Faysal Bibi PhD

Blanco, F., Lazagabaster, I., Sanisidro, O., Bibi, F., Heckeberg, N., Ríos, M., Mennecart, B., Alberdi, M., Prado, J., Saarinen, J., Silvestro, D., Müller, J., Calatayud, J., Cantalapiedra, J. (2024). 60 million years of ecological shifts in large herbivore communities revealed by Network Analysis. EcoEvoRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2GW4F

æ Hagemann, J., Hofreiter, M., Bibi, F., Holroyd, P., Arnold, P. (2023). Is it inappropriate to ask for your age? Evaluating parameter impact on tree dating in a challenging clade (Macroscelidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183, 107756. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107756

æ Wang, S., Jiangzuo, Q., Bibi, F., Zhang, C., Li, C., Li, S., Fu, J., Xing, L., Jiang, H., Guo, D., Zhang, Y., Ni, X., Meng, J., Deng, T. (2025). Central Asian radiation of modern large-mammal faunas in Miocene. Science Advances, 11(43), eadt5079. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt5079

Bibi, F., Cantalapiedra, J.L. (2023). Plio-Pleistocene African megaherbivore losses associated with community biomass restructuring. Science, 380(6649), 1076-1080. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add8366

æ Salih, K., Müller, J., Eisawi, A., Bibi, F. (2025). A new late Pleistocene fossil crocodile from Sudan reveals hidden diversity of Crocodylus in Africa. Scientific Reports, 15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-08980-6

æ Bibi, F. (2024). A Rhino from Lake Baikal. Peer Community in Paleontology, 100182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.paleo.100182

æ Fidalgo, D., Bibi, F., Pandolfi, L., Boisserie, J., Martino, R., El Eshraky, K., Palancar, C., Madurell‐Malapeira, J., Rosas, A. (2025). Impact of Life History on Hippopotamus Skull Ontogeny. Evolution & Development, 27(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.70013

æ Mohammednoor, M., Bibi, F., Struck, U., Eisawi, A., Bussert, R. (2025). Pleistocene pedogenic carbonates from alluvial paleosols in eastern Sudan reveal a semi-arid and seasonal climate, similar to today. CATENA, 248, 108583. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108583

æ Hempel, E., Faith, J.T., Preick, M., de Jager, D., Barish, S., Hartmann, S., Grau, J.H., Moodley, Y., Gedman, G., Pirovich, K.M., Bibi, F., Kalthoff, D.C., Bocklandt, S., Lamm, B., Dalén, L., Westbury, M.V., Hofreiter, M. (2024). Colonial-driven extinction of the blue antelope despite genomic adaptation to low population size. Current Biology, 34(9), 2020-2029.e6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.051

æ Blanco, F., Lazagabaster, I.A., Sanisidro, Ó., Bibi, F., Heckeberg, N., Ríos, M., Mennecart, B., Alberdi, M., Prado, J., Saarinen, J., Silvestro, D., Müller, J., Calatayud, J., Cantalapiedra, J.L. (2025). Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution. Nature Communications, 16(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59974-x

æ Baird, C.N., Ernst, M., Waurick, I., Blom, M.P.K., Bibi, F. (2023). Integrative taxonomy using historical specimens provides evidence for a single species of bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus (Mammalia: Bovidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 200(2), 532-546. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad096

æ Garcia‐Erill, G., Wang, X., Rasmussen, M.S., Quinn, L., Khan, A., Bertola, L.D., Santander, C.G., Balboa, R.F., Ogutu, J.O., Pečnerová, P., Hanghøj, K., Kuja, J., Nursyifa, C., Masembe, C., Muwanika, V., Bibi, F., Moltke, I., Siegismund, H.R., Albrechtsen, A., Heller, R. (2024). Extensive Population Structure Highlights an Apparent Paradox of Stasis in the Impala ( Aepyceros melampus ). Molecular Ecology, 33(22), e17539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17539

Bibi, F. (2025). A wetter ancient Arabia could have enabled easier intercontinental species dispersal. Nature, 640(8060), 890-891. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00905-7

Bibi, F., Boisserie, J.R. (2025). A new fossil buffalo from the Shungura Formation (Ethiopia) reveals the role of heterochrony in the evolution of Syncerus. PaleorXiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31233/osf.io/eh9s8_v5