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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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).
Fu, Q, Cao, P, Dai, Q, E. Bennett, A, Feng, X, Yang, MA, Ping, W, Pääbo, S, Ji, Q. Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium. Cell. 2025;188(15):3919-3926.e9.
Martignac, V, Eckardt, W, Mucyo, JPierre S, Ndagijimana, F, Stoinski, TS, Vecellio, V, Morrison, RE. Dispersed female networks: female gorillas’ inter-group relationships influence dispersal decisions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2025;292(2052).
Davis, R, Hatch, M, Hoare, S, Lewis, SG, Lucas, C, Parfitt, SA, Bello, SM, Lewis, M, Mansfield, J, Najorka, J, O’Connor, S, Peglar, S, Sorensen, A, Stringer, C, Ashton, N. Earliest evidence of making fire. Nature. 2025.
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.
Molz, B, Alberro, MLana, Eising, E, Schijven, D, Alagöz, G, Francks, C, Fisher, SE. Evaluating the effects of archaic protein-altering variants in living human adults. Science Advances. 2025;11(50).
Berger, LR, Makhubela, TVincent, Molopyane, K, Kruger, A, Randolph-Quinney, P, Elliott, M, Peixotto, B, Fuentes, A, Tafforeau, P, Beyrand, V, Dollman, K, Jinnah, Z, Gillham, ABrewer, Broad, K, Brophy, J, Chinamatira, G, Dirks, PHGM, Feuerriegel, E, Gurtov, A, Hlophe, N, Hunter, L, Hunter, R, Jakata, K, Jaskolski, C, Morris, H, Pryor, E, Mpete, M, Roberts, EM, Smilg, JS, Tsikoane, M, et al. Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi. eLife. 2025;12.
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).
Drummond-Clarke, RC, Reuben, SChege, Stewart, FA, Piel, AK, Kivell, TL. Foraging strategy and tree structure as drivers of arboreality and suspensory behaviour in savannah-dwelling chimpanzees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2025;13.
Steer, NG, Bardo, A, Davies, TW, Rosas, A, Skinner, MM, Kivell, TL. Functional Morphology of the Scaphoid in Extant African Apes, Humans and Fossil Hominins. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 2025;188(4).
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).
Cosnefroy, Q, Crevecoeur, I, Semal, P, Hajdinjak, M, Mesa, ABossoms, Krause, J, Gnecchi-Ruscone, GAlberto, Posth, C, Bocherens, H, Devièse, T, Rougier, H. Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey. Scientific Reports. 2025;15(1).
McRae, RT, Wood, B. Hominin fossil inventory: Quantification and comparison of discrete regional and element representation among early African fossil hominins prior to the emergence of Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution. 2025;198:103615.
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).
Kitagawa, K, Tejero, J, Yeshurun, R, Walter, R, Huber, H, Andrews, R, Magliozzi, N, Doyon, L. Homo sapiens could have hunted with bow and arrow from the onset of the early Upper Palaeolithic in Eurasia. iScience. 2025, p.114270.
Jakobsson, M, Bernhardsson, C, McKenna, J, Hollfelder, N, Vicente, M, Edlund, H, Coutinho, A, Sjödin, P, Brink, J, Zipfel, B, Malmström, H, Lombard, M, Schlebusch, CM. Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes. Nature. 2025.
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.
Courtenay, LAustin, d'Errico, F, Núñez, R, Blasi, DE. Identifying potential palaeolithic artificial memory systems via Spatial statistics: Implications for the origin of quantification. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2025;17(8).

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