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.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22208-x New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya A. Hammond et al. 0 2021 2021-04-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16296-4#citeas Extreme differences between human germline and tumor mutation densities are driven by ancestral human-specific deviations J. Heredia-Genestar et al. 0 2020 2020-05-28
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12862-7 Disease transmission and introgression can explain the long-lasting contact zone of modern humans and Neanderthals G. Greenbaum et al. 0 2019 2019-11-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08089-7 Approximate Bayesian computation with deep learning supports a third archaic introgression in Asia and Oceania M. Mondal et al. 0 2019 2019-01-17
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08018-8 Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia T. Devièse et al. 0 2019 2019-01-31
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-06803-z 3D virtual reconstruction of the Kebara 2 Neandertal thorax A. Gómez-Olivencia et al. 0 2018 2018-11-01
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04057-3 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later Stone Age innovation in an East African tropical forest C. Shipton et al. 0 2018 2018-09-13
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02036-8 Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling D. Smith et al. 0 2017 2017-12-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01043-z A parsimonious neutral model suggests Neanderthal replacement was determined by migration and random species drift O. Kolodny et al. 0 2017 2017-11-01
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00997-4 Evidence of a chimpanzee-sized ancestor of humans but a gibbon-sized ancestor of apes M. Grabowski et al. 0 2017 2017-10-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0175-0 Evolutionary trends in host physiology outweigh dietary niche in structuring primate gut microbiomes K. Amato et al. 0 2018 2018-08-02
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02593-7 Enrichment of a subset of Neanderthal polymorphisms in autistic probands and siblings R. Pauly et al. 0 Autism Spectrum Disorders 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-025-01791-9 Human adaptation response to obesity A. Jahanbani et al. 0 2025 2025-04-30
https://www.nature.com/articles/nplants201793 The deep human prehistory of global tropical forests and its relevance for modern conservation P. Roberts et al. 0 2017 2017-08-03
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms16082 Ancient European dog genomes reveal continuity since the Early Neolithic L. Botigué et al. 0 Domestication of Other Animals 2017 2017-08-08
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms16046 Deeply divergent archaic mitochondrial genome provides lower time boundary for African gene flow into Neanderthals C. Posth et al. 0 2017 2017-07-06
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature26151 Reconstructing the genetic history of late Neanderthals M. Hajdinjak et al. 0 2018 2018-03-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25967.pdf Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago E. Smith et al. 0 2018 2018-03-13
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25173 Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans V. Moreno-Mayar et al. 0 2018 2018-01-08
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05197-8 Modelling provides clues to the evolution of human brain size. R. McElreath 0 2018 2018-05-24
https://www.nature.com/articles/6800156 Cacao domestication I: the origin of the cacao cultivated by the Mayas J. Motamayor et al. 0 Domestication of Plants 2002 2025-10-30
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9461/4/3/14 The Evolution of Primate Litter Size J. McBride et al. 0 Twinning Frequency 2024 2024-08-02
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/7/4/49 Were Neanderthals the First Collectors? First Evidence Recovered in Level 4 of the Prado Vargas Cave, Cornejo, Burgos and Spain M. Ruiz et al. 0 2024 2024-11-27
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/6/1/20 The Role of Large Mammals as Vitamin C Sources for MIS 3 Hominins J. Guil-Guerrero 0 2023 2024-07-23
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/12/1455 The Distribution and Biogenic Origins of Zinc in the Mineralised Tooth Tissues of Modern and Fossil Hominoids: Implications for Life History, Diet and Taphonomy M. Dean et al. 0 Enamel Structure and Enamel Thickness, Growth of Enamel and Dentine 2023 2024-07-23
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/14/2/27 Child in Time: Children as Liminal Agents in Upper Paleolithic Decorated Caves E. Assaf et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/15/6/767#:~:text=We%20find%20that%20chimpanzees%2C%20gorillas,divergence%20of%20humans%20from%20chimpanzees Novel Evolution of Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Humans Compared to Chimpanzees, Gorillas, and Orangutans Y. Katsu et al. 0 2024 2024-07-23
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/1/88 Rewriting Human History and Empowering Indigenous Communities with Genome Editing Tools. K. Fox et al. 0 2020 2020-02-04
https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/468506 Schizophrenia and Human Self-Domestication: An Evolutionary Linguistics Approach. A. Benítez-Burraco et al. 0 2017 2017-07-11
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/123/2/123_150501/_html Descriptions of the dental remains of Homo floresiensis Y. Kaifu et al. 0 2015 2015-11-02
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://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
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/701477 Origins of the Human Predatory Pattern: The Transition to Large-Animal Exploitation by Early Hominins J. Thompson et al. 0 2019 2019-02-07
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/697150 How Humans and Apes Are Different, and Why It Matters A. Fuentes 0 2018 2018-05-31
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/705038 Invisible Designers: Brain Evolution Through the Lens of Parasite Manipulation M. Del Giudice 0 2019 2019-08-29
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/703418 From Cosmic Explosions to Terrestrial Fires? A. Melott et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2019 2019-05-31
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2025/02/23/JNEUROSCI.2017-24.2025 Connectivity profile and function of uniquely human cortical areas K. Bryant et al. 0 2025 2025-03-20
https://www.human-biology-and-public-health.org/index.php/hbph/article/view/79 Soulful rhythm, dancing bodies: A review on spirituality, pain tolerance, and the risk of lower extremity musculoskeletal and back injuries among classical Kathak dancers of India A. Dewari et al. 0 Dancing 2024 2024-11-20
https://www.genetics.org/content/214/1/179 The Driver of Extreme Human-Specific Olduvai Repeat Expansion Remains Highly Active in the Human Genome. I. Heft et al. 0 Brain Size 2020 2020-02-03
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1503900 Linguistic capacity was present in the Homo sapiens population 135 thousand years ago S. Miyagawa et al. 0 2025 2025-03-14
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1271854 Music as aposematic signal: predator defense strategies in early human evolution J. Jordania 0 Music 2024 2024-08-16
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.729425 Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution J. Arce et al. 0 Mind-Altering Drug Use 2021 2024-10-03
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1585182/full A bioenergetic approach favors the preservation and protection of prey, not cooking, as the drivers of early fire M. Ben-Dor et al. 0 Control of Fire 2025 2025-06-05
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.866407 An HLA map of the world: A comparison of HLA frequencies in 200 worldwide populations reveals diverse patterns for class I and class II E. Arrieta-Bolaños et al. 0 2023 2024-09-12
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-archaeology/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1575572/full Cut from the same cloth? Comparing Neanderthal processing of faunal resources at Amud and Kebara caves (Israel) through cut-marks analyses A. Jallon et al. 0 2025 2025-09-18
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-archaeology/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1558698/full Neanderthal had a “crush” on fats. Macronutrient estimation in Middle Paleolithic (Late Mousterian) hunter-gatherers of southern Italy J. Crezzini et al. 0 2025 2025-06-19
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2025.1561078/full Foraging strategy and tree structure as drivers of arboreality and suspensory behaviour in savannah-dwelling chimpanzees R. Drummond-Clarke et al. 0 2025 2025-08-05
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2019.00389/full Interrogating the Evolutionary Paradox of Schizophrenia: A Novel Framework and Evidence Supporting Recent Negative Selection of Schizophrenia Risk Alleles C. Liu et al. 0 2019 2019-06-12
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00025/full The Internal, External and Extended Microbiomes of Hominins R. Dunn et al. 0 2020 2020-02-21
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fearc.2023.1097815 The exploitation of crabs by Last Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals: The evidence from Gruta da Figueira Brava (Portugal) M. Nabais et al. 0 Cooking 2023 2023-02-10
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00115 Cross-Modality Information Transfer: A Hypothesis about the Relationship among Prehistoric Cave Paintings, Symbolic Thinking, and the Emergence of Language S. Miyagawa et al. 0 Art, Innovation (Language Change and Variation), Symbolic Representation of Abstract Concepts 2018 2018-02-21
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00534 Neural Correlates of Vocal Repertoire in Primates J. Dunn et al. 0 2018 2018-09-06
https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00053 First Detailed Anatomical Study of Bonobos Reveals Intra-Specific Variations and Exposes Just-So Stories of Human Evolution, Bipedalism, and Tool Use R. Diogo 0 2018 2018-05-24
https://www.edge.org/conversation/mirror-neurons-and-imitation-learning-as-the-driving-force-behind-the-great-leap-forward-in-human-evolution Mirror neurons and imitation learning as the driving force behind “the great leap forward” in human evolution V. Ramachandran 0 Dancing 2000 2016-06-30
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2025-0053/html A Framework for Archaeological Involvement with Human Genetic Data for European Prehistory M. Sørensen et al. 0 2025 2025-08-12
https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opar.2018.4.issue-1/opar-2018-0016/opar-2018-0016.xml How Do We Explain ‛Autistic Traits’ in European Upper Palaeolithic Art? P. Spikins et al. 0 2018 2018-05-15
https://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/fulltext/S0168-9525(19)30079-4 The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved Immune Compensation Due to Pregnancy Underlies Sex Differences in Human Diseases H. Natri et al. 0 2019 2019-06-12
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
https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(18)30117-4 Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter? E. Scerri et al. 0 2018 2018-07-19
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(21)00057-6 Late Middle Pleistocene Harbin cranium represents a new Homo species Q. Ji et al. 0 2021 2021-06-30
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(21)00056-4 Geochemical provenancing and direct dating of the Harbin archaic human cranium Q. Shao et al. 0 2021 2021-06-29
https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(21)00055-2 Massive cranium from Harbin in northeastern China establishes a new Middle Pleistocene human lineage X. Ni et al. 0 2021 2021-06-30
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(24)00608-1 A neural basis of choking under pressure A. Smoulder et al. 0 2024 2024-09-26
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00419-5 Engineering skills in the manufacture of tools by wild chimpanzees A. Pascual-Garrido et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-03-26
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)02181-2?_returnURL=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2589004222021812?showall=true Genetic and functional odorant receptor variation in the Homo lineage C. de March et al. 0 Sense of Smell 2023 2023-02-03
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)00956-1 A worked bone assemblage from 120,000–90,000 year old deposits at Contrebandiers Cave, Atlantic Coast, Morocco E. Hallett et al. 0 Personal adornment, Symbolic Representation, Tool Manufacture and Use 2021 2021-09-16
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)01117-0 An early East Asian lineage with unexpectedly low Denisovan ancestry J. Yang et al. 0 2025 2025-10-30
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.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.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.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01732-2 Application of insects to wounds of self and others by chimpanzees in the wild A. Mascaro et al. 0 Self-Medication (Zoopharmacognosy) 2022 2025-11-04
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00977-5 Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world M. Larena et al. 0 2021 2021-08-18
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30029-6 Using Geographic Distance as a Potential Proxy for Help in the Assessment of the Grandmother Hypothesis S. Engelhardt et al. 0 Grandparenting 2019 2019-02-07
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30008-9 Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women S. Chapman et al. 0 Grandparenting, Longevity 2019 2019-02-07
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2900448-8 Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation V. Eleuteri et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00739-1 Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution D. Soto et al. 0 FRMPD2 (FERM and PDZ domain containing 2) 2025 2025-07-29
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00627-0 Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium Q. Fu et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00417-9 Tracing the evolutionary history of the CCR5delta32 deletion via ancient and modern genomes K. Ravn et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00036-4 Resolving the three-dimensional interactome of human accelerated regions during human and chimpanzee neurodevelopment A. Pal et al. 0 Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) and Changes in Conserved Sequences 2025 2025-09-26
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01422-3 Fine-tuning of gene expression through the Mettl3-Mettl14-Dnmt1 axis controls ESC differentiation G. Quarto et al. 0 2025 2025-02-19
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01153-X An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania L. Loh et al. 0 HLA-DRB1 family 2024 2024-11-01
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30218-1 Multiple Deeply Divergent Denisovan Ancestries in Papuans G. Jacobs et al. 0 2019 2019-04-11
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
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31380-1 Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America C. Posth et al. 0 2018 2018-11-14
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30851-1 No Evidence for Recent Selection at FOXP2 among Diverse Human Populations E. Atkinson et al. 0 2018 2018-08-02
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://www.cell.com/cell-systems/fulltext/S2405-4712(18)30142-X Fast-Evolving Human-Specific Neural Enhancers Are Associated with Aging-Related Diseases H. Chen et al. 0 2018 2018-05-31
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(23)00424-2 Mitogenome evidence shows two radiation events and dispersals of matrilineal ancestry from northern coastal China to the Americas and Japan Y. Li et al. 0 2023 2025-10-30
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)01696-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124722016965%3Fshowall%3Dtrue De novo birth of functional microproteins in the human lineage. N. Vakirlis et al. 0 2022 2022-12-26
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(25)00235-6 LINE-1 retrotransposons mediate cis-acting transcriptional control in human pluripotent stem cells and regulate early brain development A. Adami et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(25)00184-3 Oncogenic roles of young human de novo genes and their potential as neoantigens in cancer immunotherapy C. Xiao et al. 0 2025 2025-08-19
https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(25)00111-9 An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis Y. Zhang et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
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.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.cambridge.org/core/product/BA22259E65ED9C6A83AA0F6AFD5058FA Cultural evolution as inheritance, not intentions A. Bentley et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-01
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://www.cambridge.org/core/product/B3950C679C1005BD08F97047DBED737F Mass-hunting in South-west Asia at the dawn of sedentism: new evidence from Şanlıurfa, south-east Türkiye F. Şahin et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2024 2024-10-20
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/A5E054A62FBC5440FE314BA6BF9CBE6D What is a society? Building an interdisciplinary perspective and why that's important M. Moffett 0 2025 2025-04-16
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.cambridge.org/core/product/3196029E586CC58C6696D5AB9994ADF7 Geography is not destiny: A quantitative test of Diamond's axis of orientation hypothesis A. Chira et al. 0 2024 2024-03-22

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