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://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/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.09.001 Archaic hominins maiden voyage in the Mediterranean Sea G. Ferentinos et al. 0 In Press 2023-01-05
https://academic.oup.com/cdpers/article/20/1/55/8414009 The evolution of human infants’ helplessness: unique, relational, and long-lasting developmental implications S. Hammond et al. 0 2026 2026-04-07
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://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/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://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://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440326001421 The hearth of the matter: A high-resolution magnetic microarchaeological study of a Neanderthal combustion feature utilizing Quantum Diamond Microscopy A. Dinçkal et al. 0 2026 2026-09-04
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.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://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://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.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/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.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.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.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/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.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.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/science.aef8874 Recovering signatures of archaic hominin introgression using ancestral recombination graphs Y. Zhang et al. 0 2026 2026-07-31
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://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.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10170-x Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic W. Marsh et al. 0 Domestication of Other Animals 2026 2026-04-02
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.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/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.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://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.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.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722798v1 ArchaicSeeker 3.0: A deep-learning framework for scalable, haplotype-resolved inference of archaic introgression B. Wang et al. 0 2026 2026-09-03
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/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/s41586-026-10625-1 Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe A. Mesa et al. 0 2026 2026-06-26
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440326001226 New microscale insights into plant-based bedding construction and maintenance between 200 000 and 43 000 years ago at Border Cave, South Africa P. Morrissey et al. 0 2026 2026-09-04
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/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.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://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.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.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://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.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.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/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.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.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://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://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/s41598-026-42538-4 Faunal exploitation at the elephant hunting site of Lehringen, Germany, 125,000 years ago I. Verheijen et al. 0 2026 2026-04-02
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/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.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.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.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.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-59915-8 Neandertal pelvis reveals specialized walking apparatus in human males Y. Rak et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2026 2026-08-28
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.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.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://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://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://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.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(25)00986-9 The cerebellar components of the human language network C. Casto et al. 0 2026 2026-09-04
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/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://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.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://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://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.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.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.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://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.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://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://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://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.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://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0338785 Aterian shell beads from the coastal site of El Mnasra Cave (Rabat-Témara, Morocco): Specificities of the north African MSA personal ornaments E. Campmas et al. 0 Personal adornment 2026 2026-04-02
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126001605 A review of European Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution A. Rosas et al. 0 2026 2026-06-05
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.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/S2352409X25005796 Terminal Pleistocene ochre use at Fodongdi Cave, southwestern China J. Xu et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126004051?via%3Dihub Neanderthals in the desert? Population history best explains Middle Palaeolithic technological heterogeneity in Arabia J. Blinkhorn et al. 0 2026 2026-08-28
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.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://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://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://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://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2078/20260602/483174/Firelight-and-the-origins-of-spoken Firelight and the origins of spoken language C. Hobaiter et al. 0 2026 2026-09-04
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://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/110575v1 The causes and consequences of human-specific DNA methylation Z. Ma et al. 0 2026 2026-06-12
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.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/s41598-025-33981-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.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.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

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