# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-werdelin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:57.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-werdelin"
name: "Lars Werdelin"
slug: "lars-werdelin"
description: "Lars Werdelin is a Swedish paleontologist specializing in the evolution of mammalian carnivores. His areas of scientific interest include the evolutionary interaction of carnivores and hominins in Africa, as well as the evolution and phylogeny of carnivore clades such as the Hyaenodonta, the Machairodontinae, the lynxes and the Hyaenidae."
tagline: "Swedish paleontologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1955"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           7.204428
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "لارس وردلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lars Werdelin"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Werdelin"
    title: "Lars Werdelin"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Werdelin"
    title: "Lars Werdelin"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Werdelin"
    title: "Lars Werdelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Ларс Верделін"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump