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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URL Title Authors # Commentssort descending Related MOCA Topics Year of Publication Date Added
Spinal muscular atrophy: why do low levels of survival motor neuron protein make motor neurons sick? A. Burghes et al. 0 SMN1 (Survival of motor neurone 1) 2009 2016-06-29
Principles of Brain Evolution G. Striedter 0 Brain Size 2005 2016-06-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24114781 2000 years of parallel societies in Stone Age Central Europe. R. Bollongino et al. 0 2013 2013-11-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17495986 Contrasting patterns in crop domestication and domestication rates: recent archaeobotanical insights from the Old World. D. Fuller 0 2007 2014-05-31
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266603342500005X Human Response to Cold Climate: First Evidence from the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Glacial Maximum W. Li et al. 0 2025 2025-03-20
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440315000084# Characterizing prehistoric archery: technical and functional analyses of the Neolithic bows from La Draga (NE Iberian Peninsula) R. Piqué et al. 0 2015 2015-02-03
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304956 Anthropic cut marks in extinct megafauna bones from the Pampean region (Argentina) at the last glacial maximum M. Del Papa et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-07-19
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24247 The evolution of the human trophic level during the Pleistocene M. Ben-Dor et al. 0 Carnivory, Organized Hunting for Meat, Organized Scavenging for Meat, Trophic Level 2021 2021-04-16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218314702 Neandertal Introgression Sheds Light on Modern Human Endocranial Globularity P. Gunz et al. 0 2018 2018-12-20
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/10/04/science.aao1807 Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers M. Sikora et al. 0 2017 2017-10-09
http://www.genetics.org/content/204/1/303.abstract Fine-Scale Human Population Structure in Southern Africa Reflects Ecogeographic Boundaries C. Uren et al. 0 2016 2016-09-09
A study of reproductive failure in a pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) B. Lasley 0 Polycystic Ovarian Disease 1977 2016-07-26
http://jce.sagepub.com/content/16/4/395.abstract Marks of Mischief: Becoming and Being Tattooed C. Sanders 0 Intra-group Coalitions/Alliances 1988 2016-07-19
Face-specific processing in the human fusiform gyrus. G. McCarthy et al. 0 Facial recognition 1997 2016-07-01
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347206001461 Engineering cooperation in chimpanzees: tolerance constraints on cooperation A. Melis et al. 0 Cooperative Action 2006 2016-06-29
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/39/19409 The composition of a Neandertal social group revealed by the hominin footprints at Le Rozel (Normandy, France) J. Duveau et al. 0 2019 2019-10-08
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0560-0 The palaeoecological context of the Oldowan–Acheulean in southern Africa M. Ecker et al. 0 2018 2018-05-30
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6328/969 Late Pleistocene archaic human crania from Xuchang, China Z. Li et al. 0 2017 2017-03-03
Opposite effects of maternal and paternal grandmothers on infant survival in historical Krummhörn E. Voland et al. 0 Inter-birth Intervals 2002 2016-08-02
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_3165 Evolution of the Pallium in Birds and Reptiles E. Jarvis et al. 0 Morphometrics of the Amygdala 2009 2016-07-22
Inhibitory interneurons of the human prefrontal cortex display conserved evolution of the phenotype and related genes. C. Sherwood et al. 0 Frontal Lobe Size 2010 2016-07-15
The association of DRD4 and novelty seeking is found in a nonhuman primate model. J. Bailey et al. 0 DRD4 (dopamine receptor D4) 2007 2016-06-30
The evolution of risk-taking. L. Dugatkin 0 Unnecessary Risk Taking 2013 2016-06-28
Corridors of migrating neurons in the human brain and their decline during infancy. N. Sanai et al. 0 Adult Neurogenesis 2011 2016-06-23
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24621925 Linguistic phylogenies support back-migration from Beringia to Asia. M. Sicoli et al. 0 2014 2014-03-13
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv2609 Constrained roads to complex brains G. Gattoni et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25385591 Brothers in arms: Libyan revolutionaries bond like family. H. Whitehouse et al. 0 2014 2014-11-12
https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347%2821%2900307-4 Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations P. Zhang et al. 0 2022 2024-10-17
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26153857 Systems biology: Network evolution hinges on history. A. New et al. 0 2015 2015-07-08
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20445087 Uniquely human evolution of sialic acid genetics and biology A. Varki 0 CMAH (cytidine monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid hydroxylase (CMP-N-acetylneuraminate monooxygenase) pseudogene), N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid Expression 2010 2012-02-28
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.190086 Neuroimaging supports the representational nature of the earliest human engravings M. E. et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts 2019 2019-07-03
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0488-4 Two million years of flaking stone and the evolutionary efficiency of stone tool technology Ž. Režek et al. 0 2018 2018-03-13
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379116305078 Direct isotopic evidence for subsistence variability in Middle Pleistocene Neanderthals (Payre, southeastern France) H. Bocherens et al. 0 2016 2016-11-28
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.14.100185.002241 Sexual Dimorphism D. Frayer et al. 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 1985 2016-07-27
Chemical characterization of oligosaccharides in chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, orangutan, and siamang milk or colostrum. T. Urashima et al. 0 Milk Composition 2009 2016-07-20
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4534230 Optimisation of Nut-Cracking with Natural Hammers by Wild Chimpanzees C. Boesch et al. 0 Food Preparation 1982 2016-07-14
Gestural communication in deaf children: the effects and noneffects of parental input on early language development. S. Goldin-Meadow et al. 0 Displaced Reference 1984 2016-06-30
Was Man More Aquatic in the Past? A. Hardy 0 Voluntary Control of Breathing 1960 2016-06-28
Molecular genetic basis of the histo-blood group ABO system. F. Yamamoto et al. 0 ABO (ABO blood group ) 1990 2016-06-17
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753600 Symbol addition by monkeys provides evidence for normalized quantity coding. M. Livingstone et al. 0 2014 2014-04-24
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/732354 Why Do Humans Hunt Cooperatively?: Ethnohistoric Data Reveal the Contexts, Advantages, and Evolutionary Importance of Communal Hunting E. Morin et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2024 2025-04-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23397798 Homosexuality as a consequence of epigenetically canalized sexual development. W. Rice et al. 0 2012 2014-12-04
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41/8/msae156/7724092?login=true Fast and Accurate Estimation of Selection Coefficients and Allele Histories from Ancient and Modern DNA A. Vaughn et al. 0 2024 2024-09-12
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26313946 The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test: Complete Absence of Typical Sex Difference in ~400 Men and Women with Autism. S. Baron-Cohen et al. 0 2015 2015-09-08
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-25384-y 4000-year-old hair from the Middle Nile highlights unusual ancient DNA degradation pattern and a potential source of early eastern Africa pastoralists. K. Wang et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
http://lccn.loc.gov/98028528 Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity B. Bagemihl 0 Homosexual Behavior, Masturbation 1999 2009-03-06
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/5/eaav9038 Temporal evidence shows Australopithecus sediba is unlikely to be the ancestor of Homo A. Du et al. 0 2019 2019-05-16
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189813 Precocious development of self-awareness in dolphins R. Morrison et al. 0 2018 2018-01-25
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0163874 Early Evidence for the Extensive Heat Treatment of Silcrete in the Howiesons Poort at Klipdrift Shelter (Layer PBD, 65 ka), South Africa A. Delagnes et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2016 2016-10-21
Neurotransmitter actions in the thalamus and cerebral cortex and their role in neuromodulation of thalamocortical activity. D. McCormick 0 Sensory Thalamic Nuclei Size 1992 2016-07-26
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1014913532057 Patterns of Gazing in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) G. Kaplan et al. 0 Maternal Infant Eye-to-Eye Gaze 2002 2016-07-20
Evolution of the human hand: the role of throwing and clubbing. R. Young 0 Fingertip Sensory Nerve Endings 2003 2016-07-13
Pheomelanin as well as eumelanin is present in human epidermis. A. Thody et al. 0 Skin Pigmentation Variation 1991 2016-06-29
Characterization of the human lineage-specific pericentric inversion that distinguishes human chromosome 1 from the homologous chromosomes of the great apes. J. Szamalek et al. 0 Centromere and Pericentromere Changes 2006 2016-06-28
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/06/03/1525200113 Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions N. Boivin et al. 0 Niche Breadth 2016 2016-06-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24040357 Wild orangutan males plan and communicate their travel direction one day in advance. C. van Schaik et al. 0 2013 2014-05-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000041 Morphological variation of the Australopithecus afarensis maxilla H. Hanegraef et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599400 Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage. M. Merker et al. 0 2015 2015-01-23
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02420-w African elephants address one another with individually specific name-like calls M. Pardo et al. 0 Personal Names 2024 2024-08-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26592343 Evolutionary trade-off between vocal tract and testes dimensions in howler monkeys. J. Dunn et al. 0 2015 2015-10-23
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661321001753 The Cognitive Science of Technology D. Stout 0 2021 2021-08-06
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30050-9 Establishing Cerebral Organoids as Models of Human-Specific Brain Evolution A. Pollen et al. 0 2019 2019-02-07
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6363/592/tab-pdf Finding the first Americans. T. Braje et al. 0 2017 2017-11-16
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1682/20140355.abstract How similar are nut-cracking and stone-flaking? A functional approach to percussive technology B. Bril et al. 0 2015 2016-09-21
The R7 RGS protein family: multi-subunit regulators of neuronal G protein signaling. G. Anderson et al. 0 RGS6 (Regulator of G-protein signaling 6) 2009 2016-07-26
Human type I hair keratin pseudogene phihHaA has functional orthologs in the chimpanzee and gorilla: evidence for recent inactivation of the human gene after the Pan-Homo divergence. H. Winter et al. 0 KRT41P (keratin 41 pseudogene) 2001 2016-07-19
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep29005 Neandertal cannibalism and Neandertal bones used as tools in Northern Europe H. Rougier et al. 0 2016 2016-07-07
Psychiatric comorbidity of adolescents with sleep terrors or sleepwalking: a case-control study. S. Gau et al. 0 Somnambulism 1999 2016-06-29
Total brain volume and corpus callosum size in medication-naïve adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder. C. Freitag et al. 0 Autism Spectrum Disorders 2009 2016-06-27
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=early-humans-not-climate-change-decimated-africas-large-carnivores Early Humans—Not Climate Change—Decimated Africa’s Large Carnivores L. Werdelin 0 2013 2013-11-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904137 The killing ground. M. Balter 0 2014 2014-06-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001416 Acetabular orientation, pelvic shape, and the evolution of hominin bipedality A. Lawrence et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2025 2025-03-05
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1751696X.2014.993244#abstract Psychoactive Substances in Prehistoric Times: Examining the Archaeological Evidence E. Guerra-Doce 0 Mind-Altering Drug Use 2015 2015-02-12
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-024-00602-8 Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms E. Courchesne et al. 0 Autism Spectrum Disorders 2024 2024-07-02
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215005261 The symmetry of handaxes from the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region H. Li et al. 0 2015 2015-11-18
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.011 The energetic significance of cooking. R. Carmody et al. 0 Cooking 2009 2020-10-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0711-0 U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases R. Pickering et al. 0 2018 2018-11-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10178-4 New dating evidence of the early presence of hominins in Southern Europe. V. Michel et al. 0 2017 2017-09-14
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23032/full Absolute humidity and the human nose: A reanalysis of climate zones and their influence on nasal form and function S. Maddux et al. 0 2016 2016-08-19
Dietary influences on tissue concentrations of phytanic acid and AMACR expression in the benign human prostate. Y. Kataria et al. 0 Phytanic Acid Metabolism 2015 2016-07-26
The role of alliances in social inheritance of rank among female primates B. Chapais 0 Intra-group Coalitions/Alliances 1992 2016-07-19
Human and chimpanzee face recognition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): role of exposure and impact on categorical perception. J. Martin-Malivel et al. 0 Facial recognition 2007 2016-07-01
Comparative investigations on hippocampus in insectivores and primates. H. Stephan et al. 0 Subregions of the Hippocampus 1980 2016-06-29
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23030/full Basis for the gain and subsequent dilution of epidermal pigmentation during human evolution: The barrier and metabolic conservation hypotheses revisited P. Elias et al. 0 Skin Pigmentation Variation 2016 2016-06-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24196717 Immunosuppressive CD71+ erythroid cells compromise neonatal host defence against infection. S. Elahi et al. 0 2013 2013-11-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25092311 Evolved developmental homeostasis disturbed in LB1 from Flores, Indonesia, denotes Down syndrome and not diagnostic traits of the invalid species Homo floresiensis. M. Henneberg et al. 0 2014 2014-08-05
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25692765 Dental ontogeny in pliocene and early pleistocene hominins. T. Smith et al. 0 2015 2015-03-11
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07354-8 Frequent disturbances enhanced the resilience of past human populations P. Riris et al. 0 2024 2024-05-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11740557 Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins. C. Dean et al. 0 Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2001 2016-01-12
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/16/8989.abstract? The spatiotemporal spread of human migrations during the European Holocene F. Racimo et al. 0 2020 2020-05-07
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248418301489 Pleistocene animal communities of a 1.5 million-year-old lake margin grassland and their relationship to Homo erectus paleoecology N. Roach et al. 0 2018 2018-09-21
Examining non-LTR retrotransposons in the context of the evolving primate brain. S. Linker et al. 0 2017 2017-08-14
Parental investment and sexual selection T. Robert 0 Parental Investment 1972 2016-08-03
Hominin life history: reconstruction and evolution. S. Robson et al. 0 Paternal Care 2008 2016-07-26
Homosexual behavior in wild Sumatran orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii). E. Fox 0 Homosexual Behavior 2001 2016-07-18
Pathological sweating and flushing accompanying the trigeminal lacrimal reflex in patients with cluster headache and in patients with a confirmed site of cervical sympathetic deficit. Evidence for parasympathetic cross-innervation. P. Drummond et al. 0 Emotional Lacrimation (Crying) 1992 2016-07-01
Diet-induced systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in primates. E. Bardana et al. 0 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 1982 2016-06-28
The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome. M. Ross et al. 0 Xq21.3 to Yp11.2 Duplication 2005 2016-06-24

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