Ancient plagues.

Authors: Spinney, Laura (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 11/1/2025, Vol. 268 Issue 3567, p36-39. 4p. 5 Color Photographs.

Subject Terms: *YERSINIA pestis, *HUMAN evolution, *SUFFERING, *PALEOPATHOLOGY, *PASTORAL societies, *ZOONOSES, *COMMUNICABLE diseases

Geographic Terms: EUROPE

Welcome to the family.

Authors: Barras, Colin (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 8/30/2025, Vol. 267 Issue 3558, p30-34. 5p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 3 Cartoon or Caricatures.

Subject Terms: *DENISOVANS, *HUMAN evolution, *HOMINIDS, *ARCHAEOLOGICAL discoveries, *PREHISTORIC peoples

Geographic Terms: HARBIN (China), EURASIA

Regulating Grand Challenges: The Evolution of Human Resource Managers' Framing of the UK Gender Pay Gap Regulations.

Authors: Walsh, Janet¹ (AUTHOR) janet.walsh@kcl.ac.uk

Source: Human Resource Management Journal. Jul2025, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p728-741. 14p.

Subject Terms: *GENDER wage gap, *OPPORTUNITY costs, HUMAN evolution, SCHOLARLY method, AMBIGUITY

Quantitative analyses of molecular and cellular features of brain development in the context of recent human evolution

Authors: Moriano, Juan

Contributors: University/Department: Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Filologia

Thesis Advisors: Boeckx, Cedric

Source: TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)

Subject Terms: Neurociència cognitiva, Neurociencia cognitiva, Cognitive neuroscience, Biologia del desenvolupament, Biología del desarrollo, Developmental biology, Evolució humana, Evolución humana, Human evolution, Bioinformàtica, Bioinformática, Bioinformatics, Ciències Experimentals i Matemàtiques

Time: 616.8

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Access URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/690093

The evolutionary functions of consciousness.

Authors: Fitch, W. Tecumseh (AUTHOR) tecumseh.fitch@univie.ac.at, Allen, Colin¹ (AUTHOR) prof.colin.allen@gmail.com, Roskies, Adina L¹ (AUTHOR) aroskies@ucsb.edu

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 11/15/2025, Vol. 380 Issue 1939, p1-13. 13p.

Subject Terms: *CONSCIOUSNESS, *HUMAN evolution, *LIFE sciences, *THEORISTS, *ACADEMIC discourse

Consciousness: its goals, its functions and the emergence of a new category of selection.

Authors: Jablonka, Eva^1,2 (AUTHOR) jablonka@tauex.tau.ac.il, Ginsburg, Simona³ (AUTHOR) simona@openu.ac.il

Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 11/15/2025, Vol. 380 Issue 1939, p1-13. 13p.

Subject Terms: *CONSCIOUSNESS, *HUMAN evolution, *ACTION theory (Psychology), *NATURAL selection, *DIFFERENTIATION (Cognition), *ASSOCIATIVE learning, *PATTERN perception

What Do Lithics Tell Us About How Pleistocene Hominins Survived?

Authors: Shea, John J.¹ (AUTHOR) john.shea@stonybrook.edu

Source: Archaeometry. Nov2025, p1. 9p.

Subject Terms: *PLEISTOCENE Epoch, *HUMAN evolution, *FOSSILS, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *PREHISTORIC tools, *HOMINIDS

Neanderthal-derived variants increase SOX9 enhancer activity in craniofacial progenitors that shape jaw development.

Authors: Uttley, Kirsty¹, Jüllig, Hannah J.¹, De Angelis, Carlo¹, Auer, Julia M. T.¹, Ozga, Ewa¹, Bengani, Hemant¹, Long, Hannah K.¹ hannah.long@ed.ac.uk

Source: Development (09501991). Nov2025, Vol. 152 Issue 21, p1-15. 15p.

Subject Terms: *NEANDERTHALS, *HUMAN evolution, *JAWS, *SOX transcription factors, *REGULATOR genes, *CRANIOLOGY, *GENETIC variation, *CRANIOFACIAL abnormalities

Short tandem repeats in populations of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent regions provide insights into high-altitude adaptation.

Authors: Yuguo Huang¹, Mengge Wang^1,2,3, Zhiyong Wang^1,3, Xiaojun Liu^1,2, Yuhang Feng^1,2, Jie Zhong¹, Hailin Huang¹, Jia Geng¹, Ting Tang¹, Chao Liu⁴, Yu Lu¹ samuelluyu@163.com, Jing Cheng^1,2 chj_grace@126.com, Fengxiao Bu¹ bufengxiao@hotmail.com, Guanglin He^1,2 guanglinhescu@163.com, Huijun Yuan^1,2,5 yuanhj301@163.com

Source: Science Advances. 10/17/2025, Vol. 11 Issue 42, p1-22. 22p.

Subject Terms: *TANDEM repeats, *HUMAN evolution, *ALTITUDES, *GENETIC regulation, *MICROSATELLITE repeats, *GENOMICS

Geographic Terms: QINGHAI Sheng (China)

Modelling the evolution of human postmenopausal longevity using ordinary differential equations.

Authors: Le, A.¹ (AUTHOR) anthia.le@uq.net.au, Kim, P. S.² (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology. Oct2025, Vol. 56 Issue 10, p2034-2049. 16p.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *ORDINARY differential equations, *BIFURCATION theory, *DYNAMICAL systems, *POSTMENOPAUSE, *BIFURCATION diagrams, *MATHEMATICAL models

Scientific Truth Stands above Human Feelings and Politics.

Authors: Dawkins, Richard^1,2

Source: Free Inquiry. Oct/Nov2025, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p14-26. 13p.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *POLITICAL science

Gene-culture association and coevolution.

Authors: Fogarty, Laurel¹ (AUTHOR), Zhang, Stephen² (AUTHOR), Feldman, Marcus W.^1,2 (AUTHOR) mfeldman@stanford.edu

Source: Theoretical Population Biology. Oct2025, Vol. 165, p62-71. 10p.

Subject Terms: *COEVOLUTION, *HUMAN evolution, *THEORISTS, *CULTURAL values, *EMPIRICAL research, *SOCIAL evolution, *CULTURAL transmission, *BIOLOGICAL fitness

Cultural inheritance is driving a transition in human evolution.

Authors: Waring, Timothy M^1,2 (AUTHOR), Wood, Zachary T³ (AUTHOR)

Source: BioScience. Oct2025, Vol. 75 Issue 10, p803-819. 17p.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *CULTURAL transmission, *INDIVIDUALITY, *STATISTICAL measurement, *SOCIAL evolution

The First Million Years of Technology: The Lomekwian and the Early Oldowan.

Authors: Plummer, Thomas W.^1,2,3,4 (AUTHOR) thomas.plummer@qc.cuny.edu, Harmand, Sonia^5,6,7 (AUTHOR), Finestone, Emma M.⁸ (AUTHOR), Wilson, Evan P.^2,3 (AUTHOR)

Source: Annual Review of Anthropology. Oct2025, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p359-375. 13p.

Subject Terms: *PREHISTORIC tools, *HUMAN evolution, *STONE implements, *INTELLECT, *ARCHAEOLOGICAL assemblages, *PALEOLITHIC Period

Geographic Terms: AFRICA

Chin up: A novel functional explanation for the evolution of the chin.

Authors: Meyer‐Rochow, Victor Benno¹ (AUTHOR) meyrow@gmail.com

Source: Acta Zoologica. Oct2025, Vol. 106 Issue 4, p404-408. 5p.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *BIPEDALISM, *ANTHROPOLOGY, *MECHANISM (Philosophy), *NATURAL selection, *MASTICATION, *HUMAN anatomy

Why is the Scopes Trial Still Relevant to Public Education Today? An IDM Unit Plan.

Authors: Hall, Tim¹

Source: Social Education. Oct2025, Vol. 89 Issue 5, p275-279. 5p.

Subject Terms: *PUBLIC education, *HUMAN evolution, *INQUIRY-based learning, *LEGAL judgments, *PROTESTANT fundamentalism, *TRIALS (Law), *SCIENTIFIC knowledge

Geographic Terms: UNITED States, TENNESSEE

Global impact of micronutrients in modern human evolution.

Authors: Rees, Jasmin^1,2 (AUTHOR) jasmin.rees@pennmedicine.upenn.edu, Castellano, Sergi^1,3 (AUTHOR), Andrés, Aida M.^1,2 (AUTHOR) a.andres@ucl.ac.uk

Source: American Journal of Human Genetics. Oct2025, Vol. 112 Issue 10, p2538-2561. 24p.

Subject Terms: *MICRONUTRIENTS, *HUMAN evolution, *BIOLOGICAL adaptation, *HAZARDS, *DEFICIENCY diseases, *POPULATION differentiation

Population genetics of Copy Number Variants: the case of the Romani population

Authors: Antinucci, Marco

Contributors: University/Department: Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida

Thesis Advisors: Calafell i Majó, Francesc

Source: TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)

Subject Terms: Human population genetics, Human evolution, Copy number variants, Underrepresented populations, Romani population, Genética de población humana, Evolución humana, Variantes de número de copias, Poblaciones subrepresentadas, Población Romaní

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Access URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/687993

Do we need to rewrite our origin story? (cover story)

Authors: Marshall, Michael (AUTHOR)

Source: New Scientist. 10/4/2025, Vol. 267 Issue 3563, p6-7. 2p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *NEANDERTHALS, *PALEONTOLOGY, *DENISOVANS, *FOSSIL hominids, *HOMINIDS, *BIOLOGICAL evolution, *GENETIC models

People Watching.

Authors: Brincat, Clarissa (AUTHOR)

Source: Scientific American. Oct2025, Vol. 333 Issue 3, p14-15. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

Subject Terms: *HUMAN evolution, *SOCIAL dynamics, *INTEREST (Psychology), *SCIENTIFIC observation, *MACAQUES, *ONLINE reputation management, *BEHAVIORISM (Psychology), *CHIMPANZEES

Company/Entity: UNIVERSITY of California, Santa Barbara