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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417302750 Subdecadal phytolith and charcoal records from Lake Malawi, East Africa imply minimal effects on human evolution from the ∼74 ka Toba supereruption C. Yost et al. 0 2018 2018-02-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417302634 Evidence of Neanderthals in the Balkans: The infant radius from Kozarnika Cave (Bulgaria). A. Tillier et al. 0 2017 2017-12-14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248417301264 Newly discovered Neanderthal remains from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan, and their attribution to Shanidar 5 E. Pomeroy et al. 0 2017 2017-12-14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248416302123 Maturation is prolonged and variable in female chimpanzees K. Walker et al. 0 2018 2017-11-21
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248408000481?via%3Dihub Great apes prefer cooked food V. Webber et al. 0 Cooking 2008 2020-10-07
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018225001634 Human presence in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau after the Last Glacial Maximum J. Wang et al. 0 2025 2025-03-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018223004042 Do grazers equal grasslands? Strengthening paleoenvironmental inferences through analysis of present-day African mammals K. Sokolowski et al. 0 2023 2023-09-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282522400182X Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe L. Gibert et al. 0 2024 2024-07-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003552124000682 Neandertal burial practices in Western Asia: How different are they from those of the early Homo sapiens? E. Been et al. 0 Beliefs About Death 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003552123001061 The Middle Stone Age of Atlantic Africa: A critical review T. Pereira et al. 0 2023 2023-12-06
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000355212300047X The emergence and distribution of early modern human in Indonesia H. Widianto et al. 0 2023 2023-09-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347224000708 The ontogeny of nest-building behaviour in Sumatran orang-utans, Pongo abelii A. Permana et al. 0 2024 2024-06-07
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929724004579?via%3Dihub Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel C. Fortes-Lima et al. 0 2025 2025-02-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929724002131 Structural and genetic diversity in the secreted mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B E. Plender et al. 0 2024 2024-07-17
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0376635783900505 Reproductive biology of the great apes: Comparative and biomedical perspectives R. Dunbar 0 Timing of Decidual Changes in Endometrium 1983 2016-06-28
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abn8197?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates. H. Gao et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ado3807 Nobody’s land? The oldest evidence of early Upper Paleolithic settlements in inland Iberia N. Sala et al. 0 2024 2024-07-19
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adj3524?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain. B. Mariani et al. 0 2023 2023-12-07
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135?rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before . E. Pearce et al. 0 2023 2023-12-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw5484 Mapping a complex evolutionary history S. Gravel 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv1170 Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos M. Berthet et al. 0 2025 2025-04-04
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads3888 A male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene Taiwan T. Tsutaya et al. 0 2025 2025-04-11
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7315 Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat T. Lüdecke et al. 0 Carnivory, Ecological Dominance 2025 2025-01-18
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq3010 Neanderthal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans L. Iasi et al. 0 2024 2024-12-13
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq2677 Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents W. Sun et al. 0 Awareness of Death 2025 2025-02-26
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp7478 Neuroevolution insights into biological neural computation R. Miikkulainen 0 2025 2025-02-14
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp4642 A geographic history of human genetic ancestry M. Grundler et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado5275 Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins K. Hatala et al. 0 2024 2024-12-06
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn7954 Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees. H. Ostridge et al. 0 2024 2025-01-16
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn0609 Reconstruction of the human amylase locus reveals ancient duplications seeding modern-day variation F. Yilmaz et al. 0 AMY1A (amylase, alpha 1A) 2024 2024-10-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk7898 The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions T. Matthews et al. 0 2024 2024-10-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3381 Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture C. Gunasekaram et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj9484?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D12490089812081784391945845688590919997%7CMCORGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1693565768 Did our ancestors nearly die out? N. Ashton et al. 0 2023 2024-03-15
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi1768 Recurrent gene flow between Neanderthals and modern humans over the past 200,000 years L. Li et al. 0 2024 2024-07-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh5007 Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands. J. Pigati et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0844 Cooperation across social borders in bonobos. L. Samuni et al. 0 2023 2023-12-06
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf7044 A comparative atlas of single-cell chromatin accessibility in the human brain. Y. Li et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf0834 Single-cell analysis of prenatal and postnatal human cortical development. D. Velmeshev et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add9115 Early lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools. M. Mussi et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add5473 Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees. B. Wood et al. 0 2023 2023-11-29
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7487?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Genomic inference of a severe human bottleneck during the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition. W. Hu et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452 Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus T. Plummer et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2023 2023-02-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452 Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and . T. Plummer et al. 0 Organized Scavenging for Meat 2023 2023-02-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Pre-Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at Rancho La Brea linked to fire-driven state shift. R. O'Keefe et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn2253 The functional and evolutionary impacts of human-specific deletions in conserved elements J. Xue et al. 0 2023 2023-05-02
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.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl6422 Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals. A. Pinson et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abf0130?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed The energetics of uniquely human subsistence strategies. T. Kraft et al. 0 2021 2023-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads7543 A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion N. Eşiyok et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr3814 Mammoth featured heavily in Western Clovis diet J. Chatters et al. 0 2024 2024-12-06
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp5769 Direct hydroxyproline radiocarbon dating of the Lapedo child (Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Leiria, Portugal) B. Linscott et al. 0 2025 2025-03-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp2887?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D43054923500555183784433604705816309749%7CMCORGID%3D242B6472541199F70A4C98A6%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1719572570 Paleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dress I. Gilligan et al. 0 2024 2024-07-02
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3486 Neurodevelopmental timing and socio-cognitive development in a prosocial cooperatively breeding primate (Callithrix jacchus) P. Cerrito et al. 0 2024 2024-11-01
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado2733 The uniqueness of human vulnerability to brain aging in great ape evolution S. Vickery et al. 0 Cortical Morphology 2024 2024-09-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado0952 Subjective well-being across the life course among non-industrialized populations M. Gurven et al. 0 2024 2024-11-01
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn9310 The child who lived: Down syndrome among Neanderthals? M. Conde-Valverde et al. 0 Care of the Infirm and Elderly, Paternal Care 2024 2024-06-27
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm9797 Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report Y. Ozaki et al. 0 Music 2024 2024-05-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl0335 Threat of mining to African great apes J. Junker et al. 0 2024 2024-04-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi8419 Decoding triancestral origins, archaic introgression, and natural selection in the Japanese population by whole-genome sequencing X. Liu et al. 0 Diabetes Mellitus 2024 2024-04-18
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi3055 The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol). F. Martínez-Sevilla et al. 0 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add9752 Wild chimpanzee behavior suggests that a savanna-mosaic habitat did not support the emergence of hominin terrestrial bipedalism. R. Drummond-Clarke et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2022 2022-12-19
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4675 Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France L. Metz et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2023 2023-02-23
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn9889?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Foraging complexity and the evolution of childhood. I. Pretelli et al. 0 Childhood 2022 2022-12-19
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi4642 Subarctic climate for the earliest Homo sapiens in Europe S. Pederzani et al. 0 2021 2022-12-20
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abf9776#tab-citations Early human impacts and ecosystem reorganization in southern-central Africa. J. Thompson et al. 0 2021 2024-08-02
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/4086 Multimodal spatial mapping and visualisation of Dinaledi Chamber and Rising Star Cave A. Kruger et al. 0 2016 2016-05-31
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3566 Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa E. Odes et al. 0 2016 2016-07-29
https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3562 Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease P. Randolph-Quinney et al. 0 2016 2016-09-16
https://www.routledge.com/Interrogating-Human-Origins-Decolonisation-and-the-Deep-Human-Past-1st/Porr-Matthews/p/book/9781138300439 IMHO: inventing modern human origins I. Davidson et al. 0 2019 2020-02-04
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380465161_Defense_Strategies_in_Early_Human_Evolution Defense Strategies in Early Human Evolution J. Jordania 0 2024 2024-08-16
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320518472_A_new_great_ape_with_startling_resemblances_to_African_members_of_the_hominin_tribe_excavated_from_the_Mid-Vallesian_Dinotheriensande_of_Eppelsheim_First_report_Hominoidea_Miocene_MN_9_Proto-Rhine_Riv A new great ape with startling resemblances to African members of the hominin tribe, excavated from the Mid-Vallesian Dinotheriensande of Eppelsheim. First report (Hominoidea, Miocene, MN 9, Proto-Rhine River, Germany) H. Lutz et al. 0 2017 2017-10-23
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/e0a1b1f4-cff7-4c21-b2de-30d53506e90c The conservation of Shanidar Z at a glance L. López-Polín et al. 0 2024 2024-10-20
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-missing-genetic-link-in-human-evolution-20140102/ A Missing Genetic Link in Human Evolution E. Singer 0 2014 2014-01-07
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/reclaiming-childhood/201106/only-humans-have-morality-not-animals Only humans have morality, not animals H. Guldberg 0 Moral Sense 2011 2016-07-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2200689119 Teeth, prenatal growth rates, and the evolution of human-like pregnancy in later . T. Monson et al. 0 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2115540119 No sustained increase in zooarchaeological evidence for carnivory after the appearance of Homo erectus A. Barr et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2107621118 The active grandparent hypothesis: Physical activity and the evolution of extended human healthspans and lifespans. D. Lieberman et al. 0 2021 2022-12-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2218593120?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Universal interpretations of vocal music. L. Yurdum et al. 0 Music 2023 2023-10-25
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2218096120?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed& The evolution of early hominin food production and sharing. I. Alger et al. 0 2023 2023-09-12
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2109315119?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed A Neandertal dietary conundrum: Insights provided by tooth enamel Zn isotopes from Gabasa, Spain. K. Jaouen et al. 0 2022 2022-12-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1903984116 A genetic analysis of the Gibraltar Neanderthals L. Bokelmann et al. 0 2019 2024-06-25
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0805474105 Neanderthal exploitation of marine mammals in Gibraltar C. Stringer et al. 0 2008 2024-08-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420067122 Flake production: A universal by-product of primate stone percussion T. Proffitt et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-02-13
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418661121 Starch-rich plant foods 780,000 y ago: Evidence from Acheulian percussive stone tools H. Ahituv et al. 0 2025 2025-02-19
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418029122 Quina lithic technology indicates diverse Late Pleistocene human dynamics in East Asia Q. Ruan et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2416221122 Demographic interactions between the last hunter-gatherers and the first farmers A. Cortell-Nicolau et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2412450122 Bonobos point more for ignorant than knowledgeable social partners L. Townrow et al. 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409674121 Metabolic scaling, energy allocation tradeoffs, and the evolution of humans’ unique metabolism A. Yegian et al. 0 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409542121 Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization T. Püschel et al. 0 Brain Size 2024 2024-11-27
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
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2404393122 Neanderthal adaptive introgression shaped LCT enhancer region diversity without linking to lactase persistence in East Asian populations X. Ma et al. 0 2025 2025-03-14
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322883121 Cultural transmission among hunter-gatherers B. Hewlett et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322874121 Genes, culture, and scientific racism K. Lala et al. 0 2024 2024-11-22
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2320484121 The wooden artifacts from Schöningen’s Spear Horizon and their place in human evolution D. Leder et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-04-11
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319175121 3.3 million years of stone tool complexity suggests that cumulative culture began during the Middle Pleistocene J. Paige et al. 0 Brain Size, Cultural Transmission, Niche Breadth , Post Reproductive Life Stage, Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-06-18

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