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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2026

Alemseged, Z, Spoor, F, Reed, D, W. Barr, A, Geraads, D, Bobe, R, Wynn, JG. Afar fossil shows broad distribution and versatility of Paranthropus. Nature. 2026.
Cerezo-Román, JI, Sawchuk, E, Schilt, F, Bertacchi, A, Buckley, G, Chibisa, E, B. Fahey, P, Falchenberg, SGunilla He, Kaliba, P, Kennett, DJ, Mercader, J, Pargeter, J, Stock, J, Szymanski, R, Thompson, JC. Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa. Science Advances. 2026;12(1).
Williams, SA, Wang, X, Araiza, I, Guerra, JS, Meyer, MR, Spear, JK. Earliest evidence of hominin bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Science Advances. 2026;12(1).
Hublin, J, Lefèvre, D, Perini, S, Muttoni, G, Skinner, MM, Bailey, SE, Freidline, S, Gunz, P, Rué, M, Graoui, MEl, Geraads, D, Daujeard, C, Davies, TW, Kupczik, K, Imbrasas, MD, Ortiz, A, Falguères, C, Shao, Q, Bahain, J, Queffelec, A, Gómez-Olivencia, A, Benazzi, S, Le Cabec, A, Sorrentino, R, Bergmann, I, Sbihi-Alaoui, F, Gallotti, R, Raynal, J, Mohib, A. Early hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage. Nature. 2026.
Orr, CM, Baker, SE, Hobbs, TE, Lague, MR, Leece, AB, Martin, JM, Nalley, TK, Patel, BA, Prang, TC, Schwartz, GT, Tocheri, MW, Strait, DS, Herries, AIR. Hominin postcranial remains from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa. The Anatomical Record. 2026.
Platt, A, Harris, DN, Tishkoff, SA. Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased. Science. 2026;391(6788):922-925.
Zhu, Q, Zhang, J, Zhou, W, Liang, S, Wang, S, Cai, X, Li, F, Li, J, Zhang, G, Feng, H, Fu, Q, Akey, JM, Zhang, F, Jin, L, Xu, S, Zheng, H, Chen, L. Introgressed mitochondrial fragments from archaic hominins alter nuclear genome function in modern humans. Science Advances. 2026;12(6).
Khan, YT, Tsompanidis, A, Radecki, MA, Allison, C, Lai, M, Bethlehem, RAI, Baron-Cohen, S. Mapping brain growth and sex differences across prenatal to postnatal development. Scientific Reports. 2026;16(1).
DeCasien, AR, Aronoff, JE, Mallott, EK, Kuthyar, S, Chitta, S, Layden, BT, Sardaro, MLSavo, Gray, S, Williams, LE, Liechty, ER, Lee, HM, Lee, W, Curley, JP, Kuzawa, CW, Amato, KR. Primate gut microbiota induce evolutionarily salient changes in mouse neurodevelopment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2026;123(2).
Martín-Francés, L, Martinón-Torres, M, Lozano, M, Hernaiz-García, M, Arsuaga, JLuis, De Castro, JMaria Berm, Fiorenza, L. Reconstructing dietary preferences in the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos population: A molar macrowear perspective. Journal of Human Evolution. 2026;211:103797.
Fuentes, A, French, JC, Hawks, J, Kissel, M, Spikins, P. Social and emotional cognition in Pleistocene hominin evolution: The role of biocultural processes. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2026;185:106441.

2025

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).
Peyrégne, S, Massilani, D, Swiel, Y, Boyle, MJames, Iasi, LNM, Sümer, AP, Mesa, ABossoms, de Filippo, C, Viola, B, Essel, E, Nagel, S, Richter, J, Weihmann, A, Schellbach, B, Zeberg, H, Visagie, J, Kozlikin, MB, Shunkov, MV, Derevianko, AP, Prüfer, K, Peter, BM, Meyer, M, Pääbo, S, Kelso, J. A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan. 2025.
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).
Suwa, G, Katoh, S, Hyodo, M, WoldeGabriel, G, Hart, WK, Delagnes, A, Asfaw, B, Beyene, Y. A normal magnetostratigraphic polarity interval in the Main Ethiopian Rift at 1.6 Ma: Implications for Acheulean and Homo erectus chronology. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;207:103748.
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.
Liang, S, Ren, T, Zhang, J, He, J, Wang, X, Jiang, X, He, Y, McCoy, RC, Fu, Q, Akey, JM, Mao, Y, Chen, L. A refined analysis of Neanderthal-introgressed sequences in modern humans with a complete reference genome. Genome Biology. 2025;26(1).
Lawrence, AB, Hammond, AS, Ward, CV. Acetabular orientation, pelvic shape, and the evolution of hominin bipedality. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;200:103633.
Lea, AJ, Caldas, IV, Garske, KM, Gerlinger, ER, Arroyo, JP, Echwa, J, Gurven, M, Handley, C, Kahumbu, JC, Kamau, J, Kinyua, P, Lotukoi, F, Lopurudoi, A, Lowasa, S, Njeru, SN, Mallarino, R, Martins, DJ, Messer, PW, Miano, C, Muhoya, B, Peng, J, Phung, T, Rabinowitz, JD, Roichman, A, Siford, R, Stone, AC, Oill, AMTaravel, Mathew, S, Wilson, MA, Ayroles, JF. Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya. Science. 2025;389(6766):1246-1251.
Tan, K, Higgins, K, Liu, Q, Wilkinson, MF. An ancient enhancer rapidly evolving in the human lineage promotes neural development and cognitive flexibility. Science Advances. 2025;11(33).
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.
Yang, J, Iasi, LNM, Fu, Q, Cooke, NP, Kelso, J, Peyrégne, S, Peter, BM. An early East Asian lineage with unexpectedly low Denisovan ancestry. Current Biology. 2025;35(20):4898-4908.e4.
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.
Prang, TC, Tocheri, MW, Patel, BA, Williams, SA, Orr, CM. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins. Communications Biology. 2025;8(1).

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