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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2508479122 Profitable third-party punishment destabilizes cooperation R. Alam et al. 0 2025 2026-04-07
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.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510731123 Sleep alters neurovascular and hydrodynamic coupling in the human brain T. Väyrynen et al. 0 2026 2026-04-14
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510998122 Post-reproductive lifespan in wild mountain gorillas N. Smit et al. 0 Post Reproductive Life Stage 2025 2025-10-21
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2513968122 Candidate Denisovan fossils identified through gene regulatory phenotyping N. Mishol et al. 0 2025 2025-09-09
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2515479123 Evidence for the earliest hominin use of wooden handheld tools found at Marathousa 1 (Greece) A. Milks et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2516263123 Sudan’s complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts L. Vilà-Valls et al. 0 Malaria 2026 2026-03-10
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2517509122 A 12,000-year-old clay figurine of a woman and a goose marks symbolic innovations in Southwest Asia L. Davin et al. 0 Art, Symbolic Representation 2025 2025-11-18
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2518974122 A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia E. Pigott et al. 0 2025 2025-11-04
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2519469122 The variability of evolvability: Properties of dynamic fitness landscapes determine how phenotypic variability evolves C. Petak et al. 0 2025 2026-01-20
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2520385123 Humans 40,000 y ago developed a system of conventional signs C. Bentz et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2521732123 Competing models of hominin body size evolution J. Gardner et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2523038123 Cultural evolution accelerated human range expansion by more than two orders of magnitude C. Perreault 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2531880123 Seasonal shellfish exploitation by Neanderthals 115,000 years ago A. García-Escárzaga et al. 0 2026 2026-05-28
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2534576123 A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals D. Massilani et al. 0 2026 2026-04-02
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2537631123 Early evidence for a stable and flexible foraging niche in the evolution of Homo F. Forrest et al. 0 2026 2026-05-15
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2609061123 Long-term cultural continuity across the Neanderthal–modern human sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern Levant İ. Baykara et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
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/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.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.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.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/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/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.2520565123 Archaeogenetic insights into the demographic history of Late Neanderthals C. Fotiadou et al. 0 2026 2026-04-02
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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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/4086 Multimodal spatial mapping and visualisation of Dinaledi Chamber and Rising Star Cave A. Kruger et al. 0 2016 2016-05-31
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aar7621 Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America D. Bustos et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat, Predator-Prey Relationships 2018 2025-10-21
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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.adq2879 Versatile use of chimpanzee call combinations promotes meaning expansion C. Girard-Buttoz et al. 0 2025 2025-05-14
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
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.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.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.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5703 Evaluating the effects of archaic protein-altering variants in living human adults B. Molz et al. 0 2025 2025-12-16
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.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://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://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt7466 Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes M. Beasley et al. 0 2025 2025-09-18
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.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu5838 Selective use of distant stone resources by the earliest Oldowan toolmakers E. Finestone et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0130 Earliest evidence of hominin bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis S. Williams et al. 0 Striding Bipedalism 2026 2026-01-07
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.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://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.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw9995 The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies D. Amir et al. 0 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx4722 Evidence for symbolic use of ochre by Micoquian Neanderthals in Crimea F. d’Errico et al. 0 2025 2025-11-04
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx5460 Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA M. Guellil et al. 0 2026 2026-01-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady1390 The earliest elephant-bone tool from Europe: An unexpected raw material for precision knapping of Acheulean handaxes S. Parfitt et al. 0 Tool Making, Tool Manufacture and Use 2026 2026-01-27
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady2270 The oldest in situ Homo erectus crania in eastern Asia: The Yunxian site dates to ~1.77 Ma H. Tu et al. 0 2026 2026-02-24
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady9493 Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul F. Gandini et al. 0 2025 2025-12-03
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady9545 Characterizing the American Upper Paleolithic D. Madsen et al. 0 2025 2025-11-18
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0114 Life histories of straight-tusked elephants from the Last Interglacial Neanderthal site of Neumark-Nord (~125 ka) E. Armaroli et al. 0 2026 2026-03-24
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz2433 Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently E. Bryon et al. 0 Aggressiveness 2026 2026-03-17
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz3281 Direct evidence for poison use on microlithic arrowheads in Southern Africa at 60,000 years ago S. Isaksson et al. 0 Organized Hunting for Meat 2026 2026-01-09
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz7697 Far-reaching hunter-gatherer networks during the Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe M. de la Torre et al. 0 2026 2026-02-05
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz9554 Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa J. Cerezo-Román et al. 0 2026 2026-01-07
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
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2158 Modeling identities among the first-sedentary communities: Emergence of clay personal ornaments in Epipaleolithic Southwest Asia L. Davin et al. 0 Personal adornment 2026 2026-04-07
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2316 Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years M. Colucci et al. 0 Malaria 2026 2026-04-30
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7219 Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis G. Veatch et al. 0 2026 2026-07-09
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec2916 Complex perishable technologies from the North American Great Basin reveal specialized Late Pleistocene adaptations R. Rosencrance et al. 0 2026 2026-02-10
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec6939 Genomic evidence for limited entomophagy in ancient Europeans M. Piñero et al. 0 2026 2026-07-15
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed5260 Ancient regulatory evolution shapes individual language abilities in present-day humans L. Casten et al. 0 2026 2026-04-30
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.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/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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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

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