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://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.70046 Through Time and Across Traits: Evaluating Explanations of Human Evolution M. Ben‐Dor et al. 0 2026 2026-08-21
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea7469 Jomon genomics reveal cold adaptation in Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers of eastern Eurasia Y. Watanabe et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-76423-5 Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44–3 ka) N. Martin et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aed8437 A central role for dietary sugars in human evolution J. Brand-Miller et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.07.743438v1 Denisovan leg bones from Taiwan reveal large body size Y. Kaifu et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-026-01281-0 Heterospecific social behavior in primates: insights into the evolutionary roots of pet-keeping C. Grueter et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee3541 Fossil evidence favors a role for vision in the modular evolution of the primate neocortex R. Kay et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10841-9 A global view of human centromere variation and evolution S. Gao et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10864-2 FNIP1 variants are associated with favourable metabolism in 1 million humans G. Hindy et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2211-5463.70308 Evolution‐guided yeast complementation reveals functional differences in human <scp> <i>PSPH</i> </scp> variants M. Campa‐Álvarez et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(26)00268-5 Allele frequency trajectories across age groups reveal ongoing natural selection shaping disease susceptibility J. Chen et al. 0 2026 2026-08-19
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00890-0 Increased signaling of the Neanderthal growth hormone receptor P. Kanis et al. 0 2026 2026-08-07
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.19.739200v1 Reconstructing Prehistoric Waterscapes and Human Mobility during MIS 5 in North Africa S. Boisard et al. 0 2026 2026-08-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aef8874 Recovering signatures of archaic hominin introgression using ancestral recombination graphs Y. Zhang et al. 0 2026 2026-07-31
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16/5/650 Evolutionary Mismatch, Stress, and Competition: Making Sense of Psychosocial Problems in the Polycrisis Era J. Yong et al. 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70316 Reassessing the Larval Consumption Hypothesis in Neanderthal Diet: A Quantitative and Multi‐Proxy Evaluation J. Guil‐Guerrero 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2075/20253190/482572/Reassuring-body-contact-promotes-social-tolerance Reassuring body contact promotes social tolerance in bonobos and chimpanzees J. Brooker et al. 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378378226000022 Digit ratio (2D:4D) and neonatal head circumference: Evidence for oestrogenization in human brain evolution? B. Özener et al. 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evan.70042 Impacted Bones: Can Extant Primates Help Identify Tool Use in Early Hominins? R. Hurwitz et al. 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2530996123 Insights into hominin body size, locomotion, and behavior from Early Pleistocene trackways in northern Kenya K. Hatala et al. 0 2026 2026-07-30
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929716302737?via%3Dihub Ancestral Origins and Genetic History of Tibetan Highlanders D. Lu et al. 0 2016 2026-07-15
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec6939 Genomic evidence for limited entomophagy in ancient Europeans M. Piñero et al. 0 2026 2026-07-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10691-5 Mapping the neuronal building blocks of human language with language models J. Cai et al. 0 2026 2026-07-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74739-w Evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo M. Hubbe et al. 0 Brain Size 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-02594-8 Bonobos tend to behave optimistically after hearing laughter S. Winkler et al. 0 Laughing 2025 2026-07-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73262-2 Robust but independent sex differences in human brain function, structure, and behavior S. Liu et al. 0 Brain Size 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2609061123 Long-term cultural continuity across the Neanderthal–modern human sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern Levant İ. Baykara et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/3954/4005 Symbolism Without Symbols? The Unsoundness of the Artifact to Symbol Inference in Paleolithic Archaeology K. Kuipers et al. 0 Symbolic Representation, Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03102-5 Comparative primate analysis shows that humans are not unique in having a tight cephalopelvic fit at birth N. Torres-Tamayo et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-58670-0 A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices A. Pantoja-Pérez et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0351073 Evolutionary lags in the primate brain size/body size relationship revisited R. Dunbar 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2521732123 Competing models of hominin body size evolution J. Gardner et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7219 Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis G. Veatch et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-026-10499-z Rhythm and timing in laughter reveal that human vocal plasticity falls on a hominid continuum C. De Gregorio et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248426000230?via%3Dihub Elucidating the use of rhinoceros teeth by Neanderthals: Between experiments and the fossil record A. Sanz-Royo et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-026-01269-w Parting ways: Pan-Homo divergence revisited J. Coelho et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2423833122 The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates J. Avaria-Llautureo et al. 0 2025 2026-06-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-026-00580-z Human cooperation is strong among individuals but fragile between groups P. Van Lange et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74234-2 Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art A. Mesa et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10625-1 Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe A. Mesa et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00644-6 Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers P. Madupe et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00429-026-03129-1 Brain structure and function in Homo naledi Z. Cofran et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/6/260485/482134/Early-development-of-Neanderthals-revealed-through Early development of Neanderthals revealed through virtual microanatomy J. Miszkiewicz et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10583-8 Enamel nanocrystal misorientation increased with meat-eating and agriculture P. Gilbert et al. 0 Enamel Structure and Enamel Thickness, Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226002211 Archaeobotanical investigations and experimental activity performed at Bàsura Cave (Toirano, NW Italy) reveal clues on Epigravettian cave lighting systems D. Arobba et al. 0 Control of Fire 2026 2026-06-26
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741185 Red Meat in Human Evolution, Health, and Disease: From A Blessing to A Curse? J. Juston et al. 0 Female Iron Deficiency , Organized Hunting for Meat, Organized Scavenging for Meat 2026 2026-06-22
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09567976261434817 Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability M. Bohn et al. 0 2026 2026-06-18
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0347480 New evidence for Early Pleistocene use of fire at Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa) D. Marin-Monfort et al. 0 Control of Fire 2026 2026-06-16
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419269122 Healthy sleep durations appear to vary across cultures C. Ou et al. 0 Amount of REM Sleep 2025 2026-06-15
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/292/2041/20242319/104812/Are-humans-facing-a-sleep-epidemic-or Are humans facing a sleep epidemic or enlightenment? Large-scale, industrial societies exhibit long, efficient sleep yet weak circadian function D. Samson et al. 0 Amount of REM Sleep 2025 2026-06-15
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr6749 Long-term isolation and archaic introgression shape functional genetic variation in Near Oceania P. Reilly et al. 0 2026 2026-06-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00390-8 Chimpanzee groups achieve sustainable resource use in a common-pool resource dilemma K. Sutherland et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/18/5/evag110/8664352 Archaic Introgression Shapes Genetic Variation at Loci Associated With DNA Virus Load in Modern Humans R. Rajpara et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-51106-9 Allele frequency patterns of 78,122,254 SNPs illuminate diverse possible evolutionary trajectories of human populations Y. Tung et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/110575v1 The causes and consequences of human-specific DNA methylation Z. Ma et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajp.70164 The Forms and Structures of Chimpanzee Algae Fishing C. Wiltshire et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)01768-7 The physics of sociality: Investigating patterns of social resource distribution among the Pan species E. van Leeuwen et al. 0 Social Group Composition 2025 2026-06-12
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2425073122 Motor origins of timbre in piano performance K. Kuromiya et al. 0 Music 2025 2026-06-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945225003211 Literacy modulates engagement of the right inferior frontal gyrus in phonological processing of spoken language M. Nucci et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02446-z Thalamic oscillations distinguish natural states of consciousness in humans A. Chowdhury et al. 0 Amount of REM Sleep 2026 2026-06-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126001605 A review of European Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution A. Rosas et al. 0 2026 2026-06-05
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.725975v1 The evolution of non-seasonal breeding in primates L. Burtschell et al. 0 2026 2026-06-05
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/22/5/20250680/481650/Effects-of-between-group-competition-on-sexual Effects of between-group competition on sexual size dimorphism in primates C. Grueter et al. 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 2026 2026-06-05
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/22/4/20250597/481535/Despotism-trumps-phylogeny-in-explaining Despotism trumps phylogeny in explaining suppression of play among adults in non-human primates M. Francesconi et al. 0 Social Importance of Dominance 2026 2026-06-05
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0347491 Cave morphology and human-mediated sediment deposition: Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the cave floor at Panga ya Saidi, coastal Kenya J. Miller et al. 0 2026 2026-06-05
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03014460.2025.2512021 Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains D. Bolter et al. 0 2025 2026-06-05
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2071/20260556/481780/Did-modern-human-carpal-morphology-evolve-from Did modern human carpal morphology evolve from knuckle walking traits? L. Hunter et al. 0 2026 2026-06-05
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2531880123 Seasonal shellfish exploitation by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago A. García-Escárzaga et al. 0 2026 2026-05-28
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2537631123 Early evidence for a stable and flexible foraging niche in the evolution of Homo F. Forrest et al. 0 2026 2026-05-15
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126002477 Improved 14C and novel 230Th/U burial dating of Australian megafaunal avian eggshells: implications for the extinction of Genyornis and early human arrival to Sahul E. Niespolo et al. 0 2026 2026-05-15
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2068/20252374/481270/Statistical-structure-and-the-evolution-of Statistical structure and the evolution of languages X. Guo et al. 0 Innovation (Language Change and Variation), Meaning (Semantics/Pragmatics) 2026 2026-05-15
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0347662 Earliest evidence for invasive mitigation of dental caries by Neanderthals A. Zubova et al. 0 Dental Caries 2026 2026-05-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10478-8 Enamel proteins from six Homo erectus specimens across China Q. Fu et al. 0 Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2026 2026-05-15
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126001824 Paleoenvironmental and behavioral insights into firewood selection by early Middle Pleistocene hominins E. Allué et al. 0 Control of Fire 2026 2026-05-06
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00259-7 Gene-culture coevolution shapes olfactory receptor gene diversity in Orang Asli populations Y. Ma et al. 0 Olfactory Receptors 2026 2026-05-06
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-025-00244-z The Nubian Spectrum: 3D Geometric Morphometric Perspectives on Levallois Core Reduction at Tweefontein, South Africa E. Hallinan et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-05-06
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618226001783 Late Neandertal occupations in a Galician mountain valley during MIS 3: Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Lugo, NW Iberia) X. Rodríguez-Álvarez et al. 0 2026 2026-05-06
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126000594 Spatial resilience and population replacement in Europe during MIS 3: a comparative study of Neanderthals and H. sapiens A. Burke et al. 0 2026 2026-05-06
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426638123 Neanderthal brain and cognition reconsidered T. Schoenemann et al. 0 Brain Size 2026 2026-05-06
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10406-w The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans M. Silva et al. 0 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2316 Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years M. Colucci et al. 0 Malaria 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71663-x Necking of the active Turkana Rift Zone and the priming of eastern Africa for continental breakup C. Rowan et al. 0 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed5260 Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans L. Casten et al. 0 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00389-1 First multi-individual Neanderthal mitogenomes from north of the Carpathians A. Picin et al. 0 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69269-4 A catalogue of early diverged contemporary human genome variation reveals distinct Khoe-San populations W. Jaratlerdsiri et al. 0 2026 2026-04-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352226725000261?via%3Dihub Chronology and ecology of early islanders in the Philippines: The Mindoro Archaeology Project A. Pawlik et al. 0 2025 2026-04-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1 Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia A. Akbari et al. 0 2026 2026-04-22
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)00374-X Rapid growth in a Neandertal infant from Amud Cave in Israel E. Been et al. 0 2026 2026-04-22
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bor.70061 Drilling the Marathousa palaeo‐lake in Greece (Peloponnese): inferring the environmental context of a Middle Pleistocene archaeological site I. Bludau et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.22.713509v1.full Human Ancestors Interbred with Two Distinct Populations of Distant Relatives A. Rogers et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70783-8 Specialised and persistent raw material procurement by humans in the Middle Pleistocene M. Will et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00134/full Human Social Evolution: Self-Domestication or Self-Control? D. Shilton et al. 0 2020 2026-04-14
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202503745 Sleep Alters the Velocity of Physiological Brain Pulsations in Humans A. Elabasy et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510731123 Sleep alters neurovascular and hydrodynamic coupling in the human brain T. Väyrynen et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4944 Lethal conflict after group fission in wild chimpanzees A. Sandel et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.18.712481v1 A Denisovan-derived Alu insertion in OCA2 contributes to pigmentation diversity in present-day Melanesians K. Kim et al. 0 2026 2026-04-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2158 Modeling identities among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay personal ornaments in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia L. Davin et al. 0 Personal adornment 2026 2026-04-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69895-y Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses E. Orfanou et al. 0 2026 2026-04-07
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X26000830 From the block to the blade: The contribution of lithic technology of the Villazette site (Creysse, Dordogne) to understanding the early stages of blade production in the Middle Magdalenian M. Bocquel et al. 0 2026 2026-04-07
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00438243.2026.2641452#abstract Getting into shape: computing continua of Middle Stone Age prepared core technology A. Muller et al. 0 2026 2026-04-07

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