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.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.14.632810v1 Arrow heads at Obi-Rakhmat (Uzbekistan) 80 ka ago H. Plisson et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2025.2484385 Genomic and functional co-diversification imprint African Hominidae microbiomes to signal dietary and lifestyle adaptations S. Otani et al. 0 Gut Microbiome 2025 2025-05-02
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08816-3 Complete sequencing of ape genomes D. Yoo et al. 0 2025 2025-04-11
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3411 Evolutionary convergence of sensory circuits in the pallium of amniotes E. Rueda-Alaña et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
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://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.242031 Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension J. Brooker et al. 0 2025 2025-03-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08548-w Learning produces an orthogonalized state machine in the hippocampus W. Sun et al. 0 2025 2025-02-14
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.3403 The Earliest Evidence of Deliberate Ivory Processing Dates Back to Around 0.4 Million Years Ago V. Stepanchuk et al. 0 2025 2025-04-16
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.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.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-83023-0#Abs1 Rapid change in red cell blood group systems after the main Out of Africa of Homo sapiens S. Mazières et al. 0 ABO (ABO blood group ), Blood Group Antigen Types and Prevalence 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500356122 The SIK3-N783Y mutation is associated with the human natural short sleep trait H. Chen et al. 0 2025 2025-05-07
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84163-z Genome-scale evolution in local populations of wild chimpanzees. T. Hayakawa et al. 0 2025 2025-01-18
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-025-09487-9 Correlates of Vocal Tract Evolution in Late Pliocene and Pleistocene Hominins A. Ekström et al. 0 Supralaryngeal Vocal Tract 2025 2025-04-30
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308690 Climate change in Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and Neanderthal territorial habitability A. Degioanni et al. 0 2025 2025-04-09
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.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.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0752 Revised age for Schöningen hunting spears indicates intensification of Neanderthal cooperative behavior around 200,000 years ago J. Hutson et al. 0 Cooperative Action, Organized Hunting for Meat 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.15.649057v1 Sexual division of labour shapes hunter-gatherer spatial ranges C. Padilla-Iglesias et al. 0 Sex Based Division of Labor 2025 2025-04-23
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02199-2 Quantifying Levallois: a 3D geometric morphometric approach to Nubian technology E. Hallinan et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-03-26
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.01.639363v1?ct= Where do the Dmanisi hominins fit on the human evolutionary tree? D. Argue et al. 0 2025 2025-03-05
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.29.635495v1.abstract Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood S. Perretti et al. 0 Skin Pigmentation Variation 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07505-1#citeas Cortical areas associated to higher cognition drove primate brain evolution M. Melchionna et al. 0 2025 2025-01-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959437X24001291?via%3Dihub Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans D. Tagore et al. 0 2025 2024-11-27
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02167-z Societal value of seagrass from historical to contemporary perspectives N. Foster et al. 0 2025 2025-04-30
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.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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv2609 Constrained roads to complex brains G. Gattoni et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000041 Morphological variation of the Australopithecus afarensis maxilla H. Hanegraef et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
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
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.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
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225000242?via%3Dihub The volcanic rock spheres of Melka Kunture (Upper Awash, Ethiopia) at Gombore IB and later Acheulean sites M. Mussi 0 2025 2025-03-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56155-8 Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade A. Urciuoli et al. 0 Inner Ear Canal Morphology 2025 2025-02-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224015847?dgcid=author Human evolution: The lonely Neanderthal? C. Stringer 0 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07900-8 Drivers of female power in bonobos M. Surbeck et al. 0 2025 2025-04-30
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02110-y Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago Y. Zaidner et al. 0 2025 2025-03-12
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.70007 The Ontogeny of the Human Calcaneus: Insights From Morphological and Trabecular Changes During Postnatal Growth C. Figus et al. 0 Low Trabecular Bone Density 2025 2025-02-19
https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.15318 The natural history of social bonds J. Silk 0 2025 2025-04-23
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58134-5 Climate influence on the early human occupation of South America during the late Pleistocene L. Becerra-Valdivia 0 2025 2025-03-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001532 Facial morphologies of Middle Pleistocene Europe: Morphological mosaicism and the evolution of Homo neanderthalensis S. Olsen et al. 0 2025 2025-03-05
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-024-00204-z Probable Use of Labrets Among the Mid Upper Paleolithic Pavlovian Peoples of Central Europe J. Willman 0 Dentition Size and Tooth Number 2025 2025-02-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324002164 How teeth record and attenuate seasonal signals D. Green et al. 0 Enamel Structure and Enamel Thickness 2025 2025-02-19
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
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125001659 Vegetation and climate changes during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in the southwestern Mediterranean: What happened to the last Neanderthals during Heinrich stadial 4? L. Charton et al. 0 2025 2025-04-30
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02197-4 Birds from the oven: the Middle Palaeolithic avifauna of Tabun Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel L. Amos et al. 0 2025 2025-04-09
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://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/evan.70002 Targeting the Hunting Hypothesis: Review of Evidence From the Hadza J. O'Connell et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://sajs.co.za/article/view/17908 Further assessment of a ~2-million-year-old hominin pelvis (DNH 43) from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa E. Berg et al. 0 2025 2025-04-02
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001441 New modern and Pleistocene fossil micromammal assemblages from Swartkrans, South Africa: Paleobiodiversity, taphonomic, and environmental context P. Linchamps et al. 0 2025 2025-03-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424001428 Taxonomic revision of the SK 15 mandible based on bone and tooth structural organization C. Zanolli et al. 0 2025 2025-02-13
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1673852724001814 A multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis of facial features and its application in predicting archaic human features S. Du et al. 0 2024 2024-07-23
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301002 Buronius manfredschmidi—A new small hominid from the early late Miocene of Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany) M. Böhme et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310545121 Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France L. Simões et al. 0 2024 2024-03-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01741-0 Neuroanatomical changes observed over the course of a human pregnancy L. Pritschet et al. 0 2024 2024-12-06
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001547 Magnetic detection of anthropogenic fires at Xiaodong Rockshelter, Southwest China Y. Zheng et al. 0 Control of Fire 2024 2024-11-06
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.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.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.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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248423001628 New Neanderthal remains from Axlor cave (Dima, Biscay, northern Iberian Peninsula) S. Bailey et al. 0 2024 2024-08-08
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07612-9 Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave H. Xia et al. 0 2024 2024-07-12
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/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.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67817-w First identification of a Neanderthal bone spear point through an interdisciplinary analysis at Abric Romaní (NE Iberian Peninsula) P. Mateo-Lomba et al. 0 2024 2024-08-23
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06923-7 Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago D. Mylopotamitaki et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-024-09640-1 Homo sapiens and Neanderthal Use of Space at Riparo Bombrini (Liguria, Italy) A. Vallerand et al. 0 2024 2024-04-11
https://peerj.com/articles/18484/# Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task E. Howard-Spink et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-12-12
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53852-8 Leveraging ancient DNA to uncover signals of natural selection in Europe lost due to admixture or drift D. Pandey et al. 0 2024 2024-11-13
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.13.593955v1.full Neandertal ancestry through time: Insights from genomes of ancient and present-day humans L. Iasi et al. 0 2024 2024-06-07
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.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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818124002327 The expression of the MIS 12 glacial stage in Southeastern Europe and its impact over the Middle Pleistocene hominins in Megalopolis Basin (Greece) G. Butiseacă et al. 0 2024 2024-09-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02470-0 What we know and do not know after the first decade of Homo naledi P. Pettitt et al. 0 2024 2024-08-08
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.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-cellbio-112122-032521 What Makes Us Human: Insights from the Evolution and Development of the Human Neocortex T. Namba et al. 0 ARHGAP11B (Rho GTPase Activating Protein 11B) 2024 2024-11-20
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666979X24001770 Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction L. Slimak et al. 0 2024 2024-09-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248424000745 Diverse bone-calcium isotope compositions in Neandertals suggest different dietary strategies P. Dodat et al. 0 2024 2024-08-02
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.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02382-z Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco Z. Moubtahij et al. 0 2024 2024-05-03
https://academic.oup.com/evolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae033/7900502?login=true Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Speciation Complexity in Palaeoanthropology A. Meneganzin et al. 0 2024 2024-12-20
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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124002105 The oldest fossil hominin from Italy: Reassessment of the femoral diaphysis from Venosa-Notarchirico in its Acheulean context I. Micarelli et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56889-3 Exploring the utility of Geometric Morphometrics to analyse prehistoric hand stencils F. Navarro et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation 2024 2024-12-06
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.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06966-0#Abs1 First evolutionary insights into the human otolithic system C. Smith et al. 0 Inner Ear Canal Morphology 2024 2024-10-03
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001067 Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula) S. Carro et al. 0 2024 2024-08-16
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.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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440323002005 The first identification of composite paints with proteinaceous binder in Upper Palaeolithic (31–23 ka) organic decorations L. Golovanova et al. 0 2024 2024-10-20
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07911-1 Recurrent evolution and selection shape structural diversity at the amylase locus D. Bolognini et al. 0 AMY1A (amylase, alpha 1A) 2024 2024-09-12
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41982-024-00182-2 The Initial Upper Paleolithic from Tolbor-16, Mongolia: Characteristics of the Lithic Assemblage and Their Evolutionary Implications N. Zwyns et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2024 2024-07-12
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.16.532919v3.full Reconstructing prehistoric viral genomes from Neanderthal sequencing data R. Ferreira et al. 0 2024 2024-05-17
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02522-5 Spatial sampling bias influences our understanding of early hominin evolution in eastern Africa A. Barr et al. 0 2024 2024-08-22
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02318-z Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany S. Pederzani et al. 0 2024 2024-06-13
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.13.604521v3 Evolution of mental traits linked to cultural development in modern humans and Neanderthals Y. Moriya et al. 0 2024 2025-02-05
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://academic.oup.com/evolinnean/article/3/1/kzae029/7848478 Common misconceptions of speciation J. Walker et al. 0 2024 2024-11-13
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.24998 Morphological and morphometric study of the hominin dental casts from Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) F. Seghi et al. 0 2024 2024-10-10

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