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.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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919796 Neanderthal infant and adult infracranial remains from Marillac (Charente, France). M. Garralda et al. 0 2014 2015-04-16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675823001558?via%3Dihub "Dragon man" prompts rethinking of Middle Pleistocene hominin systematics in Asia. C. Bae et al. 0 2023 2023-12-06
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1806-y#citeas Earliest hunting scene in prehistoric art M. Aubert et al. 0 2019 2019-12-12
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.23448 Neck function in early hominins and suspensory primates: Insights from the uncinate process M. R. et al. 0 2018 2018-07-19
https://elife.elifesciences.org/content/6/e24231 The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa P. Dirks et al. 0 2017 2017-05-09
The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes. O. Lovejoy et al. 0 Lumbar Lordosis 2009 2016-08-03
What do stable isotopes tell us about hominid dietary and ecological niches in the Pliocene? J. Lee-Thorp et al. 0 Niche Breadth 2003 2016-07-25
Distinctive structures between chimpanzee and human in a brain noncoding RNA. A. Beniaminov et al. 0 HAR1 (human accelerated region 1) 2008 2016-07-18
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250231/ The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new language W. Sandler et al. 0 Duality of Patterning 2011 2016-07-01
The environmental context of human evolutionary history in Eurasia and Africa. S. Elton 0 Travel Between Dissimilar Environments 2008 2016-06-28
AHI1, a pivotal neurodevelopmental gene, and C6orf217 are associated with susceptibility to schizophrenia. D. Amann-Zalcenstein et al. 0 AHI1 (Abelson Helper Integration Site 1 ) 2006 2016-06-23
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.697899v1.full Tracing the Neanderthal–Modern Human hybrid zone using paleogenomic data L. Di Santo et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24427292 First early hominin from central Africa (Ishango, Democratic Republic of Congo). I. Crevecoeur et al. 0 2014 2014-01-21
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09154-0 Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal E. Hallett et al. 0 2025 2025-06-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08205-2 Dental evidence for extended growth in early Homo from Dmanisi C. Zollikofer et al. 0 Adolescent Growth Spurt, Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2024 2024-11-14
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37549-4 Whole mitogenomes reveal that NW Africa has acted both as a source and a destination for multiple human movements. J. Aizpurua-Iraola et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature18291.html Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France J. Jaubert et al. 0 2016 2016-05-25
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248418303749 Somewhere beyond the sea: Human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia S. Carro et al. 0 2019 2019-08-29
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29737530 Neuromandibular integration in humans and chimpanzees: Implications for dental and mandibular reduction in Homo. A. Veneziano et al. 0 2018 2018-05-15
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/spanish-journal-of-psychology/article/ecology-of-social-learning-in-animals-and-its-link-with-intelligence/928957B6AF798C78708CC23CEDA580CA The Ecology of Social Learning in Animals and its Link with Intelligence C. van Schaik et al. 0 2017 2017-02-07
New perspectives on mate choice and the MHC. W. Jordan et al. 0 Incest Avoidance 1998 2016-08-02
Morning sickness: a mechanism for protecting mother and embryo. S. Flaxman et al. 0 Morning Sickness 2000 2016-07-22
Broadmann's Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex K. Brodmann 0 Frontal Lobe Size 1909 2016-07-15
New insights into mid-late Pleistocene fossil hominin paranasal sinus morphology. C. Zollikofer et al. 0 Size and Position of Frontal Air Sinuses 2008 2016-06-30
Loss of urate oxidase activity in hominoids and its evolutionary implications. M. Oda et al. 0 UOX (urate oxidase, pseudogene) 2002 2016-06-28
The mirror-neuron system. G. Rizzolatti et al. 0 Accurate Overhand Throwing 2004 2016-06-23
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-26487-y Inferences about fossil hominin locomotion through 3D morphometric analysis of wrist ligament insertion sites A. Casado et al. 0 2025 2026-01-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24681886 The retrovirus HERVH is a long noncoding RNA required for human embryonic stem cell identity. X. Lu et al. 0 2014 2014-04-02
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-80780-w Screening great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses M. Hämmerle et al. 0 2024 2025-05-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17033683 Patterns of neural stem and progenitor cell division may underlie evolutionary cortical expansion. A. Kriegstein et al. 0 2006 2014-11-17
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.25027 Temporal lobe evolution in Hominidae and the origin of human lobe proportions A. Pearson et al. 0 Brain Size, Volume of Temporal Lobe White Matter 2024 2024-10-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171589 The evolution of human and ape hand proportions. S. Almécija et al. 0 2015 2015-07-29
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24679 Crown tissue proportions and enamel thickness distribution in early Pleistocene Homo antecessor maxillary premolars (Atapuerca, Spain) L. Martín-Francés et al. 0 Enamel Structure and Enamel Thickness, Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2023 2023-01-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21987817 Sexual selection by female immunity against paternal antigens can fix loss of function alleles D. Ghaderi et al. 0 CMAH (cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase (CMP-N-acetylneuraminate monooxygenase) pseudogene) 2011 2012-02-28
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248418300216 Cooked starchy food in hearths ca. 120 kya and 65 kya (MIS 5e and MIS 4) from Klasies River Cave, South Africa C. Larbey et al. 0 Cooking 2019 2019-06-27
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-018-0044-x Changed frontal pole gene expression suggest altered interplay between neurotransmitter, developmental, and inflammatory pathways in schizophrenia E. Scarr et al. 0 2018 2018-02-28
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31068-5 Long-sightedness in old wild bonobos during grooming H. Ryu et al. 0 Post Reproductive Life Stage 2016 2016-11-10
The Evolution of Life Histories S. Stearns 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 1992 2016-07-27
Meningoencephalitis secondary to otitis in a gorilla. W. Iverson et al. 0 Meningococcal Meningitis 1978 2016-07-20
The naturally occurring cyanogenic glycosides D. Seigler 0 Food Handling 1977 2016-07-14
A history of infant feeding. E. Stevens et al. 0 Difficulty Breastfeeding 2009 2016-06-30
Comparative expression analysis of the phosphocreatine circuit in extant primates: Implications for human brain evolution. A. Pfefferle et al. 0 CKB (Creatine kinase brain), SLC6A8 (solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8) 2011 2016-06-28
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1698/20150245 The origins of the Acheulean: past and present perspectives on a major transition in human evolution I. de la Torre 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2016 2016-06-14
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu2836 Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia S. Zhang et al. 0 Domestication of Other Animals 2025 2025-11-25
A quantitative comparison of the hominoid thalamus. IV. Posterior association nuclei-the pulvinar and lateral posterior nucleus. E. Armstrong 0 Sensory Thalamic Nuclei Size 1981 2016-08-03
Myomegalin is a novel A-kinase anchoring protein involved in the phosphorylation of cardiac myosin binding protein C. G. Uys et al. 0 PDE4DIP (Phosphodiesterase 4D interacting protein) 2011 2016-07-26
Ontogeny of locomotion in mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. D. Doran 0 Infant Locomotor Development 1997 2016-07-18
Human endogenous retroviruses in the primate lineage and their influence on host genomes. J. Mayer et al. 0 Endogenous Retroviral Types and Distribution 2005 2016-07-01
SVA elements: a hominid-specific retroposon family. H. Wang et al. 0 SVA (SINE/VNTR/Alu) Element Expansion 2005 2016-06-29
Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition. L. Marino et al. 0 Von Economo (Spindle) Cells Number and Size 2007 2016-06-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24318941 Ontogenetic scaling of the human nose in a longitudinal sample: implications for genus Homo facial evolution. N. Holton et al. 0 2014 2013-11-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-06089-4 Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites C. de Carvalho et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25157138 New high-resolution computed tomography data of the Taung partial cranium and endocast and their bearing on metopism and hominin brain evolution. R. Holloway et al. 0 2014 2014-08-26
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25852595 The precedence of syntax in the rapid emergence of human language in evolution as defined by the integration hypothesis. V. Nóbrega et al. 0 Rules of Phrase/Sentence Formation (Syntax) 2015 2015-04-01
http://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2024/03/08/gutjnl-2023-331594.abstract PNPLA3 fatty liver allele was fixed in Neanderthals and segregates neutrally in humans A. Geier et al. 0 2024 2024-03-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16911819 Cranial base morphology and temporal bone pneumatization in Asian Homo erectus. A. Balzeau et al. 0 2006 2016-02-16
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/6/2879 Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia K. Kolobova et al. 0 2020 2020-03-12
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1886/20181536 Bonobos voluntarily hand food to others but not toys or tools C. Krupenye et al. 0 2018 2018-09-13
http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/04/09/125799 Comparative Genomic Evidence for Self-Domestication in Homo sapiens C. Theofanopoulou et al. 0 2017 2017-07-11
What does the amygdala contribute to social cognition? R. Adolphs 0 Morphometrics of the Amygdala 2010 2016-08-03
Human-specific organization of primary visual cortex: alternating compartments of dense Cat-301 and calbindin immunoreactivity in layer 4A. T. Preuss et al. 0 Organization of Layer 4A of Area V1 2002 2016-07-25
HLA-DRB1* allele-associated genetic susceptibility and protection against multiple sclerosis in Brazilian patients. D. Kaimen-Maciel et al. 0 HLA-DRB1*11 (major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1 allele 11 ) 2009 2016-07-18
Positive selection in East Asians for an EDAR allele that enhances NF-kappaB activation. J. Bryk et al. 0 EDAR (ectodysplasin A receptor) 2008 2016-07-01
Tyrosine hydroxylase: human isoforms, structure and regulation in physiology and pathology. T. Nagatsu 0 TH (tyrosine hydroxylase) 1995 2016-06-28
Apolipoprotein CI knock-out mice display impaired memory functions. J. Berbée et al. 0 APOC1 (apolipoprotein C-I) 2011 2016-06-23
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324143 Cultural assemblages show nested structure in humans and chimpanzees but not orangutans. J. Kamilar et al. 0 2014 2013-12-20
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225011241 Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality J. Feldblum et al. 0 2025 2025-07-16
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254093 Human paternal and maternal demographic histories: insights from high-resolution Y chromosome and mtDNA sequences. S. Lippold et al. 0 2014 2014-09-25
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/expanding-the-causal-menu-an-interventionist-perspective-on-explaining-human-behavioral-evolution/2F04DB41767ECC180128342C40582338 Expanding the causal menu: An interventionist perspective on explaining human behavioural evolution R. Planer et al. 0 2024 2024-11-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25945314 From Lucy to Kadanuumuu: balanced analyses of Australopithecus afarensis assemblages confirm only moderate skeletal dimorphism. P. Reno et al. 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 2015 2015-04-29
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf8009 The genetic architecture and evolution of the human skeletal form E. Kun et al. 0 2023 2023-09-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27058445 The Divergence of Neandertal and Modern Human Y Chromosomes. F. Mendez et al. 0 Features of the Y Chromosome 2016 2016-04-07
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/10/08/1905071116?cct=1818 Evidence for independent brain and neurocranial reorganization during hominin evolution J. Warren et al. 0 2019 2019-10-17
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30383-0 Human-Specific NOTCH2NL Genes Affect Notch Signaling and Cortical Neurogenesis I. Fiddes et al. 0 2018 2018-06-18
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/3078671/Ancient-recombination-events-between-human-herpes?searchresult=1 Ancient recombination events between human herpes simplex viruses S. Burrel et al. 0 2017 2017-03-29
https://carta.anthropogeny.org/events/sessions/male-violence-among-ache´-and-hiwi-hunter-gatherers Male violence among Ache´ and Hiwi hunter-gatherers K. Hill 0 Intra-group Coalitions/Alliances 2014 2016-08-02
Inactivation of MOXD2 and S100A15A by exon deletion during human evolution. Y. Hahn et al. 0 MOXD2P (monooxygenase, DBH-like 2, pseudogene ) 2007 2016-07-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC419985/ Human-Specific Duplication and Mosaic Transcripts: The Recent Paralogous Structure of Chromosome 22 J. Bailey et al. 0 Genomic Segmental Duplications/Low Copy Repeats 2002 2016-07-15
Active Alu retrotransposons in the human genome. A. Bennett et al. 0 Short Interspersed Elements (SINEs)/Alu Types and Distribution 2008 2016-06-30
Twinning and heteropaternity in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). J. Ely et al. 0 Twinning Frequency 2006 2016-06-28
Metopic suture of Taung (Australopithecus africanus) and its implications for hominin brain evolution D. Falk et al. 0 Age of Fontanelles / Cranial Sutures Closure 2012 2016-06-23
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.70048 Neanderthal incursions at a high‐altitude “bear cave”: Reassessing Caverna Generosa in the southern Alps D. Delpiano et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24535286 Genomics and the origin of species. O. Seehausen et al. 0 2014 2014-02-18
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0053 Stone-assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission S. van Loon et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25368157 Rapid changes in the gut microbiome during human evolution. A. Moeller et al. 0 Gut Microbiome 2014 2014-11-04
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53050-6#Abs1 Ochre communities of practice in Stone Age Eswatini B. MacDonald et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-01
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26055157 Reconstructing ancient genomes and epigenomes. L. Orlando et al. 0 2015 2015-06-18
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36991187/ Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast. E. Brielle et al. 0 2023 2023-03-30
http://lccn.loc.gov/2013932348 Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind A. Varki et al. 0 Optimism Bias 2013 2013-06-05
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/32/16036 Human species-specific loss of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase enhances atherosclerosis via intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms K. Kawanishi et al. 0 Atherosclerosis 2019 2019-07-25
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0528-0 Supraorbital morphology and social dynamics in human evolution R. Godinho et al. 0 2018 2018-04-11
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/div-classtitlethe-archaeology-of-persistent-places-the-palaeolithic-case-of-la-cotte-de-st-brelade-jerseydiv/90B364F80106D2ED02457015EF6A2AFF The archaeology of persistent places: the Palaeolithic case of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey A. Shaw et al. 0 2016 2016-12-19
Evolution of mammals and their gut microbes. R. Ley et al. 0 Gut Microbiome 2008 2016-08-02
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16371 Travel fosters tool use in wild chimpanzees T. Gruber et al. 0 Tool Making 2016 2016-07-22
Why do chimpanzees hunt and share meat? J. Mitani et al. 0 Food Sharing 2001 2016-07-15
Hunter-gatherer postcranial robusticity relative to patterns of mobility, climatic adaptation, and selection for tissue economy. J. Stock 0 Skeletal Robusticity 2006 2016-06-30
Primate prefrontal cortex evolution: human brains are the extreme of a lateralized ape trend. J. Smaers et al. 0 Frontal Lobe Size, Volume of Frontal Lobe White Matter 2011 2016-06-28
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis of mammals: evolution and life history. I. Amrein et al. 0 Adult Neurogenesis 2009 2016-06-22

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