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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http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6262/820 Ancient Ethiopian genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture throughout the African continent. G. Llorente et al. 2 2015 2015-10-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25702574 Human-chimpanzee differences in a FZD8 enhancer alter cell-cycle dynamics in the developing neocortex. L. Boyd et al. 2 FZD8 (frizzled 8) 2015 2015-03-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24636732 Seasonality, extractive foraging and the evolution of primate sensorimotor intelligence. A. Melin et al. 1 2014 2014-07-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25908660 Archaeology. The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction. S. Benazzi et al. 1 2015 2015-04-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16243969 Support from the relationship of genetic and geographic distance in human populations for a serial founder effect originating in Africa. S. Ramachandran et al. 1 2005 2015-11-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888361 Context-specific close-range "hoo" calls in wild gibbons (Hylobates lar). E. Clarke et al. 1 2015 2015-04-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25297435 Pleistocene cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia. M. Aubert et al. 1 Art 2014 2014-10-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767964 Cranial vault thickness in primates: Homo erectus does not have uniquely thick vault bones. L. Copes et al. 1 2016 2015-12-15
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-008-9009-8 The Mythical Moderns R. Bednarik 1 2008 2014-10-29
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/26621708 Human-specific derived alleles of CD33 and other genes protect against postreproductive cognitive decline. F. Schwarz et al. 1 2016 2016-01-14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25102229 Nature, nurture and epigenetics. D. Crews et al. 1 2014 2014-11-21
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20125.html Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia G. Hamm et al. 1 2016 2016-11-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26072277 Override the controversy: Analytic thinking predicts endorsement of evolution. W. Gervais 1 2015 2015-07-01
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24760073 Your morals depend on language. A. Costa et al. 1 2014 2014-05-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26976447 Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins. M. Meyer et al. 1 2016 2016-03-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25297418 Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? K. Laland et al. 1 2014 2014-10-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018668 Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene. N. Sala et al. 1 2015 2015-05-27
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12216 Erratum to “Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies” American Journal of Political Science 56 (1), 34–51 B. Verhulst et al. 1 2016 2016-06-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25683119 Complex history of admixture between modern humans and Neandertals. B. Vernot et al. 1 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2015 2015-02-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25056484 Male facial attractiveness and masculinity may provide sex- and culture-independent cues to semen quality. C. Soler et al. 1 2014 2014-09-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24233726 Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs. O. Thalmann et al. 1 2013 2013-11-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878134 Estimating thumb-index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates. T. Feix et al. 1 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2015 2015-04-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25959816 Principles of long noncoding RNA evolution derived from direct comparison of transcriptomes in 17 species. H. Hezroni et al. 1 2015 2015-05-19
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25695269 Spatiotemporal 16p11.2 protein network implicates cortical late mid-fetal brain development and KCTD13-Cul3-RhoA pathway in psychiatric diseases. G. Lin et al. 1 2015 2015-02-19
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25859044 Common variants spanning PLK4 are associated with mitotic-origin aneuploidy in human embryos. R. McCoy et al. 1 2015 2015-04-30
http://www.quartaer.eu/english/archiven.html “Out of Arabia” and the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the southern Levant J. Rose et al. 1 2014 2015-03-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354291 Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. L. Berger et al. 1 2015 2015-09-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25683122 Selection and reduced population size cannot explain higher amounts of Neandertal ancestry in East Asian than in European human populations. B. Kim et al. 1 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2015 2015-02-13
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216001452 Were Neanderthals responsible for their own extinction? J. Agustí et al. 1 2016 2016-03-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25283776 Rapid evolution of the cerebellum in humans and other great apes. R. Barton et al. 1 Brain Size 2014 2014-10-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25447997 Nonpolitical images evoke neural predictors of political ideology. W. Ahn et al. 1 2014 2014-11-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12321893 Land relations under unbearable stress: Rwanda caught in the Malthusian trap. C. Andre et al. 1 1998 2014-05-20
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630009 Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals. S. Sawyer et al. 1 2015 2015-11-17
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2016.00373 Language impairments in ASD resulting from a failed domestication of the human brain A. Benítez-Burraco et al. 1 2016 2016-08-25
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6353/802.full Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania S. Smits et al. 1 Gut Microbiome 2017 2017-08-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883337 Dawn of the dog. D. Grimm 1 Domestication of Other Animals 2015 2015-04-17
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25902500 Heterogeneity of long-history migration explains cultural differences in reports of emotional expressivity and the functions of smiles. M. Rychlowska et al. 1 Smiling 2015 2015-05-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25660548 Vocal learning in the functionally referential food grunts of chimpanzees. S. Watson et al. 1 Arbitrary Reference 2015 2015-02-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371205 Both selective and neutral processes drive GC content evolution in the human genome. U. Pozzoli et al. 1 2008 2014-10-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25717040 Anticipating divine protection? Reminders of god can increase nonmoral risk taking. D. Kupor et al. 1 2015 2015-03-02
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1858/20170967 Chronotype variation drives night-time sentinel-like behaviour in hunter–gatherers D. Samson et al. 1 2017 2017-07-12
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26627234 Relaxed genetic control of cortical organization in human brains compared with chimpanzees. A. Gómez-Robles et al. 1 2015 2015-11-17
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923597 Gut Microbiome of Coexisting BaAka Pygmies and Bantu Reflects Gradients of Traditional Subsistence Patterns. A. Gomez et al. 1 Gut Microbiome 2016 2016-02-29
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/08/1703856114.full Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century I. Wallace et al. 1 Osteoarthritis 2017 2017-08-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148366 Bare skin, blood and the evolution of primate colour vision. M. Changizi et al. 1 Hairlessness 2006 2014-09-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27061034 The pyrophilic primate hypothesis. C. Parker et al. 1 Control of Fire 2016 2016-04-13
http://ishe.org/human-ethology-bulletin/2017-2/heb-323/using-personal-genome-technology-and-psychometrics-to-study-the-personality-of-the-neanderthals/ Using Personal Genome Technology and Psychometrics to Study the Personality of the Neanderthals G. Geher et al. 1 2017 2017-10-04
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1_17 High Altitude Primates, Extreme Primates, and Anthropological Primatology K. Sayers 1 2014 2014-05-28
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25651885 Age-related decline in ovarian follicle stocks differ between chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans. C. Cloutier et al. 1 Age-Specific Fertility Decline , Female Menopause, Grandparenting 2015 2015-04-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659745 Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species. M. Westaway et al. 1 2015 2015-02-12
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923684 Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. H. Kühl et al. 1 2016 2016-03-01
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838365 Geology. Defining the epoch we live in. W. Ruddiman et al. 1 2015 2015-04-03
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534720300768 A Roadmap for Understanding the Evolutionary Significance of Structural Genomic Variation C. Mérot et al. 1 2020 2020-04-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25721503 Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion. M. Florio et al. 1 ARHGAP11B (Rho GTPase Activating Protein 11B) 2015 2015-03-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25058116 A highly abundant bacteriophage discovered in the unknown sequences of human faecal metagenomes. B. Dutilh et al. 1 2014 2014-11-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24726228 Old stones’ song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya) C. Lemorini et al. 1 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2014 2015-11-18
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989998 Successful enrichment and recovery of whole mitochondrial genomes from ancient human dental calculus. A. Ozga et al. 1 2016 2016-03-31
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006675 Evolutionary history of Tibetans inferred from whole-genome sequencing H. Hu et al. 1 2017 2017-05-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25246574 Embers of society: Firelight talk among the Ju/’hoansi Bushmen P. Wiessner 1 2014 2014-09-30
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue40/3/index.html Complexity, Compassion and Self-Organisation: Human Evolution and the Vulnerable Ape Hypothesis N. Winder et al. 1 2015 2015-07-01
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7314/full/nature09442.html Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas W. Liu et al. 1 Malaria 2010 2016-09-23
Human C4b-binding protein selectively interacts with Neisseria gonorrhoeae and results in species-specific infection. J. Ngampasutadol et al. 0 Meningococcal Meningitis 2005 2016-07-20
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0041008X76900028 Teratological and toxicological studies of alkaloidal and phenolic compounds from Solanum Tuberosum S. Chaube et al. 0 Food Handling 1976 2016-07-14
Tongue movement and intra-oral vacuum in breastfeeding infants. D. Geddes et al. 0 Difficulty Breastfeeding 2008 2016-06-30
The Human Brain in Figures and Tables S. Blinkov et al. 0 Association Cortex Size 1968 2016-06-28
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1698/20150236 Morphological variation in Homo erectus and the origins of developmental plasticity S. Antón et al. 0 2016 2016-06-14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23720805 Human fist evolution: a critique. D. Nickle et al. 0 2013 2014-04-29
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.15.649057v1 Sexual division of labour shapes hunter-gatherer spatial ranges C. Padilla-Iglesias et al. 0 Sex Based Division of Labor 2025 2025-04-23
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776248 Archaeological shellfish size and later human evolution in Africa. R. Klein et al. 0 2013 2014-12-11
https://academic.oup.com/evlett/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evlett/qrae045/7735307?searchresult=1&login=true The role of between-group signaling in the evolution of primate ornamentation C. Grueter et al. 0 2024 2024-08-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354289 Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. P. Dirks et al. 0 2015 2015-09-16
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm7759?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Codiversification of gut microbiota with humans. T. Suzuki et al. 0 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1139-x A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau F. Chen et al. 0 2019 2019-05-01
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248416301634 Climatic controls on Later Stone Age human adaptation in Africa's southern Cape B. Chase et al. 0 2018 2018-01-03
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26829574 Visuospatial integration and human evolution: the fossil evidence. E. Bruner et al. 0 2016 2016-10-07
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248481800164 Self-recognition in chimpanzees and orangutans, but not gorillas S. Suarez et al. 0 Self-Recognition of Mirror Reflection 1981 2016-07-26
The adaptive function of masturbation in a promiscuous African ground squirrel. J. Waterman 0 Masturbation 2010 2016-07-20
Diffuse myocardial fibrosis and congestive heart failure in an adult male chimpanzee. J. Hansen et al. 0 Fibrosing Cardiomyopathy 1984 2016-07-13
The IFPCS presidential lecture: a chemist's view of melanogenesis. S. Ito et al. 0 Skin Pigmentation Variation 2003 2016-06-29
Gene expression profiling of post-mortem orbitofrontal cortex in violent suicide victims. A. Thalmeier et al. 0 CDH12 (cadherin 12, type 2 (N-cadherin 2) ) 2008 2016-06-28
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10325545&fileId=S0003598X16000910 Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain) M. Walker et al. 0 Control of Fire 2016 2016-06-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9119582 The social biofeedback theory of parental affect-mirroring: the development of emotional self-awareness and self-control in infancy. G. Gergely et al. 0 1996 2014-05-28
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02199-2 Quantifying Levallois: a 3D geometric morphometric approach to Nubian technology E. Hallinan et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-03-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25581429 No evidence that selection has been less effective at removing deleterious mutations in Europeans than in Africans. R. Do et al. 0 2015 2015-01-28
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg9982 Chromatin plasticity predetermines neuronal eligibility for memory trace formation G. Santoni et al. 0 Long Term Memory, Short-Term Memory 2024 2024-08-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26504229 Effects of gendered behavior on testosterone in women and men. S. van Anders et al. 0 2015 2015-10-28
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03675-0 Pleistocene sediment DNA reveals hominin and faunal turnovers at Denisova Cave E. Zavala et al. 0 2021 2021-06-30
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0193283 Primate social attention: Species differences and effects of individual experience in humans, great apes, and macaques F. Kano et al. 0 2018 2019-01-31
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/10/24/1703790114 Nasal airflow simulations suggest convergent adaptation in Neanderthals and modern humans S. de Azevedo et al. 0 2017 2017-11-01
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30516 Cognitive differences between orang-utan species: a test of the cultural intelligence hypothesis S. Forss et al. 0 2016 2016-09-20
A Rab8-specific GDP/GTP exchange factor is involved in actin remodeling and polarized membrane transport. K. Hattula et al. 0 RAB3IP (RAB3A interacting protein) 2002 2016-07-26
Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2. S. Hiby et al. 0 Invasive Trophoblast Implantation and Placentation 2010 2016-07-19
A genome-wide comparison of recent chimpanzee and human segmental duplications. Z. Cheng et al. 0 Features of the Y Chromosome, PDE4DIP (Phosphodiesterase 4D interacting protein) 2005 2016-07-01
http://fireecologyjournal.org/journal/abstract/?abstract=112# Speculations about the Effects of Fire and Lava Flows on Human Evolution M. Medler 0 Control of Fire 2011 2016-06-29
Occurrence of stroke in a nonhuman primate model of cerebrovascular disease. S. Prusty et al. 0 Atherosclerotic Stroke 1988 2016-06-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24145426 No known hominin species matches the expected dental morphology of the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. A. Gómez-Robles et al. 0 2013 2013-11-08
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.01.639363v1?ct= Where do the Dmanisi hominins fit on the human evolutionary tree? D. Argue et al. 0 2025 2025-03-05
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25510078 Blood, bulbs, and bunodonts: on evolutionary ecology and the diets of Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and early Homo. K. Sayers et al. 0 2014 2015-02-18
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01876-x Ethnography and ethnohistory support the efficiency of hunting through endurance running in humans E. Morin et al. 0 Sustained Running Behavior 2024 2024-06-14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26624612 Unique Dental Morphology of Homo floresiensis and Its Evolutionary Implications. Y. Kaifu et al. 0 2015 2015-11-20

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