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://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads7543 A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion N. Eşiyok et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
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/sciadv.ads3129 Indirect genetic effects among neighbors promote cooperation and accelerate adaptation in a small-scale human society J. Martin et al. 0 Cooperative Action 2025 2025-08-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads2797 Unveiling the multifunctional use of ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Specialized ochre retouchers from Blombos Cave E. Velliky et al. 0 2025 2025-08-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr3814 Mammoth featured heavily in Western Clovis diet J. Chatters et al. 0 2024 2024-12-06
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr1524 Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution R. Joannes-Boyau et al. 0 FOXP2 (forkhead box P2) 2025 2025-10-30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq2879 Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion C. Girard-Buttoz et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal) B. Linscott et al. 0 2025 2025-03-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp2887?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D43054923500555183784433604705816309749%7CMCORGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1719572570 Paleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dress I. Gilligan et al. 0 2024 2024-07-02
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3486 Neurodevelopmental timing and socio-cognitive development in a prosocial cooperatively breeding primate (Callithrix jacchus) P. Cerrito et al. 0 2024 2024-11-01
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado2733 The uniqueness of human vulnerability to brain aging in great ape evolution S. Vickery et al. 0 Cortical Morphology 2024 2024-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado0952 Subjective well-being across the life course among non-industrialized populations M. Gurven et al. 0 2024 2024-11-01
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn9310 The child who lived: Down syndrome among Neanderthals? M. Conde-Valverde et al. 0 Care of the Infirm and Elderly, Paternal Care 2024 2024-06-27
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm9797 Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report Y. Ozaki et al. 0 Music 2024 2024-05-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl0335 Threat of mining to African great apes J. Junker et al. 0 2024 2024-04-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi8419 Decoding triancestral origins, archaic introgression, and natural selection in the Japanese population by whole-genome sequencing X. Liu et al. 0 Diabetes Mellitus 2024 2024-04-18
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi3055 The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol). F. Martínez-Sevilla et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add9752 Wild chimpanzee behavior suggests that a savanna-mosaic habitat did not support the emergence of hominin terrestrial bipedalism. R. Drummond-Clarke et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add8186 Hunting and processing of straight-tusked elephants 125.000 years ago: Implications for Neanderthal behavior S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2023 2023-02-03
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4675 Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France L. Metz et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2023 2023-02-23
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn9889?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Foraging complexity and the evolution of childhood. I. Pretelli et al. 0 Childhood 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm7047 Human generation times across the past 250,000 years R. Wang et al. 0 2023 2023-01-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi4642 Subarctic climate for the earliest Homo sapiens in Europe S. Pederzani et al. 0 2021 2022-12-20
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abf9776#tab-citations Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa. J. Thompson et al. 0 2021 2024-08-02
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aar7621 Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America D. Bustos et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat, Predator-Prey Relationships 2018 2025-10-21
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/4086 Multimodal spatial mapping and visualisation of Dinaledi Chamber and Rising Star Cave A. Kruger et al. 0 2016 2016-05-31
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3566 Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa E. Odes et al. 0 2016 2016-07-29
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3562 Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease P. Randolph-Quinney et al. 0 2016 2016-09-16
https://www.routledge.com/Interrogating-Human-Origins-Decolonisation-and-the-Deep-Human-Past-1st/Porr-Matthews/p/book/9781138300439 IMHO: inventing modern human origins I. Davidson et al. 0 2019 2020-02-04
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380465161_Defense_Strategies_in_Early_Human_Evolution Defense Strategies in Early Human Evolution J. Jordania 0 2024 2024-08-16
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320518472_A_new_great_ape_with_startling_resemblances_to_African_members_of_the_hominin_tribe_excavated_from_the_Mid-Vallesian_Dinotheriensande_of_Eppelsheim_First_report_Hominoidea_Miocene_MN_9_Proto-Rhine_Riv A new great ape with startling resemblances to African members of the hominin tribe, excavated from the Mid-Vallesian Dinotheriensande of Eppelsheim. First report (Hominoidea, Miocene, MN 9, Proto-Rhine River, Germany) H. Lutz et al. 0 2017 2017-10-23
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/e0a1b1f4-cff7-4c21-b2de-30d53506e90c The conservation of Shanidar Z at a glance L. López-Polín et al. 0 2024 2024-10-20
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-missing-genetic-link-in-human-evolution-20140102/ A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution E. Singer 0 2014 2014-01-07
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reclaiming-childhood/201106/only-humans-have-morality-not-animals Only humans have morality, not animals H. Guldberg 0 Moral Sense 2011 2016-07-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2200689119 Teeth, prenatal growth rates, and the evolution of human-like pregnancy in later . T. Monson et al. 0 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2520565123 Archaeogenetic insights into the demographic history of Late Neanderthals C. Fotiadou et al. 0 2026 2026-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2115540119 No sustained increase in zooarchaeological evidence for carnivory after the appearance of Homo erectus A. Barr et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2107621118 The active grandparent hypothesis: Physical activity and the evolution of extended human healthspans and lifespans. D. Lieberman et al. 0 2021 2022-12-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2218593120?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Universal interpretations of vocal music. L. Yurdum et al. 0 Music 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2218096120?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed& The evolution of early hominin food production and sharing. I. Alger et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2109315119?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed A Neandertal dietary conundrum: Insights provided by tooth enamel Zn isotopes from Gabasa, Spain. K. Jaouen et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1903984116 A genetic analysis of the Gibraltar Neanderthals L. Bokelmann et al. 0 2019 2024-06-25
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0805474105 Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar C. Stringer et al. 0 2008 2024-08-02
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://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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2534576123 A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals D. Massilani et al. 0 2026 2026-04-02
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.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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2526762123 An inverse correlation between structural linguistic and human genetic diversity A. Graff et al. 0 2026 2026-08-28
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.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.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.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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2518974122 A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia E. Pigott et al. 0 2025 2025-11-04
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2517509122 A 12,000-year-old clay figurine of a woman and a goose marks symbolic innovations in Southwest Asia L. Davin et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation 2025 2025-11-18
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://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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2513968122 Candidate Denisovan fossils identified through gene regulatory phenotyping N. Mishol et al. 0 2025 2025-09-09
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510998122 Post-reproductive lifespan in wild mountain gorillas N. Smit et al. 0 Post Reproductive Life Stage 2025 2025-10-21
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508540122 The activity and expression of adenylosuccinate lyase were reduced during modern human evolution, affecting brain and behavior X. Ju et al. 0 2025 2025-08-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508479122 Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation R. Alam et al. 0 2025 2026-04-07
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508014122 Châtelperronian cultural diversity at its western limits: Shell beads and pigments from La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire F. Bachellerie et al. 0 Personal adornment, Tool Making 2025 2025-09-26
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500356122 The SIK3-N783Y mutation is associated with the human natural short sleep trait H. Chen et al. 0 2025 2025-05-07
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426309122 The first preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record: The Neanderthal from Altamura C. Buzi et al. 0 2025 2025-11-18
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2425166122 A universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms M. Inbar et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2424538122 De novo rates of a Trypanosoma-resistant mutation in two human populations D. Melamed et al. 0 Malaria 2025 2025-09-18
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2421539122 Group traits moderate the relationship between individual social traits and fitness in gorillas R. Morrison et al. 0 2025 2025-05-07
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420067122 Flake production: A universal by-product of primate stone percussion T. Proffitt et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-02-13
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://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418661121 Starch-rich plant foods 780,000 y ago: Evidence from Acheulian percussive stone tools H. Ahituv et al. 0 2025 2025-02-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418029122 Quina lithic technology indicates diverse Late Pleistocene human dynamics in East Asia Q. Ruan et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2416221122 Demographic interactions between the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers A. Cortell-Nicolau et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2412450122 Bonobos point more for ignorant than knowledgeable social partners L. Townrow et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409674121 Metabolic scaling, energy allocation tradeoffs, and the evolution of humans’ unique metabolism A. Yegian et al. 0 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409542121 Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization T. Püschel et al. 0 Brain Size 2024 2024-11-27
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2404632121 Early human collective practices and symbolism in the Early Upper Paleolithic of Southwest Asia O. Barzilai et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation 2024 2024-12-12
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2404393122 Neanderthal adaptive introgression shaped LCT enhancer region diversity without linking to lactase persistence in East Asian populations X. Ma et al. 0 2025 2025-03-14
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322883121 Cultural transmission among hunter-gatherers B. Hewlett et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322874121 Genes, culture, and scientific racism K. Lala et al. 0 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2320484121 The wooden artifacts from Schöningen’s Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution D. Leder et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-04-11
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319175121 3.3 million years of stone tool complexity suggests that cumulative culture began during the Middle Pleistocene J. Paige et al. 0 Brain Size, Cultural Transmission, Niche Breadth , Post Reproductive Life Stage, Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-06-18
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2318903121 Hominin population bottleneck coincided with migration from Africa during the Early Pleistocene ice age transition. G. Muttoni et al. 0 2024 2024-03-15
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2313123121 Earliest Prepared core technology in Eurasia from Nihewan (China): Implications for early human abilities and dispersals in East Asia. D. Ma et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-03-15
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311118120 Hedonic eating, obesity, and addiction result from increased neuropeptide Y in the nucleus accumbens during human brain evolution. M. Raghanti et al. 0 2023 2023-09-16
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310545121 Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France L. Simões et al. 0 2024 2024-03-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309427120 Widespread evidence for elephant exploitation by Last Interglacial Neanderthals on the North European plain S. Gaudzinski-Windheuser et al. 0 Food Storage 2023 2025-04-24
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304903120?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed Bonobos and chimpanzees remember familiar conspecifics for decades. L. Lewis et al. 0 2023 2023-12-24
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218778120 The reconstructed cranium of and the evolution of the great ape face. K. Pugh et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2116630118 Canine sexual dimorphism in Ardipithecus ramidus was nearly human-like G. Suwa et al. 0 2021 2024-07-06
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/14/2004532117 Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma A. Sistiaga et al. 0 Food Preparation 2020 2020-09-30
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/05/05/1914330117 Testing the utility of dental morphological trait combinations for inferring human neutral genetic variation H. Rathmann et al. 0 2020 2020-05-07
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/04/30/1917166117 Paternal provisioning results from ecological change I. Alger et al. 0 2020 2020-05-07
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/03/25/1914481117 Evidence for habitual climbing in a Pleistocene hominin in South Africa L. Georgiou et al. 0 2020 2020-04-06
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/02/25/1911359117 Connectivity at the origins of domain specificity in the cortical face and place networks F. Kamps et al. 0 2020 2020-03-12
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/02/11/1910880117 The evolution of early symbolic behavior in Homo sapiens K. Tylén et al. 0 2020 2020-02-21

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