Anthropogeny Publications Exchange (APE)

The Anthropogeny Publications Exchange (APE) is a resource for anthropogeny-related publications informing on human evolution, origins, and uniqueness. It also serves as a reference repository for the Matrix of Comparative Anthropogeny (MOCA). The number of possible additions to APE are limitless, however we have chosen to focus on those with a maximum relevance to anthropogeny using the following criteria:

  • Relevance for understanding the evolutionary origins of the human species
  • Research that informs on the origins of uniquely human features
  • Comparative studies of other species relevant to understanding human uniqueness
  • Broad interest and appeal to CARTA members
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0343618 Antibacterial properties of experimentally produced birch tar and its medicinal affordances in the Pleistocene T. Siemssen et al. 0 Medicines 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0114 Life histories of straight-tusked elephants from the Last Interglacial Neanderthal site of Neumark-Nord (~125 ka) E. Armaroli et al. 0 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X26001185 The representation of cave lions in Paleolithic art: Temporal differences and anatomical accuracy C. Tsai et al. 0 Art 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00438243.2026.2632229 A bleak future for ethics. Paleogenomics and the fate of human remains in the age of biocapital A. Ion 0 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-40075-8 Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa A. Blackwood et al. 0 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226001072 A matter of choice: Raw material specialisation at the Middle Pleistocene kill-butchering site of Gran Dolina TD10.2 (Atapuerca, Spain) A. Arteaga-Brieba et al. 0 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03344355.2026.2637187 Lower Palaeolithic Tools of Potency: Handaxes Shaped around Fossils and Other Extraordinary Features at Sakhnin Valley, Israel R. Barkai et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9995 The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies D. Amir et al. 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.10.710787v1 Cultural norms of exogamy and mobility shape hunter-gatherer genetic evolution C. Padilla-Iglesias et al. 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz2433 Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently E. Bryon et al. 0 Aggressiveness 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440326000154 Stone tool shaping without direct cultural transmission N. Ferar et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-38313-0 Bioengineering approaches to dynamic impact analysis for cranial fracture interpretation in arcaheology D. Rodríguez-Iglesias et al. 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325002900 Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes A. Fuentes et al. 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523038123 Cultural evolution accelerated human range expansion by more than two orders of magnitude C. Perreault 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.11.711219v1 Hypothesis: A modern human range expansion ~300,000 years ago explains Neandertal origins D. Reich 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1095643323000533 Review: The different adaptive trajectories in Neanderthals and Homo sapiens and their implications for contemporary human physiological variation E. Pomeroy 0 2023 2026-03-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea0706 Introgressed mitochondrial fragments from archaic hominins alter nuclear genome function in modern humans Q. Zhu et al. 0 2026 2026-03-10
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2516263123 Sudan’s complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts L. Vilà-Valls et al. 0 Malaria 2026 2026-03-10
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/22/2/20250740/480457/Urinary-concentrations-of-a-direct-ethanol Urinary concentrations of a direct ethanol metabolite indicate substantial ingestion of fermenting fruit by chimpanzees A. Maro et al. 0 2026 2026-03-10
https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/162/6-8/article-p459_2.xml Chimpanzees socially learn non-instrumental behaviour from conspecifics E. van Leeuwen et al. 0 2025 2026-03-10
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1633599/full On the origin of our fascination with crystals J. García-Ruiz et al. 0 2026 2026-03-10
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-35456-y Early hominin arrival in Southeast Asia triggered the evolution of major human malaria vectors U. Singh et al. 0 2026 2026-03-04
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-02983-w Palaeoanthropological evidence from China is changing the picture of hominin evolutionary history S. Yang et al. 0 2026 2026-03-04
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0338509 Earliest geometries: A cognitive investigation of Howiesons Poort engraved ostrich eggshells V. Decembrini et al. 0 2026 2026-03-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440326000452 Contextualising the La Ferrassie 1 Homo neanderthalensis skeleton through palaeoproteomic analysis and radiocarbon dating A. Balzeau et al. 0 2026 2026-03-04
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6774 Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased A. Platt et al. 0 2026 2026-03-04
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520385123 Humans 40,000 y ago developed a system of conventional signs C. Bentz et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady2270 The oldest in situ Homo erectus crania in eastern Asia: The Yunxian site dates to ~1.77 Ma H. Tu et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000102 The axis (C2) from El Sidrón and its implications for Neanderthal upper cervical spine form C. Palancar et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000011 Endurance pursuit hunting among recent foragers and its relevance for hominin locomotor evolution B. Winterhalder et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000023 The dentognathic material of the Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya (Altai, Russia): Morphology and paleobiology A. Gicqueau et al. 0 Molar Morphology 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425001502 Reconstructing dietary preferences in the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos population: A molar macrowear perspective L. Martín-Francés et al. 0 Molar Morphology 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126000806 Complex exposure-burial history and Pleistocene sediment recycling in the dead sea rift with implications for the age of the Acheulean site of ‘Ubeidiya A. Matmon et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003600 Human newborns form musical predictions based on rhythmic but not melodic structure R. Bianco et al. 0 Music 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165037826000215 Why reproduction has probably been very problematic in Neanderthals: the fabulous history of (pre)eclampsia P. Robillard et al. 0 Pre-Eclampsia 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-33981-w Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development Y. Khan et al. 0 Volume of Frontal Lobe White Matter 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz0743?et_rid=1147467896&et_cid=5870406 Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo A. Bastos et al. 0 Theory of Mind 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225004306?via%3Dihub Stone and mammoth ivory tool production, circulation, and human dispersals in the middle Tanana Valley, Alaska: Implications for the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas B. Wygal et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec2916 Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations R. Rosencrance et al. 0 2026 2026-02-10
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.70141 Hominin postcranial remains from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa C. Orr et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67601-y Technological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000–72,000 years ago J. Yue et al. 0 Brain Size 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X25005796 Terminal Pleistocene ochre use at Fodongdi Cave, southwestern China J. Xu et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.697899v1.full Tracing the Neanderthal–Modern Human hybrid zone using paleogenomic data L. Di Santo et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz7697 Far-reaching hunter-gatherer networks during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe M. de la Torre et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425001423 The site of Notarchirico (Venosa Basin, Italy) and the hominin behavior in the Middle Pleistocene: New insights from taphonomy and spatial archaeology A. Pineda et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68410-7 Human prestige psychology can promote adaptive inequality in social influence T. Morgan et al. 0 Social Group Composition 2026 2026-02-05
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.70109 Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution J. Cuddihy et al. 0 Control of Fire 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2515479123 Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) A. Milks et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44260-025-00060-0 Uncovering complementary information sharing in spider monkey collective foraging using higher-order spatial networks G. Ramos-Fernandez et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02387-z Evidence for the representation of non-hierarchical structures in language Y. Nielsen et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09826-x Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus Z. Alemseged et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi A. Oktaviana et al. 0 Art 2026 2026-01-27
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0337993 A near-continuous archaeological record of Pleistocene human occupation at Leang Bulu Bettue, Sulawesi, Indonesia B. Burhan et al. 0 2025 2026-01-27
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady1390 The earliest elephant-bone tool from Europe: An unexpected raw material for precision knapping of Acheulean handaxes S. Parfitt et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-01-27
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70188 The Human Remains From the MIS 6 Site of Grotta Del Poggio (Cilento, Southern Italy): A Taxonomic and Chronological Reassessment E. Piccirilli et al. 0 2025 2026-01-27
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.70048 Neanderthal incursions at a high‐altitude “bear cave”: Reassessing Caverna Generosa in the southern Alps D. Delpiano et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02107-w Fractal analysis of brain shape formation predicts age and genetic similarity in human newborns S. Krohn et al. 0 2025 2026-01-27
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70100 New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya F. Grine et al. 0 2026 2026-01-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02712-9 Summer warmth between 15,500 and 15,000 years ago enabled human repopulation of the northwest European margin I. Matthews et al. 0 2025 2026-01-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02461-1 The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system E. Moody et al. 0 2024 2026-01-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2519469122 The variability of evolvability: Properties of dynamic fitness landscapes determine how phenotypic variability evolves C. Petak et al. 0 2025 2026-01-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02887-1 Adaptive tracking with antagonistic pleiotropy results in seemingly neutral molecular evolution S. Song et al. 0 2025 2026-01-20
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13752-025-00521-8 Did Homo Erectus Have a (Vocal) Language? L. Yao et al. 0 2026 2026-01-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-30264-2 A bone tool used by neanderthal for flaying carcasses at the Abri du Maras (France) L. Doyon et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2026-01-15
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225025313 Homo sapiens could have hunted with bow and arrow from the onset of the early Upper Palaeolithic in Eurasia K. Kitagawa et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2025 2026-01-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05286-z Neanderthal introgression in SCN9A impacts mechanical pain sensitivity P. Faux et al. 0 2023 2026-01-15
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.70100 New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya F. Grine et al. 0 2026 2026-01-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02945-8 Ecological and social pressures drive same-sex sexual behaviour in non-human primates C. Coxshall et al. 0 Homosexual Behavior 2026 2026-01-15
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea0890 Facial gestures are enacted through a cortical hierarchy of dynamic and stable codes G. Ianni et al. 0 Facial Expression of Emotional State 2026 2026-01-15
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225027130?via%3Dihub Chimpanzee locomotor risk-taking points to the importance of parental and alloparental supervision in humans B. Murray et al. 0 2026 2026-01-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09914-y Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage J. Hublin et al. 0 2026 2026-01-09
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz3281 Direct evidence for poison use on microlithic arrowheads in Southern Africa at 60,000 years ago S. Isaksson et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2026 2026-01-09
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx5460 Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA M. Guellil et al. 0 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426232122 Primate gut microbiota induce evolutionarily salient changes in mouse neurodevelopment A. DeCasien et al. 0 Gut Microbiome 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-26487-y Inferences about fossil hominin locomotion through 3D morphometric analysis of wrist ligament insertion sites A. Casado et al. 0 2025 2026-01-07
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475925000206 The Mismeasure of Neanderthals G. Amorós et al. 0 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz9554 Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa J. Cerezo-Román et al. 0 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05964-z Genomic landscape of the Great Steppe: Genetic variants in healthy Kazakh individuals A. Serikzhan et al. 0 2025 2026-01-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv4963 Genomic and morphometric evidence for Austronesian-mediated pig translocation in the Pacific D. Stanton et al. 0 Domestication of Other Animals 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0130 Earliest evidence of hominin bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis S. Williams et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2026 2026-01-07
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0336484 Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area V. Nery et al. 0 2025 2026-01-07
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/20/6/20240051/63617/Chimpanzees-Pan-troglodytes-recognize-that-their Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) recognize that their guesses could be wrong and can pass a two-cup disjunctive syllogism task B. Jones et al. 0 2024 2026-01-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66381-9 New reconstruction of DAN5 cranium (Gona, Ethiopia) supports complex emergence of Homo erectus K. Baab et al. 0 Brain Size 2025 2026-01-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5703 Evaluating the effects of archaic protein-altering variants in living human adults B. Molz et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq8303 What enables human language? A biocultural framework I. Arnon et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-025-00242-1 Technological Strategies and Diversity of Management of Limestone Pebbles at the Site of Terra Amata (southeast, France) in the Context of MIS11 in Western Europe P. García-Medrano et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70157 Functional Morphology of the Scaphoid in Extant African Apes, Humans and Fossil Hominins N. Steer et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70177 The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus J. Martin et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09855-6 Earliest evidence of making fire R. Davis et al. 0 Control of Fire 2025 2025-12-16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225003386 A reanalysis of the ‘perforated’ scapula from the Boxgrove Horse Butchery Site A. Milks et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2025 2025-12-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02961-3 Onset of summer aridification and the decline of Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua 61,000 years ago M. Gagan et al. 0 2025 2025-12-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-025-01977-9 Endometriosis - on the intersection of modern environmental pollutants and ancient genetic regulatory variants A. Warren et al. 0 Endometriosis 2025 2025-12-09
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/108795v1 Sensitivity of the human temporal voice areas to nonhuman primate vocalizations L. Ceravolo et al. 0 2025 2025-12-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09811-4 Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes M. Jakobsson et al. 0 2025 2025-12-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-26274-9 Archaic humans in the Middle Palaeolithic Levant conducted planned and selective intercepts of aurochs, but not mass hunting R. Yeshurun et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2025 2025-12-09
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70094 Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis D. Longman et al. 0 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu5838 Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers E. Finestone et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09714-4 New finds shed light on diet and locomotion in Australopithecus deyiremeda Y. Haile-Selassie et al. 0 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady9493 Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul F. Gandini et al. 0 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513825001370#f0010 A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing M. Brindle et al. 0 2025 2025-11-25

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