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://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
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513825001370#f0010 A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing M. Brindle et al. 0 2025 2025-11-25
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
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
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr1524 Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution R. Joannes-Boyau et al. 0 FOXP2 (forkhead box P2) 2025 2025-10-30
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
Children creating core properties of language: evidence from an emerging sign language in Nicaragua. A. Senghas et al. 0 Emergence of New Communication Systems 2004 2016-07-01
Divergence, demography and gene loss along the human lineage. H. Kim et al. 0 GLRA4 (Glycine receptor, alpha 4), MBL1P (mannose-binding lectin (protein A) 1, pseudogene), T-Cell Receptors, TDH (L-threonin dehydrogenase) 2010 2016-06-28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_in_General_Linguistics Course in General Linguistics F. de Saussure 0 Arbitrary Reference 1916 2016-06-23
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea0706 Introgressed mitochondrial fragments from archaic hominins alter nuclear genome function in modern humans Q. Zhu et al. 0 2026 2026-03-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24344276 Early Pleistocene third metacarpal from Kenya and the evolution of modern human-like hand morphology. C. Ward et al. 0 2014 2013-12-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325001530 Fallow deer abundances and age profiles indicate opportunistic hunting in the Middle Paleolithic Levant M. Orbach et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2025 2025-07-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324394 Evolution of responses to (un)fairness. S. Brosnan et al. 0 2014 2014-09-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7 Making sense of eastern Asian Late Quaternary hominin variability C. Bae et al. 0 2024 2024-12-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25855649 What do you mean, "epigenetic"? C. Deans et al. 0 2015 2015-04-20
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade9516?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Comparative transcriptomics reveals human-specific cortical features. N. Jorstad et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27032491 The Combined Landscape of Denisovan and Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans. S. Sankararaman et al. 0 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2016 2016-03-31
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
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/7/eaar7723.full A nearly complete foot from Dikika, Ethiopia and its implications for the ontogeny and function of Australopithecus afarensis J. DeSilva et al. 0 Bipedal Foot Morphology 2018 2018-07-11
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003552117300158 Evidence of climate change in the lower Pleistocene site of El Kherba (Algeria) and its possible impact on hominid activities, at 1.7 Ma M. Sahnouni et al. 0 2017 2017-04-26
Joint attention and imitative learning in children, chimpanzees, and enculturated chimpanzees M. Carpenter et al. 0 Joint Attention 1995 2016-08-02
Multiple changes in sialic acid biology during human evolution. A. Varki 0 N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid Expression 2009 2016-07-25
Genetic variation in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR3A but not NR3B influences susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. H. Liu et al. 0 GRIN3A (Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl-D-aspartate 3A) 2009 2016-07-15
On the role and origin of isochrony in human rhythmic entrainment. B. Merker et al. 0 Drumming 2009 2016-06-30
Restriction of an extinct retrovirus by the human TRIM5alpha antiviral protein. S. Kaiser et al. 0 Trim5-alpha/APOBEC Control of Retroviral Pathogens 2007 2016-06-28
Human Aggression: A Social-Cognitive View C. Anderson et al. 0 Aggressiveness 2003 2016-06-23
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44260-025-00060-0 Uncovering complementary information sharing in spider monkey collective foraging using higher-order spatial networks G. Ramos-Fernandez et al. 0 2026 2026-01-27
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24421073 The myth of cognitive decline: non-linear dynamics of lifelong learning. M. Ramscar et al. 0 2014 2014-01-29
https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.15373 Third‐order self‐embedded vocal motifs in wild orangutans, and the selective evolution of recursion C. De Gregorio et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-024-02075-5 Wonderboom, South Africa: An Acheulean workshop with evidence of flake harvesting M. Lotter et al. 0 2024 2024-11-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26062507 Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia. M. Allentoft et al. 0 2015 2015-06-11
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06457-y The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome. A. Rhie et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6453/583 Middle Stone Age foragers resided in high elevations of the glaciated Bale Mountains, Ethiopia G. Ossendorf et al. 0 2019 2019-08-15
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417303834 The costs of living at the edge: Seasonal stress in wild savanna-dwelling chimpanzees E. Wessling et al. 0 2018 2018-05-03
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/3/468.full Brain enlargement and dental reduction were not linked in hominin evolution A. Gómez-Robles et al. 0 2017 2017-01-19
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156853987x00026 The Evolution of Sex-Biased Dispersal in Lions A. Pusey et al. 0 Incest Avoidance 1987 2016-08-02
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/5373379/Animals-can-tell-right-from-wrong.html Animals can tell right from wrong R. Gray 0 Moral Sense 2009 2016-07-22
The derived FOXP2 variant of modern humans was shared with Neandertals. J. Krause et al. 0 FOXP2 (forkhead box P2) 2007 2016-07-15
The paranasal sinuses of the anthropoid apes. A. Cave 0 Size and Position of Frontal Air Sinuses 1940 2016-06-30
https://books.google.com/books?id=1CwCKM3YcxQC Language Emergence in a Language-Ready Brain: Acquisition Issues J. Kegl 0 Visual-Manual Communication 2004 2016-06-28
Mirror neurons responding to observation of actions made with tools in monkey ventral premotor cortex. P. Ferrari et al. 0 Accurate Overhand Throwing 2005 2016-06-22
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0336484 Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area V. Nery et al. 0 2025 2026-01-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24691390 The function of zebra stripes. T. Caro et al. 0 2014 2014-04-02
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/evidence-of-pleistocene-hominin-landscapes-in-eyvanekey-iran-and-implications-for-the-northern-dispersal-corridor/79F83AB0A4EC9C7C417BAE7EBDD15619 Evidence of Pleistocene hominin landscapes in Eyvanekey, Iran, and implications for the Northern Dispersal Corridor S. Hashemi et al. 0 2024 2025-05-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3757 Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman primates G. Oren et al. 0 Auditory-Vocal Communication 2024 2024-10-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26591850 THE IMPORTANCE OF DIETARY CARBOHYDRATE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION. K. Hardy et al. 0 AMY1A (amylase, alpha 1A) 2015 2015-08-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm7047 Human generation times across the past 250,000 years R. Wang et al. 0 2023 2023-01-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15520794 Human brain evolution: insights from microarrays. T. Preuss et al. 0 Cortical Thrombospondin Expression 2004 2012-02-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0410-7 Divergence in the functional organization of human and macaque auditory cortex revealed by fMRI responses to harmonic tones S. Norman-Haignere et al. 0 Music 2019 2019-06-12
https://investigativegenetics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13323-015-0022-2 Maternal ancestry and population history from whole mitochondrial genomes T. Kivisild 0 2015 2018-02-12
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248416300355 Dietary ecology of fossil Theropithecus: Inferences from dental microwear textures of extant geladas from ecologically diverse sites A. Shapiro et al. 0 2016 2016-07-27
Characterization of murine mannose-binding protein genes Mbl1 and Mbl2 reveals features common to other collectin genes. R. Sastry et al. 0 MBL1P (mannose-binding lectin (protein A) 1, pseudogene) 1995 2016-07-20
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/7/160131 Camp stability predicts patterns of hunter–gatherer cooperation D. Smith et al. 0 Cooperative Action 2016 2016-07-14
Tauopathy with paired helical filaments in an aged chimpanzee. R. Rosen et al. 0 Dementias, Serum Cholesterol Level 2008 2016-06-30
The chimeric gene CHRFAM7A, a partial duplication of the CHRNA7 gene, is a dominant negative regulator of α7*nAChR function. T. Araud et al. 0 CHRFAM7A (CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7) and FAM7A (family with sequence similarity 7A) fusion) 2011 2016-06-28
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1698/20150231 Middle Pliocene hominin diversity: Australopithecus deyiremeda and Kenyanthropus platyops F. Spoor et al. 0 2016 2016-06-14
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426309122 The first preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record: The Neanderthal from Altamura C. Buzi et al. 0 2025 2025-11-18
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778242 A forager-herder trade-off, from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey. M. Stiner et al. 0 2014 2014-05-02
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030544032500072X On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped hunting weapons in Europe: Evidence from Mezmaiskaya Cave, North Caucasus L. Golovanova et al. 0 2025 2025-04-16
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678972?origin=JSTOR-pdf Complex Kinship Patterns as Evolutionary Constructions, and the Origins of Sociocultural Universals B. Chapais 0 2014 2014-12-17
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25457376 Listen up! Speech is for thinking during infancy. A. Vouloumanos et al. 0 Primary Language Acquisition 2014 2015-09-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222013311?via%3Dihub Interspecific interactions between sympatric apes. C. Sanz et al. 0 2022 2022-12-19
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
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417303809 Extant ape dental topography and its implications for reconstructing the emergence of early Homo M. Berthaume et al. 0 2017 2018-01-03
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081012 Oldowan hominin behavior and ecology at Kanjera South,Kenya. T. Plummer et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2016 2016-10-06
A critical review of methodology and interpretation of mirror self-recognition research in nonhuman primates. M. De Veer et al. 0 Self-Recognition of Mirror Reflection 1999 2016-07-26
Specializations of the human visual system: The monkey model meets human reality T. Preuss 0 Magnocellular Retinal Ganglion Cell Size 2004 2016-07-20
Monogamy and the battle of the sexes. D. Hosken et al. 0 Fecundability 2009 2016-07-13

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