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://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0321262 Direct evidence for processing Isatis tinctoria L., a non-nutritional plant, 32–34,000 years ago L. Longo et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521 Patterns of genetic admixture reveal similar rates of borrowing across diverse scenarios of language contact A. Graff et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737912500352X Paleolithic hominin occupations and Quaternary geomorphological evolution in the NE Ararat Depression (Armenia) T. Karampaglidis et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9677 The proteome of the late Middle Pleistocene Harbin individual Q. Fu et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
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://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-41811-001 Sociosexual attitudes mediate the relationship between behavioral immune system reactivity and religiosity. B. Zubaly et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08686-5 Human dexterity and brains evolved hand in hand J. Baker et al. 0 Brain Size, Relative Thumb Length 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236525000143 The newly uncovered Madura Strait fossil assemblage and its role in Pleistocene hominin dispersals in Southeast Asia S. Bello et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236524000409 A late Middle Pleistocene lowstand valley of the Solo River on the Madura Strait seabed, geology and age of the first hominin locality of submerged Sundaland H. Berghuis et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236524000458 First vertebrate faunal record from submerged Sundaland: The late Middle Pleistocene, hominin-bearing fauna of the Madura Strait H. Berghuis et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236524000537 The taphonomy of the Madura Strait fossil assemblage, a record of selective hunting and marrow processing by late Middle Pleistocene Sundaland hominins H. Berghuis et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02829-x Hominin glacial-stage occupation 712,000 to 424,000 years ago at Fordwich Pit, Old Park (Canterbury, UK) A. Key et al. 0 2025 2025-09-04
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05503-6 Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies? V. Hrnčíř et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
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.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09290-7 Structural variation in 1,019 diverse humans based on long-read sequencing S. Schloissnig et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads9164 A phylogenetic approach uncovers cryptic endogenous retrovirus subfamilies in the primate lineage X. Chen et al. 0 Endogenous Retroviral Types and Distribution 2025 2025-08-26
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.0640 Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo L. Carvajal et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02285-5 Homo erectus technological behaviors during the Middle Pleistocene Transition: Engaji Nanyori, Oldupai Gorge A. Cueva-Temprana et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61605-4 Muscle AMP deaminase activity was lower in Neandertals than in modern humans D. Macak et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2425166122 A universal of speech timing: Intonation units form low-frequency rhythms M. Inbar et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0882 The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection F. Villanea et al. 0 Archaic Adaptive Introgression 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000855 New U-series dates on the Petralona cranium, a key fossil in European human evolution C. Falguères et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003270 Chimpanzee mothers, but not fathers, influence offspring vocal–visual communicative behavior J. Mine et al. 0 Visual-Manual Communication 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09390-4 New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia B. Villmoare et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.0223 Dispersed female networks: female gorillas’ inter-group relationships influence dispersal decisions V. Martignac et al. 0 Inter-group Coalition Formation 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-06089-4 Neanderthal coasteering and the first Portuguese hominin tracksites C. de Carvalho et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09348-6 Hominins on Sulawesi during the Early Pleistocene B. Hakim et al. 0 2025 2025-08-26
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads3129 Indirect genetic effects among neighbors promote cooperation and accelerate adaptation in a small-scale human society J. Martin et al. 0 Cooperative Action 2025 2025-08-19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09103-x Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China J. Wang et al. 0 2025 2025-08-19
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508540122 The activity and expression of adenylosuccinate lyase were reduced during modern human evolution, affecting brain and behavior X. Ju et al. 0 2025 2025-08-19
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt0534 An ancient enhancer rapidly evolving in the human lineage promotes neural development and cognitive flexibility K. Tan et al. 0 Human Accelerated Regions (HARs) and Changes in Conserved Sequences 2025 2025-08-18
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-90458-5 Art or Scribbles? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Emergence of Visual Communication I. Davidson 0 2025 2025-08-12
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125003439 Middle Palaeolithic Human occupations, cultural behaviours and demographic dynamics during MIS 5a to late 3 in the Bawa Yawan Rockshelter, Kermanshah, West-Central Zagros Mountains S. Guran 0 2025 2025-08-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado2359 Behavior drives morphological change during human evolution L. Fannin et al. 0 2025 2025-08-12
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://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf102/8215783 Fermented fruits: scrumping, sharing, and the origin of feasting N. Dominy et al. 0 2025 2025-08-12
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads2797 Unveiling the multifunctional use of ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Specialized ochre retouchers from Blombos Cave E. Velliky et al. 0 2025 2025-08-12
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://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70093 Sexual Size Dimorphism in Australopithecus: Postcranial Dimorphism Differs Significantly Among Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, and Modern Humans Despite Low-Power Resampling Analyses A. Gordon 0 Sexual Body Size Dimorphism 2025 2025-08-05
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03014460.2025.2512026 Catalogue of immature hominin fossils from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa D. Bolter et al. 0 2025 2025-08-05
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/local-environment-and-fire-history-of-a-potential-lower-palaeolithic-refugium-in-the-megalopolis-basin-southern-greece-during-marine-isotope-stage-12/B47D58FB20A1A61898648B52D79D5F4A Local environment and fire history of a potential Lower Palaeolithic refugium in the Megalopolis Basin, southern Greece, during Marine Isotope Stage 12 S. Kyrikou et al. 0 2025 2025-08-05
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02286-4 Identifying potential palaeolithic artificial memory systems via Spatial statistics: Implications for the origin of quantification L. Courtenay et al. 0 2025 2025-08-05
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://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.273/ Alternative crossings into and out of Africa since 30,000 BP J. Dobson et al. 0 2025 2025-07-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000806 The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China X. Wu et al. 0 2025 2025-07-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003552125000317 Dealing with measures: Archaeology, cognitive neuroscience and the evolutionary origin of numerical thinking F. Macciardi et al. 0 2025 2025-07-29
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr8540 300,000-year-old wooden tools from Gantangqing, southwest China J. Liu et al. 0 Tool Making 2025 2025-07-29
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02223-0 A map of blood regulatory variation in South Africans enables GWAS interpretation S. Castel et al. 0 2025 2025-07-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325001554 Rethinking early hominin toolmaking through comparative primate models S. Putt et al. 0 Tool Making 2025 2025-07-24
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
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70033 Look past the cooperative eye hypothesis: reconsidering the evolution of human eye appearance J. Perea‐García et al. 0 Sclera Pigmentation 2025 2025-07-24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325001232 Trace elements, maturation processes and diagenesis in human deciduous incisors A. Martirosyan et al. 0 Deciduous Teeth Development/Morphology 2025 2025-07-24
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61761-7 Combined genome-wide association study of facial traits in Europeans increases explained variance and improves prediction Z. Xiong et al. 0 2025 2025-07-24
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-09006-x New insights into the first cervical vertebrae of Otavipithecus and Nacholapithecus A. Beaudet et al. 0 Upright Posture 2025 2025-07-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61601-8 Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory M. Croze et al. 0 2025 2025-07-16
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0868 Universality and diversity in human song S. Mehr et al. 0 Music 2019 2025-07-16
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225011241 Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality J. Feldblum et al. 0 2025 2025-07-16
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/evan.70003 The Placental Steroid Hypothesis of Human Brain Evolution A. Tsompanidis et al. 0 2025 2025-07-16
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-08314-6 Neandertal predation agenda reveals seasonal strategies during MIS 5–4 transition in Axlor, northatlantic Iberia A. Uzunidis et al. 0 2025 2025-07-08
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10539-025-09982-4 Cultural evolution beyond the individual: what human collective knowledge adds to high fidelity copying M. Finkel et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2025 2025-07-08
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S295023652500012X The late Middle Pleistocene Homo erectus of the Madura Strait, first hominin fossils from submerged Sundaland H. Berghuis et al. 0 2025 2025-07-08
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/arco.70002 Recent DNA Studies Question a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul J. Allen et al. 0 2025 2025-07-08
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416525000492 Who made the Oldowan? Reviewing African hominin fossils and archaeological sites from 3.5 million years ago E. Williams et al. 0 2025 2025-07-08
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-025-09494-w Costs of Early Stone Toolmaking cannot Establish the Presence of Know-how Copying C. Tennie et al. 0 Cultural Transmission, Tool Making 2025 2025-07-08
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257 Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago L. Kindler et al. 0 2025 2025-07-03
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02260-0 First stage in technological production of Stone Age animal teeth pendants: evidence from Zvejnieki (Latvia) and wider social implications A. Macāne et al. 0 Personal adornment 2025 2025-07-03
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000673 Clavicular evidence for continued arboreality in Australopithecus afarensis H. Farrell et al. 0 2025 2025-07-03
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325001517 Decoding hunter-gatherer-knowledge and selective choice of lithic raw materials during the Middle and Later Stone Age in Eswatini G. Bader et al. 0 2025 2025-07-03
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60665-w Decoding DNA sequence-driven evolution of the human brain epigenome at cellular resolution E. Caglayan et al. 0 2025 2025-07-03
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2345 Spontaneous playful teasing in four great ape species I. Laumer et al. 0 2024 2025-06-26
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2242 Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions L. Lewis et al. 0 2025 2025-06-26
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajhb.70091 The Homo erectus Female Revisited L. Aiello 0 2025 2025-06-26
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt7718 The evolution of infant-directed communication: Comparing vocal input across all great apes F. Wegdell et al. 0 Primary Language Acquisition 2025 2025-06-26
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.16.594603v1 The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans X. Feng et al. 0 2024 2025-06-19
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.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09154-0 Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal E. Hallett et al. 0 2025 2025-06-19
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.04.657870v1.full.pdf+html Malaria shaped human spatial organisation for the last 74 thousand years M. Colucci et al. 0 2025 2025-06-10
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.22.649993v1.full Enhancement of hidden Markov model analyses for improved inference of archaic introgression in modern humans M. Macià et al. 0 2025 2025-06-10
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0325693 Agent-based simulations reveal the possibility of multiple rapid northern routes for the second Neanderthal dispersal from Western to Eastern Eurasia E. Coco et al. 0 2025 2025-06-10
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000569 Uniform, circular, and shallow enamel pitting in hominins: Prevalence, morphological associations, and potential taxonomic significance I. Towle et al. 0 Enamel Structure and Enamel Thickness 2025 2025-06-10
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00081-25 The microbiome of the human facial skin is unique compared to that of other hominids S. Degregori et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
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://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt9539 Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus P. Madupe et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
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://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0325059 An empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million years I. Colagè et al. 0 Cultural Transmission 2025 2025-06-05
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2025.2501786 Slow it down: evolution of human metabolism over two million years O. Prado-Nóvoa et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59734-x Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo J. Braga et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125001751 New paleoecological insights for the Late Pleistocene Neanderthal mountain occurrence at Buena Pinta Cave (Iberian Central System, Pinilla-del-Valle, Madrid, Spain) H. Blain et al. 0 2025 2025-06-05
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0053 Stone-assisted drumming in Western chimpanzees and its implications for communication and cultural transmission S. van Loon et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724842500034X Ecomorphology in Kenya's Koobi Fora Formation: Reconstructing Early Pleistocene hominin paleoenvironments with 3D geometric morphometric analyses of bovid metapodials M. Malherbe et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000351 A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of early hominin foot morphology Y. Sekhavati et al. 0 Bipedal Foot Morphology 2025 2025-05-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047248425000314 The adaptive function of the human ankle joint complex during walking on uneven terrains with implications for hominin locomotion Z. Apolito et al. 0 Bipedal Foot Morphology 2025 2025-05-29
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70064 Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy J. Hui et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618225001922 Widespread evidence of Middle Stone Age (MSA) presence in Equatorial Guinea (West-Central Atlantic Africa) A. Rosas et al. 0 Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-05-29
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60140-6 Pleistocene chronology and history of hominins and fauna at Denisova Cave Z. Jacobs et al. 0 2025 2025-05-29
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/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.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-95054-2 Assessing geometric microliths as cultural markers through an analysis of shape variation and projectile performance A. Cortell-Nicolau et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3957 Enhancer-driven cell type comparison reveals similarities between the mammalian and bird pallium N. Hecker et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14

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