconsul nyanzae CV Ward American Journal of Physical Anthropology 92 (3), 291-328, 1993 | 250 | 1993 |
| Complete fourth metatarsal and arches in the foot of Australopithecus afarensis CV Ward, WH Kimbel, DC Johanson Science 331 (6018), 750-753, 2011 | 246 | 2011 |
| The new hominid species Australopithecus anamensis C Ward, M Leakey, A Walker Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews: Issues, News, and …, 1999 | 205 | 1999 |
| Was Australopithecus anamensis ancestral to A. afarensis? A case of anagenesis in the hominin fossil record WH Kimbel, CA Lockwood, CV Ward, MG Leakey, Y Rak, DC Johanson Journal of human evolution 51 (2), 134-152, 2006 | 189 | 2006 |
| Events in hominoid evolution DR Begun, CV Ward, MD Rose Function, phylogeny, and fossils: Miocene hominoid evolution and adaptations …, 1997 | 174 | 1997 |
| Partial skeleton of Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya CV Ward, A Walker, MF Teaford, I Odhiambo American Journal of Physical Anthropology 90 (1), 77-111, 1993 | 165 | 1993 |
| Ontogeny and evolution of the social child MV Flinn, CV Ward Origins of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and child development, 19-44, 2005 | 162 | 2005 |
| The thoracic and lumbar vertebrae B Latimer, CV Ward The nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton, 266-293, 1993 | 149 | 1993 |
| 6 Postcranial and locomotor adaptations of hominoids CV Ward Handbook of paleoanthropology, 1011-1030, 2007 | 144 | 2007 |
| New postcranial fossils of Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia (1990–2007) CV Ward, WH Kimbel, EH Harmon, DC Johanson Journal of Human Evolution 63 (1), 1-51, 2012 | 129 | 2012 |
| Proconsul did not have a tail CV Ward, A Walker, MF Teaford Journal of Human Evolution 21 (3), 215-220, 1991 | 127 | 1991 |
| Associated cranial and forelimb remains attributed to Australopithecus afarensis from Hadar, Ethiopia MSM Drapeau, CV Ward, WH Kimbel, DC Johanson, Y Rak Journal of Human Evolution 48 (6), 593-642, 2005 | 122 | 2005 |
| Dental ontogeny in Pliocene and early Pleistocene hominins TM Smith, P Tafforeau, A Le Cabec, A Bonnin, A Houssaye, J Pouech, ... PloS one 10 (2), e0118118, 2015 | 117 | 2015 |
| Function, phylogeny, and fossils: Miocene hominoid evolution and adaptations DR Begun, CV Ward, MD Rose Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 | 112 | 2013 |
| Human evolution and the development of spondylolysis CV Ward, B Latimer Spine 30 (16), 1808-1814, 2005 | 108 | 2005 |
