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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424000654 Postcranial evidence does not support habitual bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis: A reply to Daver et al. (2022) M. Cazenave et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism In Press 2024-07-12
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.09.001 Archaic hominins maiden voyage in the Mediterranean Sea G. Ferentinos et al. 0 In Press 2023-01-05
https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/25 No Sedimentological Evidence for Deliberate Burial by Homo naledi – A Case Study Highlighting the Need for Best Practices in Geochemical Studies Within Archaeology and Paleoanthropology K. Foecke et al. 0 In Press 2024-08-08
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01919-1 Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago J. Mercader et al. 0 2025 2025-01-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56154-9 Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago S. Curran et al. 0 2025 2025-01-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001428 Taxonomic revision of the SK 15 mandible based on bone and tooth structural organization C. Zanolli et al. 0 2025 2025-02-13
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-025-00208-3#citeas Nubian Levallois Cores from MIS 5 Alluvial Terraces in the Negev Desert: New Insights into the Middle Paleolithic in the Arid Regions of the Southern Levant M. Oron et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
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.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01594-X Socially contagious urination in chimpanzees E. Onishi et al. 0 2025 2025-01-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124006346 Middle Stone Age (MSA) in the Atlantic rainforests of Central Africa. The case of Río Campo region in Equatorial Guinea A. Rosas et al. 0 2025 2024-12-12
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.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.24.634692v1 Worldwide patterns in mythology echo the human expansion out of Africa H. Delbrassine et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08450-5 Complete human recombination maps G. Palsson et al. 0 Recombination Hotspots 2025 2025-02-14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24005194 The age of hand stencils in Maltravieso cave (Extremadura, Spain) established by U-Th dating, and its implications for the early development of art C. Standish et al. 0 Art, Physical Modifications of the Body, Symbolic Representation 2025 2024-12-06
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.22054 Evolution of Human Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Hypotheses and Comparative Evidence. I. August et al. 0 2025 2025-01-15
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310834 High-resolution isotope dietary analysis of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans from Franchthi Cave, Greece V. Martinoia et al. 0 2025 2025-01-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001234?dgcid=author Hominin fossil inventory: Quantification and comparison of discrete regional and element representation among early African fossil hominins prior to the emergence of Homo erectus R. McRae et al. 0 2025 2024-11-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-024-00808-9#citeas Diversity and consequences of structural variation in the human genome R. Collins et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp7478 Neuroevolution insights into biological neural computation R. Miikkulainen 0 2025 2025-02-14
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02051-8#citeas Structural polymorphism and diversity of human segmental duplications H. Jeong et al. 0 2025 2025-01-22
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X%2824%2900369-0 The trait-specific timing of accelerated genomic change in the human lineage E. Kun et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7315 Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat T. Lüdecke et al. 0 Carnivory, Ecological Dominance 2025 2025-01-18
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.634145v1 CHD2 Dosage Ties Autolysosomal Pathway to Cortical Maturation in Disease and Evolution O. Leonardi et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08540-4 A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters A. Aubry et al. 0 Aggressiveness 2025 2025-02-14
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85399-z#citeas Exploring the utility of unretouched lithic flakes as markers of cultural change M. Will et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125000277 Long-term hominin preference for the gallery forest edge: Insights from the Gona paleosols, Afar, Ethiopia G. Stinchcomb et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84163-z Genome-scale evolution in local populations of wild chimpanzees. T. Hayakawa et al. 0 2025 2025-01-18
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.14.632810v1 Arrow heads at Obi-Rakhmat (Uzbekistan) 80 ka ago H. Plisson et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08548-w Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus W. Sun et al. 0 2025 2025-02-14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959437X24001291?via%3Dihub Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans D. Tagore et al. 0 2025 2024-11-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-83023-0#Abs1 Rapid change in red cell blood group systems after the main Out of Africa of Homo sapiens S. Mazières et al. 0 ABO (ABO blood group ), Blood Group Antigen Types and Prevalence 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.29.635495v1.abstract Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood S. Perretti et al. 0 Skin Pigmentation Variation 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07505-1#citeas Cortical areas associated to higher cognition drove primate brain evolution M. Melchionna et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01648-8 Signal traditions and cultural loss in chimpanzees M. Malherbe et al. 0 Gesture 2025 2025-02-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224015847?dgcid=author Human evolution: The lonely Neanderthal? C. Stringer 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-024-00204-z Probable Use of Labrets Among the Mid Upper Paleolithic Pavlovian Peoples of Central Europe J. Willman 0 Dentition Size and Tooth Number 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02318-z Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany S. Pederzani et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424000745 Diverse bone-calcium isotope compositions in Neandertals suggest different dietary strategies P. Dodat et al. 0 2024 2024-08-02
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.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01284-3 Deep genetic substructure within bonobos S. Han et al. 0 2024 2024-10-17
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666979X24001770 Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction L. Slimak et al. 0 2024 2024-09-12
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://peerj.com/articles/18484/# Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task E. Howard-Spink et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-12-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06966-0#Abs1 First evolutionary insights into the human otolithic system C. Smith et al. 0 Inner Ear Canal Morphology 2024 2024-10-03
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53852-8 Leveraging ancient DNA to uncover signals of natural selection in Europe lost due to admixture or drift D. Pandey et al. 0 2024 2024-11-13
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48395-x Abrupt onset of intensive human occupation 44,000 years ago on the threshold of Sahul C. Shipton et al. 0 2024 2024-07-19
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001067 Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula) S. Carro et al. 0 2024 2024-08-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07467-0 The time between Palaeolithic hearths Á. Herrejón-Lagunilla et al. 0 2024 2024-06-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07911-1 Recurrent evolution and selection shape structural diversity at the amylase locus D. Bolognini et al. 0 AMY1A (amylase, alpha 1A) 2024 2024-09-12
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/732354#d27768543e1 Why Do Humans Hunt Cooperatively? E. Morin et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2024 2024-11-01
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0305219 Pharmacological and behavioral investigation of putative self-medicative plants in Budongo chimpanzee diets E. Freymann et al. 0 Self-Medication (Zoopharmacognosy) 2024 2024-06-27
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.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://academic.oup.com/evolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae033/7900502?login=true Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Speciation Complexity in Palaeoanthropology A. Meneganzin et al. 0 2024 2024-12-20
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24998 Morphological and morphometric study of the hominin dental casts from Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) F. Seghi et al. 0 2024 2024-10-10
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-112122-032521 What Makes Us Human: Insights from the Evolution and Development of the Human Neocortex T. Namba et al. 0 ARHGAP11B (Rho GTPase Activating Protein 11B) 2024 2024-11-20
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076024000967 Lysine-Cysteine-Serine-Tryptophan inserted into the DNA-binding domain of human mineralocorticoid receptor increases transcriptional activation by aldosterone Y. Katsu et al. 0 2024 2024-07-23
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02522-5 Spatial sampling bias influences our understanding of early hominin evolution in eastern Africa A. Barr et al. 0 2024 2024-08-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07151-3 East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago R. Garba et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-03-15
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0067270X.2024.2307790?scroll=top&needAccess=true Ecology and demography of early Homo sapiens: a synthesis of archaeological and climatic data from eastern Africa L. Timbrell 0 2024 2024-03-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56889-3 Exploring the utility of Geometric Morphometrics to analyse prehistoric hand stencils F. Navarro et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation 2024 2024-12-06
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-024-00193-z Stone Tools in Shifting Sands: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives on the Châtelperronian Stone Tool Industry I. Djakovic et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-09-26
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/B3C2D400F3F80A7A0162D9035C9C2804 Seals and signs: tracing the origins of writing in ancient South-west Asia K. Kelley et al. 0 2024 2024-11-06
https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/18#:~:text=The%20Xujiayao%20hominin%20fossils%20have,hominins%20from%20the%20region%2C%20except Xujiayao Homo: A New Form of Large Brained Hominin in Eastern Asia X. Wu et al. 0 2024 2024-07-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124000611 Deep learning identification of anthropogenic modifications on a carnivore remain suggests use of hyena pelts by Neanderthals in the Navalmaíllo rock shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Spain) A. Moclán et al. 0 2024 2024-08-08
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47735-1 Positive selection in the genomes of two Papua New Guinean populations at distinct altitude levels M. André et al. 0 2024 2024-05-17
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307081 When is a handaxe a planned-axe? exploring morphological variability in the Acheulean J. Clark et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-08-02
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00283-3 Uniquely human intelligence arose from expanded information capacity J. Cantlon et al. 0 2024 2024-04-11
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn7954 Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees. H. Ostridge et al. 0 2024 2025-01-16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513824000941 The controversial origins of war and peace: apes, foragers, and human evolution L. Glowacki 0 Organized Warfare 2024 2024-10-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3381 Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture C. Gunasekaram et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297%2824%2900182-4 Charting a landmark-driven path forward for population genetics and ancient DNA research in Africa E. Sawchuk et al. 0 2024 2024-07-23
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101424001158 Chronology of the late Lower and Middle Palaeolithic at Tabun Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel) with insights into diagenesis and dose rate variation using post-IR IRSL (pIRIR290) dating and infrared spectroscopy M. Richard et al. 0 2024 2024-08-27
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440323002005 The first identification of composite paints with proteinaceous binder in Upper Palaeolithic (31–23 ka) organic decorations L. Golovanova et al. 0 2024 2024-10-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02303-6 The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany G. Smith et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24004140 Traceological features of anthropogenic incisions on Yuka Mammoth’ hide (Yakutia) N. Akhmetgaleeva et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-10-03
https://academic.oup.com/evolinnean/article/3/1/kzae029/7848478 Common misconceptions of speciation J. Walker et al. 0 2024 2024-11-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929724002131 Structural and genetic diversity in the secreted mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B E. Plender et al. 0 2024 2024-07-17
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/49D5AEACCEA56622FEB88C0F248C63EE Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago D. Gaffney et al. 0 2024 2024-08-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01891-y Deep history of cultural and linguistic evolution among Central African hunter-gatherers C. Padilla-Iglesias et al. 0 2024 2024-05-31
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01931-3#citeas Heterogeneous genetic architectures of prostate cancer susceptibility in sub-Saharan Africa. R. Janivara et al. 0 2024 2024-11-01
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.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54767-0#citeas Mid-Pleistocene aridity and landscape shifts promoted Palearctic hominin dispersals J. Zan et al. 0 2024 2024-11-27
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-024-09682-5 Modeling Cultural Transmission in Structured Populations Raises Important Questions for Archaeologists L. Premo et al. 0 2024 2024-12-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07686-5 Whole-brain annotation and multi-connectome cell typing of Drosophila P. Schlegel et al. 0 2024 2024-10-03
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47437-8 Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development L. Xing et al. 0 ARHGAP11B (Rho GTPase Activating Protein 11B) 2024 2024-11-20
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2024.0101 Searching for the earliest archaeological record: insights from chimpanzee material landscapes J. Reeves et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-08-22
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.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01887-8 Evolutionary–developmental (evo-devo) dynamics of hominin brain size M. González-Forero 0 Brain Size 2024 2024-06-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01554-7 A ubiquitous spectrolaminar motif of local field potential power across the primate cortex D. Mendoza-Halliday et al. 0 Cortical Morphology 2024 2024-03-22
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.13.604521v3 Evolution of mental traits linked to cultural development in modern humans and Neanderthals Y. Moriya et al. 0 2024 2025-02-05
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248423001501 Investigating the co-occurrence of Neanderthals and modern humans in Belgium through direct radiocarbon dating of bone implements G. Abrams et al. 0 2024 2024-08-08
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324000372 A Middle Palaeolithic incised bear bone from the Dziadowa Skała Cave, Poland: the oldest marked object north of the Carpathian Mountains T. Płonka et al. 0 Symbolic Representation, Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts 2024 2024-05-17
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07643-2 Semantic encoding during language comprehension at single-cell resolution M. Jamali et al. 0 2024 2024-10-10
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.009 Chimpanzee gestural exchanges share temporal structure with human language G. Badihi et al. 0 Gesture 2024 2024-07-23
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307975 Increased alertness and moderate ingroup cohesion in bonobos’ response to outgroup cues J. Brooks et al. 0 2024 2024-08-27
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51150-x Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy O. Higgins et al. 0 2024 2024-10-20
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24983 The endocast morphology of LES1, Homo naledi S. Hurst et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13

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