Human Origins, Institute of (IHO)

2019

A roadmap for high-throughput sequencing studies of wild animal populations using noninvasive samples and hybridization capture

White, L. C., Fontsere, C., Lizano, E., Hughes, D. A., Angedakin, S., Arandjelovic, M., Granjon, A. C., Hans, J. B., Lester, J. D., Rabanus-Wallace, M. T., Rowney, C., Städele, V., Marques-Bonet, T., Langergraber, K. & Vigilant, L., May 2019, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 19, 3, p. 609-622 14 p.

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22 Scopus citations

By Reverence, Not Fear: Prestige, Religion, and Autonomic Regulation in the Evolution of Cooperation

Lenfesty, H. L. & Morgan, T. J. H., Dec 17 2019, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 10, 2750.

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20 Scopus citations

Dorothy L. Cheney (1950-2018)

Beehner, J., Bergman, T., Fischer, J. & Silk, J., Feb 1 2019, In: Nature ecology & evolution. 3, 2, p. 147-148 2 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Human impact erodes chimpanzee behavioral diversity

Kühl, H. S., Boesch, C., Kulik, L., Haas, F., Arandjelovic, M., Dieguez, P., Bocksberger, G., McElreath, M. B., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Ayimisin, E. A., Bailey, E., Barubiyo, D., Bessone, M., Brazzola, G., Chancellor, R., Cohen, H., Coupland, C., Danquah, E. & Deschner, T. & 57 others, Dowd, D., Dunn, A., Egbe, V. E., Eshuis, H., Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A. C., Head, J., Hedwig, D., Hermans, V., Imong, I., Jeffery, K. J., Jones, S., Junker, J., Kadam, P., Kambere, M., Kambi, M., Kienast, I., Kujirakwinja, D., Langergraber, K., Lapuente, J., Larson, B., Lee, K., Leinert, V., Llana, M., Maretti, G., Marrocoli, S., Martin, R., Mbi, T. J., Meier, A. C., Morgan, B., Morgan, D., Mulindahabi, F., Murai, M., Neil, E., Niyigaba, P., Ormsby, L. J., Orume, R., Pacheco, L., Piel, A., Preece, J., Regnaut, S., Rundus, A., Sanz, C., Van Schijndel, J., Sommer, V., Stewart, F., Tagg, N., Vendras, E., Vergnes, V., Welsh, A., Wessling, E. G., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M., Yuh, Y. G., Yurkiw, K., Zuberbühler, K. & Kalan, A. K., 2019, In: Science. 363, 6434, p. 1453-1455 3 p.

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93 Scopus citations

Male–female relationships in olive baboons (Papio anubis): Parenting or mating effort?

Städele, V., Roberts, E. R., Barrett, B. J., Strum, S. C., Vigilant, L. & Silk, J., Feb 2019, In: Journal of human evolution. 127, p. 81-92 12 p.

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27 Scopus citations

Moralizing gods, impartiality and religious parochialism across 15 societies

Lang, M., Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C. L., Atkinson, Q. D., Bolyanatz, A., Cohen, E., Handley, C., Kundtová Klocová, E., Lesorogol, C., Mathew, S., McNamara, R. A., Moya, C., Placek, C. D., Soler, M., Vardy, T., Weigel, J. L., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A. & Henrich, J., Mar 13 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1898, 20190202.

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114 Scopus citations

Novelty Response of Wild African Apes to Camera Traps

Kalan, A. K., Hohmann, G., Arandjelovic, M., Boesch, C., McCarthy, M. S., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Bailey, E., Balongelwa, C. W., Bessone, M., Bocksberger, G., Coxe, S. J., Deschner, T., Després-Einspenner, M. L., Dieguez, P., Fruth, B., Herbinger, I., Granjon, A. C., Head, J. & Kablan, Y. A. & 15 others, Langergraber, K., Lokasola, A. L., Maretti, G., Marrocoli, S., Mbende, M., Moustgaard, J., N'Goran, P. K., Robbins, M. M., van Schijndel, J., Sommer, V., Surbeck, M., Tagg, N., Willie, J., Wittig, R. M. & Kühl, H. S., Apr 1 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 7, p. 1211-1217.e3

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29 Scopus citations

Optimizing syndromic health surveillance in free ranging great apes: The case of Gombe National Park

Wolf, T. M., Wang, W. “., Lonsdorf, E. V., Gillespie, T. R., Pusey, A., Gilby, I., Travis, D. A. & Singer, R. S., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 56, 3, p. 509-518 10 p.

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7 Scopus citations

Quaternary history of the Lake Magadi Basin, southern Kenya Rift: Tectonic and climatic controls

Bernhart Owen, R., Renaut, R. W., Muiruri, V. M., Rabideaux, N. M., Lowenstein, T. K., McNulty, E. P., Leet, K., Deocampo, D., Luo, S., Deino, A. L., Cohen, A., Sier, M. J., Campisano, C., Shen, C. C., Billingsley, A., Mbuthia, A. & Stockhecke, M., Mar 15 2019, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 518, p. 97-118 22 p.

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37 Scopus citations

Simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory disease in wild chimpanzees caused by distinct viruses of human origin

Negrey, J. D., Reddy, R. B., Scully, E. J., Phillips-Garcia, S., Owens, L. A., Langergraber, K., Mitani, J. C., Emery Thompson, M., Wrangham, R. W., Muller, M. N., Otali, E., Machanda, Z., Hyeroba, D., Grindle, K. A., Pappas, T. E., Palmenberg, A. C., Gern, J. E. & Goldberg, T. L., Jan 1 2019, In: Emerging Microbes and Infections. 8, 1, p. 139-149 11 p.

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73 Scopus citations

2018

A New Pleistocene Hominin Tracksite from the Cape South Coast, South Africa

Helm, C. W., McCrea, R. T., Cawthra, H. C., Lockley, M. G., Cowling, R. M., Marean, C., Thesen, G. H. H., Pigeon, T. S. & Hattingh, S., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 3772.

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35 Scopus citations

Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities

Adamescu, G. S., Plumptre, A. J., Abernethy, K. A., Polansky, L., Bush, E. R., Chapman, C. A., Shoo, L. P., Fayolle, A., Janmaat, K. R. L., Robbins, M. M., Ndangalasi, H. J., Cordeiro, N. J., Gilby, I., Wittig, R. M., Breuer, T., Hockemba, M. B. N., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Pusey, A. E. & Mugerwa, B. & 19 others, Gilagiza, B., Tutin, C., Ewango, C. E. N., Sheil, D., Dimoto, E., Baya, F., Bujo, F., Ssali, F., Dikangadissi, J. T., Jeffery, K., Valenta, K., White, L., Masozera, M., Wilson, M. L., Bitariho, R., Ndolo Ebika, S. T., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Mulindahabi, F. & Beale, C. M., May 2018, In: Biotropica. 50, 3, p. 418-430 13 p.

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43 Scopus citations

Depositional and sea-level history from MIS 6 (Termination II) to MIS 3 on the southern continental shelf of South Africa

Cawthra, H. C., Jacobs, Z., Compton, J. S., Fisher, E. C., Karkanas, P. & Marean, C., Feb 1 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 181, p. 156-172 17 p.

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75 Scopus citations

Differentiating between cutting actions on bone using 3D geometric morphometrics and Bayesian analyses with implications to human evolution

Otárola-Castillo, E., Torquato, M. G., Hawkins, H. C., James, E., Harris, J. A., Marean, C., McPherron, S. P. & Thompson, J. C., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 89, p. 56-67 12 p.

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49 Scopus citations

Divide and conquer: Intermediate levels of population fragmentation maximize cultural accumulation

Derex, M., Perreault, C. & Boyd, R., Apr 5 2018, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1743, 20170062.

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78 Scopus citations

Evo-devo models of tooth development and the origin of hominoid molar diversity

Ortiz, A., Bailey, S. E., Schwartz, G., Hublin, J. J. & Skinner, M. M., Apr 11 2018, In: Science Advances. 4, 4, eaar2334.

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26 Scopus citations

Fossil Suidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lee Adoyta, Ledi-Geraru, lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia: Implications for late Pliocene turnover and paleoecology

Lazagabaster, I. A., Souron, A., Rowan, J., Robinson, J. R., Campisano, C. & Reed, K., Sep 1 2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 504, p. 186-200 15 p.

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10 Scopus citations

Genetic analysis suggests dispersal among chimpanzees in a fragmented forest landscape in Uganda

McCarthy, M. S., Lester, J. D., Langergraber, K., Stanford, C. B. & Vigilant, L., Sep 2018, In: American Journal of Primatology. 80, 9, e22902.

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10 Scopus citations

Greater wealth inequality, less polygyny: Rethinking the polygyny threshold model

Ross, C. T., Mulder, M. B., Oh, S. Y., Bowles, S., Beheim, B., Bunce, J., Caudell, M., Clark, G., Colleran, H., Cortez, C., Draper, P., Greaves, R. D., Gurven, M., Headland, T., Headland, J., Hill, K., Hewlett, B., Kaplan, H. S., Koster, J. & Kramer, K. & 14 others, Marlowe, F., McElreath, R., Nolin, D., Quinlan, M., Quinlan, R., Revilla-Minaya, C., Scelza, B., Schacht, R., Shenk, M., Uehara, R., Voland, E., Willfuhr, K., Winterhalder, B. & Ziker, J., Jul 1 2018, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 15, 144, 20180035.

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34 Scopus citations

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago

Smith, E. I., Jacobs, Z., Johnsen, R., Ren, M., Fisher, E. C., Oestmo, S., Wilkins, J., Harris, J. A., Karkanas, P., Fitch, S., Ciravolo, A., Keenan, D., Cleghorn, N., Lane, C. S., Matthews, T. & Marean, C., Mar 22 2018, In: Nature. 555, 7697, p. 511-515 5 p.

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67 Scopus citations

INSIGHTS

Boyd, R., Richerson, P. J., Meinzen-Dick, R., De Moor, T., Jackson, M. O., Gjerde, K. M., Harden-Davies, H., Frischmann, B. M., Madison, M. J., Strandburg, K. J., McLean, A. R. & Dye, C., Dec 14 2018, In: Science. 362, 6420, p. 1236-1241 6 p.

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45 Scopus citations

Meat Eating by Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii): Effects of Prey Age on Carcass Consumption Sequence

Gilby, I. & Wawrzyniak, D., Feb 1 2018, In: International Journal of Primatology. 39, 1, p. 127-140 14 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Middle and later stone age chronology of kisese II rockshelter (UNESCO World Heritage Kondoa Rock-Art Sites), Tanzania

Tryon, C. A., Lewis, J. E., Ranhorn, K. L., Kwekason, A., Alex, B., Laird, M. F., Marean, C., Niespolo, E., Nivens, J. & Mabulla, A. Z. P., Feb 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 2, e0192029.

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59 Scopus citations

Nocturnal activity in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence for flexible sleeping patterns and insights into human evolution

Tagg, N., McCarthy, M., Dieguez, P., Bocksberger, G., Willie, J., Mundry, R., Stewart, F., Arandjelovic, M., Widness, J., Landsmann, A., Agbor, A., Angedakin, S., Ayimisin, A. E., Bessone, M., Brazzola, G., Corogenes, K., Deschner, T., Dilambaka, E., Eno-Nku, M. & Eshuis, H. & 32 others, Goedmakers, A., Granjon, A. C., Head, J., Hermans, V., Jones, S., Kadam, P., Kambi, M., Langergraber, K., Lapeyre, V., Lapuente, J., Lee, K., Leinert, V., Maretti, G., Marrocoli, S., Meier, A., Nicholl, S., Normand, E., Ormsby, L. J., Piel, A., Robinson, O., Sommer, V., ter Heegde, M., Tickle, A., Ton, E., van Schijndel, J., Vanleeuwe, H., Vergnes, V., Wessling, E., Wittig, R. M., Zuberbuehler, K., Kuehl, H. & Boesch, C., Jul 2018, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 166, 3, p. 510-529 20 p.

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31 Scopus citations

Palaeoecology of giraffe tracks in Late Pleistocene aeolianites on the Cape south coast

Helm, C., Cawthra, H., Cowling, R., De Vynck, J., Marean, C., McCrea, R. & Rust, R., Jan 1 2018, In: South African Journal of Science. 114, 1-2, 2017-0266.

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30 Scopus citations

Patterns of dental emergence in early anthropoid primates from the Fayum Depression, Egypt

Miller, E. R., Gunnell, G. F., Seiffert, E. R., Sallam, H. & Schwartz, G., Feb 17 2018, In: Historical Biology. 30, 1-2, p. 157-165 9 p.

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2 Scopus citations

Phytoliths as an indicator of early modern humans plant gathering strategies, fire fuel and site occupation intensity during the Middle Stone Age at Pinnacle Point 5-6 (south coast, South Africa)

Esteban, I., Marean, C., Fisher, E. C., Karkanas, P., Cabanes, D. & Albert, R. M., Jun 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 6, e0198558.

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29 Scopus citations

Progressive aridification in East Africa over the last half million years and implications for human evolution

Owen, R. B., Muiruri, V. M., Lowenstein, T. K., Renaut, R. W., Rabideaux, N., Luo, S., Deino, A. L., Sier, M. J., Dupont-Nivet, G., McNulty, E. P., Leet, K., Cohen, A., Campisano, C., Deocampo, D., Shen, C. C., Billingsley, A. & Mbuthia, A., Oct 30 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 44, p. 11174-11179 6 p.

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73 Scopus citations

Quality versus quantity: do weak bonds enhance the fitness of female baboons?

Silk, J., Seyfarth, R. M. & Cheney, D. L., Jun 2018, In: Animal Behaviour. 140, p. 207-211 5 p.

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18 Scopus citations

Social information can potentiate understanding despite inhibiting cognitive effort

Derex, M. & Boyd, R., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 9980.

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4 Scopus citations

Social tipping points in animal societies

Pruitt, J. N., Berdahl, A., Riehl, C., Pinter-Wollman, N., Moeller, H. V., Pringle, E. G., Aplin, L. M., Robinson, E. J. H., Grilli, J., Yeh, P., Savage, V. M., Price, M. H., Garland, J., Gilby, I., Crofoot, M. C., Doering, G. N. & Hobson, E. A., Sep 26 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1887, 20181282.

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30 Scopus citations

The Needs of the Many Do Not Outweigh the Needs of the Few: The Limits of Individual Sacrifice across Diverse Cultures

Sheskin, M., Chevallier, C., Adachi, K., Berniunas, R., Castelain, T., Hulín, M., Lenfesty, H., Regnier, D., Sebestény, A. & Baumard, N., 2018, In: Journal of Cognition and Culture. 18, 1-2, p. 205-223 19 p.

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1 Scopus citations

The role of dietary competition in the origination and early diversification of North American euprimates

Stroik, L. K. & Schwartz, G., Aug 15 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1884, 20181230.

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3 Scopus citations

The timing and causes of a unique chimpanzee community fission preceding Gombe's “Four-Year War”

Feldblum, J. T., Manfredi, S., Gilby, I. & Pusey, A. E., Jul 2018, In: American journal of physical anthropology. 166, 3, p. 730-744 15 p.

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27 Scopus citations

To grunt or not to grunt: Factors governing call production in female olive baboons, Papio anubis

Silk, J., Roberts, E. R., Städele, V. & Strum, S. C., Nov 2018, In: PloS one. 13, 11, e0204601.

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5 Scopus citations

2017

Archaeology: Early signs of human presence in Australia

Marean, C., Jul 19 2017, In: Nature. 547, 7663, p. 285-287 3 p.

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3 Scopus citations

Are the intensities and durations of small-scale pottery firings sufficient to completely dehydroxylate clays? Testing a key assumption underlying ceramic rehydroxylation dating

Paige, J., Michelaki, K.-E., Campisano, C., Barton, C. M. & Heimsath, A., Mar 1 2017, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 79, p. 44-52 9 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Australopithecus sediba and the emergence of Homo: Questionable evidence from the cranium of the juvenile holotype MH 1

Kimbel, W. & Rak, Y., Jun 1 2017, In: Journal of human evolution. 107, p. 94-106 13 p.

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30 Scopus citations

Cetopirus complanatus (Cirripedia: Coronulidae) from the late Middle Pleistocene human settlement of Pinnacle Point 13B (Mossel Bay, South Africa)

Collareta, A., Marean, C., Jerardino, A. & Bosselaers, M., Feb 28 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4237, 2, p. 393-400 8 p.

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8 Scopus citations

Chronometric investigations of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Zagros Mountains using AMS radiocarbon dating and Bayesian age modelling

Becerra-Valdivia, L., Douka, K., Comeskey, D., Bazgir, B., Conard, N. J., Marean, C., Ollé, A., Otte, M., Tumung, L., Zeidi, M. & Higham, T. F. G., Aug 2017, In: Journal of human evolution. 109, p. 57-69 13 p.

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34 Scopus citations

Data visualization

Fisher, E. C. & Marean, C., 2017, In: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. p. 173-180 8 p.

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Determining the population affinity of an unprovenienced human skull for repatriation

Watkins, J. K., Blatt, S. H., Bradbury, C. A., Alanko, G. A., Kohn, M. J., Lytle, M. L., Taylor, J., Lacroix, D., Nieves-Colón, M. A., Stone, A. & Butt, D. P., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 12, p. 384-394 11 p.

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15 Scopus citations

Female–male relationships influence the form of female–female relationships in olive baboons, Papio anubis

Silk, J., Roberts, E. R., Barrett, B. J., Patterson, S. K. & Strum, S. C., Sep 2017, In: Animal Behaviour. 131, p. 89-98 10 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lee Adoyta, Ledi-Geraru, and Late Pliocene Dietary Evolution in Giraffids from the Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia

Rowan, J., Locke, E. M., Robinson, J. R., Campisano, C., Wynn, J. G. & Reed, K., Sep 1 2017, In: Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24, 3, p. 359-371 13 p.

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10 Scopus citations

Further human fossils from the Middle Stone Age deposits of Die Kelders Cave 1, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Grine, F. E., Marean, C., Faith, J. T., Black, W., Mongle, C. S., Trinkaus, E., le Roux, S. G. & du Plessis, A., Aug 2017, In: Journal of human evolution. 109, p. 70-78 9 p.

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8 Scopus citations