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://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6262/820 Ancient Ethiopian genome reveals extensive Eurasian admixture throughout the African continent. G. Llorente et al. 2 2015 2015-10-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25702574 Human-chimpanzee differences in a FZD8 enhancer alter cell-cycle dynamics in the developing neocortex. L. Boyd et al. 2 FZD8 (frizzled 8) 2015 2015-03-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25695269 Spatiotemporal 16p11.2 protein network implicates cortical late mid-fetal brain development and KCTD13-Cul3-RhoA pathway in psychiatric diseases. G. Lin et al. 1 2015 2015-02-19
http://www.quartaer.eu/english/archiven.html “Out of Arabia” and the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the southern Levant J. Rose et al. 1 2014 2015-03-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25859044 Common variants spanning PLK4 are associated with mitotic-origin aneuploidy in human embryos. R. McCoy et al. 1 2015 2015-04-30
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354291 Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. L. Berger et al. 1 2015 2015-09-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25683122 Selection and reduced population size cannot explain higher amounts of Neandertal ancestry in East Asian than in European human populations. B. Kim et al. 1 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2015 2015-02-13
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216001452 Were Neanderthals responsible for their own extinction? J. Agustí et al. 1 2016 2016-03-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25283776 Rapid evolution of the cerebellum in humans and other great apes. R. Barton et al. 1 Brain Size 2014 2014-10-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25447997 Nonpolitical images evoke neural predictors of political ideology. W. Ahn et al. 1 2014 2014-11-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12321893 Land relations under unbearable stress: Rwanda caught in the Malthusian trap. C. Andre et al. 1 1998 2014-05-20
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630009 Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals. S. Sawyer et al. 1 2015 2015-11-17
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2016.00373 Language impairments in ASD resulting from a failed domestication of the human brain A. Benítez-Burraco et al. 1 2016 2016-08-25
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6353/802.full Seasonal cycling in the gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania S. Smits et al. 1 Gut Microbiome 2017 2017-08-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25883337 Dawn of the dog. D. Grimm 1 Domestication of Other Animals 2015 2015-04-17
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25902500 Heterogeneity of long-history migration explains cultural differences in reports of emotional expressivity and the functions of smiles. M. Rychlowska et al. 1 Smiling 2015 2015-05-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25660548 Vocal learning in the functionally referential food grunts of chimpanzees. S. Watson et al. 1 Arbitrary Reference 2015 2015-02-06
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371205 Both selective and neutral processes drive GC content evolution in the human genome. U. Pozzoli et al. 1 2008 2014-10-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25717040 Anticipating divine protection? Reminders of god can increase nonmoral risk taking. D. Kupor et al. 1 2015 2015-03-02
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1858/20170967 Chronotype variation drives night-time sentinel-like behaviour in hunter–gatherers D. Samson et al. 1 2017 2017-07-12
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923597 Gut Microbiome of Coexisting BaAka Pygmies and Bantu Reflects Gradients of Traditional Subsistence Patterns. A. Gomez et al. 1 Gut Microbiome 2016 2016-02-29
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26627234 Relaxed genetic control of cortical organization in human brains compared with chimpanzees. A. Gómez-Robles et al. 1 2015 2015-11-17
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/08/1703856114.full Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century I. Wallace et al. 1 Osteoarthritis 2017 2017-08-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17148366 Bare skin, blood and the evolution of primate colour vision. M. Changizi et al. 1 Hairlessness 2006 2014-09-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27061034 The pyrophilic primate hypothesis. C. Parker et al. 1 Control of Fire 2016 2016-04-13
http://ishe.org/human-ethology-bulletin/2017-2/heb-323/using-personal-genome-technology-and-psychometrics-to-study-the-personality-of-the-neanderthals/ Using Personal Genome Technology and Psychometrics to Study the Personality of the Neanderthals G. Geher et al. 1 2017 2017-10-04
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1_17 High Altitude Primates, Extreme Primates, and Anthropological Primatology K. Sayers 1 2014 2014-05-28
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25651885 Age-related decline in ovarian follicle stocks differ between chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and humans. C. Cloutier et al. 1 Age-Specific Fertility Decline , Female Menopause, Grandparenting 2015 2015-04-10
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923684 Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing. H. Kühl et al. 1 2016 2016-03-01
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659745 Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species. M. Westaway et al. 1 2015 2015-02-12
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838365 Geology. Defining the epoch we live in. W. Ruddiman et al. 1 2015 2015-04-03
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534720300768 A Roadmap for Understanding the Evolutionary Significance of Structural Genomic Variation C. Mérot et al. 1 2020 2020-04-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25721503 Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion. M. Florio et al. 1 ARHGAP11B (Rho GTPase Activating Protein 11B) 2015 2015-03-02
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25058116 A highly abundant bacteriophage discovered in the unknown sequences of human faecal metagenomes. B. Dutilh et al. 1 2014 2014-11-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24726228 Old stones’ song: Use-wear experiments and analysis of the Oldowan quartz and quartzite assemblage from Kanjera South (Kenya) C. Lemorini et al. 1 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2014 2015-11-18
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26989998 Successful enrichment and recovery of whole mitochondrial genomes from ancient human dental calculus. A. Ozga et al. 1 2016 2016-03-31
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006675 Evolutionary history of Tibetans inferred from whole-genome sequencing H. Hu et al. 1 2017 2017-05-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25246574 Embers of society: Firelight talk among the Ju/’hoansi Bushmen P. Wiessner 1 2014 2014-09-30
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue40/3/index.html Complexity, Compassion and Self-Organisation: Human Evolution and the Vulnerable Ape Hypothesis N. Winder et al. 1 2015 2015-07-01
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7314/full/nature09442.html Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas W. Liu et al. 1 Malaria 2010 2016-09-23
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24636732 Seasonality, extractive foraging and the evolution of primate sensorimotor intelligence. A. Melin et al. 1 2014 2014-07-07
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16243969 Support from the relationship of genetic and geographic distance in human populations for a serial founder effect originating in Africa. S. Ramachandran et al. 1 2005 2015-11-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25908660 Archaeology. The makers of the Protoaurignacian and implications for Neandertal extinction. S. Benazzi et al. 1 2015 2015-04-24
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25297435 Pleistocene cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia. M. Aubert et al. 1 Art 2014 2014-10-09
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888361 Context-specific close-range "hoo" calls in wild gibbons (Hylobates lar). E. Clarke et al. 1 2015 2015-04-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767964 Cranial vault thickness in primates: Homo erectus does not have uniquely thick vault bones. L. Copes et al. 1 2016 2015-12-15
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10963-008-9009-8 The Mythical Moderns R. Bednarik 1 2008 2014-10-29
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/26621708 Human-specific derived alleles of CD33 and other genes protect against postreproductive cognitive decline. F. Schwarz et al. 1 2016 2016-01-14
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25102229 Nature, nurture and epigenetics. D. Crews et al. 1 2014 2014-11-21
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20125.html Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia G. Hamm et al. 1 2016 2016-11-03
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26072277 Override the controversy: Analytic thinking predicts endorsement of evolution. W. Gervais 1 2015 2015-07-01
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24760073 Your morals depend on language. A. Costa et al. 1 2014 2014-05-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26976447 Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins. M. Meyer et al. 1 2016 2016-03-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25297418 Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? K. Laland et al. 1 2014 2014-10-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018668 Lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene. N. Sala et al. 1 2015 2015-05-27
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12216 Erratum to “Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies” American Journal of Political Science 56 (1), 34–51 B. Verhulst et al. 1 2016 2016-06-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25683119 Complex history of admixture between modern humans and Neandertals. B. Vernot et al. 1 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2015 2015-02-13
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25056484 Male facial attractiveness and masculinity may provide sex- and culture-independent cues to semen quality. C. Soler et al. 1 2014 2014-09-08
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24233726 Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs. O. Thalmann et al. 1 2013 2013-11-15
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878134 Estimating thumb-index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates. T. Feix et al. 1 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2015 2015-04-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25959816 Principles of long noncoding RNA evolution derived from direct comparison of transcriptomes in 17 species. H. Hezroni et al. 1 2015 2015-05-19
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25399360 Genome-wide scan demonstrates significant linkage for male sexual orientation. A. Sanders et al. 0 2015 2014-11-18
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26212883 Representation of numerical and sequential patterns in macaque and human brains. L. Wang et al. 0 2015 2015-07-30
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00429-021-02369-7 Distribution of brain oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): comparison with humans and other primate species. C. Flattery et al. 0 2022 2023-01-16
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11161737 Genetic differences between humans and great apes P. Gagneux et al. 0 Percent Identity of Genomic DNA and Amino Acid Sequences 2001 2012-02-28
https://elifesciences.org/articles/42989 Haplotypes spanning centromeric regions reveal persistence of large blocks of archaic DNA S. Langley et al. 0 2019 2019-06-27
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1873/20172738.abstract Pattern and process in hominin brain size evolution are scale-dependent A. Du et al. 0 Brain Size 2018 2018-02-21
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/11/160441 Chimpanzee fathers bias their behaviour towards their offspring C. Murray et al. 0 Paternal Care 2016 2016-11-10
Mating system and sexual dimorphism in large terrestrial mammalian herbivores P. Jarman 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 1983 2016-07-27
Binding of complement factor H (fH) to Neisseria meningitidis is specific for human fH and inhibits complement activation by rat and rabbit sera. D. Granoff et al. 0 Meningococcal Meningitis 2009 2016-07-20
The Mountain Gorilla: Ecology and Behavior G. Schaller 0 Food Handling 1963 2016-07-14
Adrenal androgen production in catarrhine primates and the evolution of adrenarche. R. Bernstein et al. 0 DHEA/DHEAS Circulating Levels 2012 2016-06-30
The origin of man: a chromosomal pictorial legacy. J. Yunis et al. 0 Chromosome Number , Heterochromatin Content 1982 2016-06-28
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1698/20150235 A Pleistocene palaeovegetation record from plant wax biomarkers from the Nachukui Formation, West Turkana, Kenya K. Uno et al. 0 2016 2016-06-14
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.681847v1 Chimpanzee culture beyond the conspicuous: Evidence for broad-scale observational social learning in wild individuals N. Slania et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2025 2025-11-18
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24789039 Neandertal demise: an archaeological analysis of the modern human superiority complex. P. Villa et al. 0 2014 2014-04-30
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10243-x Mutations Inactivating Biosynthesis of Dispensable Carbohydrate-Antigens Prevented Extinctions in Primate/Human Lineage Evolution U. Galili 0 2025 2025-04-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25439708 Neandertal growth: what are the costs? A. Mateos et al. 0 2014 2014-12-12
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
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26369499 Animal movements in the Kenya Rift and evidence for the earliest ambush hunting by hominins. S. Kübler et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2015 2015-09-16
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/10/msac183/6677382 Signatures of Convergent Evolution and Natural Selection at the Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene Region are Correlated with Agriculture in Ethnically Diverse Africans. M. McQuillan et al. 0 2022 2022-12-19
https://www.pnas.org/content/115/31/7925 Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the origins of bread 14,400 years ago in northeastern Jordan A. Arranz-Otaegui et al. 0 2018 2019-04-25
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248416301798 Strontium isotopic aspects of Paranthropus robustus teeth; implications for habitat, residence, and growth A. Sillen et al. 0 2018 2018-01-03
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27014833 A tentative framework for the acquisition of language and modern human cognition. I. Tattersall 0 2016 2016-10-07
Mirror-induced behavior in the magpie (Pica pica): evidence of self-recognition. H. Prior et al. 0 Self-Recognition of Mirror Reflection 2008 2016-07-26
https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/105/ Sperm competition and the function of masturbation in Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) R. Thomsen 0 Masturbation 2001 2016-07-20
The genital prolapse of Australopithecus Lucy? G. Chene et al. 0 Female Pelvic Floor Organ Prolapse 2015 2016-07-13
X-linked creatine transporter defect: a report on two unrelated boys with a severe clinical phenotype. I. Anselm et al. 0 SLC6A8 (solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, creatine), member 8) 2006 2016-06-29
CCL3L1 copy number is a strong genetic determinant of HIV seropositivity in Caucasian intravenous drug users. K. Huik et al. 0 CCL3L1 (chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3-like 1) 2010 2016-06-28
http://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/02/18/040154.full.pdf High-resolution maps of hunter-gatherer social networks reveal human adaptation for cultural exchange A. Migliano et al. 0 Intra-group Coalitions/Alliances 2016 2016-05-31
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70132 Non‐Carious Cervical Lesions in Wild Primates: Implications for Understanding Toothpick Grooves and Abfraction Lesions I. Towle et al. 0 2025 2025-10-21
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24866127 Exceptional evolutionary divergence of human muscle and brain metabolomes parallels human cognitive and physical uniqueness. K. Bozek et al. 0 2014 2014-05-28
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724842500020X Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees A. Schuh et al. 0 2025 2025-03-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25629628 Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans. I. Hershkovitz et al. 0 2015 2015-01-28
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38715-y Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86–68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos S. Freidline et al. 0 2023 2024-07-25
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516285 Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution. D. Alba et al. 0 2015 2015-10-30
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6549/1424 A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel I. Hershkovitz et al. 0 2021 2021-06-30
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0843-2 Timing of archaic hominin occupation of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia Z. Jacobs et al. 0 2019 2019-01-31
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1745691616654457#articleCitationDownloadContainer The Eyes as Windows Into Other Minds: An Integrative Perspective T. Grossmann 0 Theory of Mind 2017 2017-10-26

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