CARTA Member Publications

CARTA encourages transdisciplinary research to advance our understanding of human origins and provides a forum for researchers from disparate fields "to explore and explain the human phenomenon.” This page lists select publications with one or more CARTA member authors.

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Eşiyok, N, Liutikaite, N, Haffner, C, Peters, J, Heide, S, Oegema, CEugster, Huttner, WB, Heide, M. A dyad of human-specific NBPF14 and NOTCH2NLB orchestrates cortical progenitor abundance crucial for human neocortex expansion. Science Advances. 2025;11(13).
Tajima, Y, Vargas, CDM, Ito, K, Wang, W, Luo, J, Xing, J, Kuru, N, Machado, LCarlos, Siepel, A, Carroll, TS, Jarvis, ED, Darnell, RB. A humanized NOVA1 splicing factor alters mouse vocal communications. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1).
Hurst, S, Holloway, R, Garvin, H, Bocko, G, Garcia, K, Cofran, Z, Hawks, J, Berger, L. A reanalysis of the Taung endocranial surface: Comparison with large samples of living hominids. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;200:103637.
Lawrence, AB, Hammond, AS, Ward, CV. Acetabular orientation, pelvic shape, and the evolution of hominin bipedality. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;200:103633.
Zhang, Y, Wang, J, Yi, C, Su, Y, Yin, Z, Zhang, S, Jin, L, Stoneking, M, Yang, J, Wang, K, Huang, H, Li, J, Fan, S. An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis. Cell Genomics. 2025.
Salem, N, van de Loosdrecht, MS, Sümer, APelin, Vai, S, Hübner, A, Peter, B, Bianco, RA, Lari, M, Modi, A, Al-Faloos, MFaraj Moha, Turjman, M, Bouzouggar, A, Tafuri, MAnne, Manzi, G, Rotunno, R, Prüfer, K, Ringbauer, H, Caramelli, D, di Lernia, S, Krause, J. Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage. 2025.
Tagore, D, Akey, JM. Archaic hominin admixture and its consequences for modern humans. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 2025;90:102280.
Brooker, JS, Webb, CE, van Leeuwen, EJC, Kordon, S, de Waal, FBM, Clay, Z. Bonobos and chimpanzees overlap in sexual behaviour patterns during social tension. Royal Society Open Science. 2025;12(3).
Eleuteri, V, van der Werff, J, Wilhelm, W, Soldati, A, Crockford, C, Desai, N, Fedurek, P, Fitzgerald, M, Graham, KE, Koops, K, Pruetz, J, Samuni, L, Slocombe, K, Stoeger, A, Wilson, ML, Wittig, RM, Zuberbühler, K, Camara, HD, Mamy, G, Ravignani, A, Hobaiter, C. Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation. Current Biology. 2025.
Farrell, HN, Alemseged, Z. Clavicular evidence for continued arboreality in Australopithecus afarensis. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;205:103714.
Balolia, KL, Wood, B. Comparative Context of Hard‐Tissue Sexual Dimorphism in Early Hominins: Implications for Alpha Taxonomy. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 2025;34(1).
Yoo, D, Rhie, A, Hebbar, P, Antonacci, F, Logsdon, GA, Solar, SJ, Antipov, D, Pickett, BD, Safonova, Y, Montinaro, F, Luo, Y, Malukiewicz, J, Storer, JM, Lin, J, Sequeira, AN, Mangan, RJ, Hickey, G, Anez, GMonfort, Balachandran, P, Bankevich, A, Beck, CR, Biddanda, A, Borchers, M, Bouffard, GG, Brannan, E, Brooks, SY, Carbone, L, Carrel, L, Chan, AP, Crawford, J, et al. Complete sequencing of ape genomes. Nature. 2025.
Natahi, S, Neubauer, S, Tsegai, ZJ, Hublin, J, Gunz, P. Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;204:103683.
Caglayan, E, Konopka, G. Decoding DNA sequence-driven evolution of the human brain epigenome at cellular resolution. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1).
Madupe, PP, Koenig, C, Patramanis, I, Rüther, PL, Hlazo, N, Mackie, M, Tawane, M, Krueger, J, Taurozzi, AJ, Troché, G, Kibii, J, Pickering, R, Dickinson, MR, Sahle, Y, Kgotleng, D, Musiba, C, Manthi, F, Bell, L, DuPlessis, M, Gilbert, C, Zipfel, B, Kuderna, LFK, Lizano, E, Welker, F, Kyriakidou, P, Cox, J, Mollereau, C, Tokarski, C, Blackburn, J, Ramos-Madrigal, J, et al. Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African Paranthropus. Science. 2025;388(6750):969-973.
August, I, Gagneux, P, Semendeferi, K, Marchetto, MCarolina. Evolution of Human Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of Hypotheses and Comparative Evidence. Evol Anthropol. 2025;34(1):e22054.
Bogin, B, B. Smith, H. Evolution of the Human Life Cycle, Revisited. American Journal of Human Biology. 2025;37(3).
Berg, E, Hammond, AS, Warrener, AG, Mitchell, MShirley, Tocheri, MW, Baker, SE, Herries, AIR, Strait, DS, Orr, CM. Further assessment of a ~2-million-year-old hominin pelvis (DNH 43) from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 2025;121(3/4).
Hayakawa, T, Kishida, T, Go, Y, Inoue, E, Kawaguchi, E, Aizu, T, Ishizaki, H, Toyoda, A, Fujiyama, A, Matsuzawa, T, Hashimoto, C, Furuichi, T, Agata, K. Genome-scale evolution in local populations of wild chimpanzees. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):548.
Otani, S, Jespersen, MLouise, Brinch, C, Møller, FDuus, Pilgaard, B, Jensen, EEgholm Bru, Leekitcharoenphon, P, Svendsen, CAaby, Aarestrup, AH, Sonda, T, Sylvina, TJ, Leach, J, Piel, A, Stewart, F, Sapountzis, P, Kazyoba, PE, Kumburu, H, Aarestrup, FM. Genomic and functional co-diversification imprint African Hominidae microbiomes to signal dietary and lifestyle adaptations. Gut Microbes. 2025;17(1):2484385.
Morrison, RE, Ellis, S, Martignac, V, Stoinski, TS, Eckardt, W. Group traits moderate the relationship between individual social traits and fitness in gorillas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025;122(20).
Curran, SC, Drăgușin, V, Pobiner, B, Pante, M, Hellstrom, J, Woodhead, J, Croitor, R, Doboș, A, Gogol, SE, Ersek, V, Keevil, TL, Petculescu, A, Popescu, A, Robinson, C, Werdelin, L, Terhune, CE. Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago. Nature Communications. 2025;16(1).
Stringer, C. Human evolution: The lonely Neanderthal?. Current Biology. 2025;35(1):R29-R31.
Schuh, A, Gunz, P, Villa, C, Maureille, B, Toussaint, M, Abrams, G, Hublin, J, Freidline, SE. Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;202:103667.
Soto, DC, Uribe-Salazar, JM, Kaya, G, Valdarrago, R, Sekar, A, Haghani, NK, Hino, K, La, G, Mariano, NAnn F, Ingamells, C, Baraban, A, Jamal, Z, Turner, TN, Green, ED, Simó, S, Quon, G, Andrés, AM, Dennis, MY. Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution. Cell. 2025.

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