Characterization of the human Xq21.3/Yp11 homology block and conservation of organization in primates. by Sargent, C, Boucher, C, Blanco, P, Chalmers, I, Highet, L, Hall, N, Ross, N, Crow, T, Affara, N

“…It is believed that this transfer of material occurred after the divergence of the hominid lineage from other great apes. In this paper we investigate the structure and evolution of the block through fluorescence in situ hybridisation, contig assembly, the polymerase chain reaction, exon trapping, sequence comparison, and annotation of sequence data. …”

Human Uniqueness, Cognition by Description, and Procedural Memory by John Bolender, Burak Erdeniz, Cemil Kerimo?lu

“…Cognition by description is a uniquely hominid trait which makes religion, science, and history possible. …”
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Fermentation technology as a driver of human brain expansion by Katherine L. Bryant, Christi Hansen, Erin E. Hecht

“…Importantly, though, any new food source must have been exploitable by hominids with brains a third the size of modern humans’. …”
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The Late Pleistocene Human species of Israel by Milford H. Wolpoff, Sang-Hee Lee

“…We show that this standard error test of the null hypothesis (STET) has the power to reject a null hypothesis for significant hominid taxonomic differences but does not reject the null hypothesis for the Israeli remains.…”
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A novel domain suggests a ciliary function for ASPM, a brain size determining gene. by Ponting, C

“…Support for this hypothesis stems from associations between mutations in ASPM and primary microcephaly, and from the rapid evolution of ASPM during recent hominid evolution. The identification of the ASH domain family instead indicates possible roles for ASPM in sperm flagellar or in ependymal cells' cilia. …”

PCDH11 is X/Y homologous in Homo sapiens but not in Gorilla gorilla and Pan troglodytes. by Wilson, N, Ross, L, Crow, T, Volpi, E

“…By confirmingthe suspected lack of X-Y homologous status for PCDH11 in non-human primates, our results reinforce the hypothesis of a hominid-specific role for this gene in brain development.…”

Reference SVA insertion polymorphisms are associated with Parkinson’s Disease progression and differential gene expression by Abigail L. Pfaff, Vivien J. Bubb, John P. Quinn, Sulev Koks

“…To investigate the component of PD that may involve complex genetic variants we characterised the hominid specific retrotransposon SINE-VNTR-Alus (SVAs) in the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative cohort utilising whole genome sequencing. …”
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Possible brucellosis in an early hominin skeleton from sterkfontein, South Africa. by Ruggero D'Anastasio, Bernhard Zipfel, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Roscoe Stanyon, Luigi Capasso

“…The hypothesis of brucellosis (most often associated with the consumption of animal proteins) in a 2.4 to 2.8 million year old hominid has a host of important implications for human evolution. …”
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A novel domain suggests a ciliary function for ASPM, a brain size determining gene by Ponting, C

“…Support for this hypothesis stems from associations between mutations in <em>ASPM</em> and primary microcephaly, and from the rapid evolution of <em>ASPM</em> during recent hominid evolution. The identification of the ASH domain family instead indicates possible roles for <em>ASPM</em> in sperm flagellar or in ependymal cells' cilia. …”

Cloning and phylogeny of endogenous retroviral elements belonging to the HERV-K LTR in cDNA library of human fetal brain and Xq21.3 region linked to psychosis by Kim, H, Crow, T

“…The determination of the loci of such elements and their possible relationship to other genes that have contributed to late developments in human evolution provides a strategy for investigating the role of retroviruses/retrotransposons in species-related hominid characteristics.…”

W poszukiwaniu „brakującego ogniwa” by Jacek Tomczyk

“…Whereas the others believed that remains should have been classified as a hominid family. Those two debates indicate one scheme of thinking: 1. theoretical view of “missing link”; 2. empirical researching; 3. taxonomic debate about fossil; and 4. rejecting the idea of “missing link”.…”
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Phylogenetic analysis of retroposon family as exemplified on human chromosome 13: further evidence for recent proliferation. by Kim, H, Hyun, B, Crow, T

“…Therefore while the evidence adds to the case that some classes of SINE-R element have continued to proliferate in hominid and hominoid evolution and may, as in the case of Fukuyama type muscular dystrophy, be a cause of insertional mutagenesis, they are less likely than the HERV-K10 LTR to have a positive effect on host gene activity.…”

Broca's area and the origins of human vocal skill. by Passingham, R

“…The first signs of Broca's area in hominid endocasts are therefore taken to represent an evolutionary development of great significance. …”

After the Revolution: A Review of 3D Modelling as a Tool for Stone Artefact Analysis by Simon Wyatt-Spratt

“…These have been combined with a variety of different analytical approaches, from geometric morphometrics to custom reduction indices to digital elevation maps. 3D lithic analyses are increasingly global in scope and studies aim to address an ever-broadening breadth of research topics ranging from testing the functional efficiency of artefacts to assessing the cognitive capabilities of hominid populations. While the impact of the computational revolution on lithic analysis has been reviewed, the impact of 3D modelling on lithic analysis has yet to be comprehensively assessed. …”
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The Theories of Humor in the Study of the Clown Figure by Semenova Elena A.

“…The article discusses the assumption that man is the only species capable of semiosis and humorous meta-reflection, due to which he can be considered the most superficial hominid or “a flat animal” (the concept of G. Deleuze) that has humour, which is equivalent to a clown. …”
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La capătul îndepărtat al diacroniei: spirala evolutivă a apariției limbajului. O teorie by Adina Chirilă

“…Articolul de față scoate în evidență cîteva elemente cruciale din procesul elaborării ei și îi expune esența: 1. nu există o gramatică universală înnăscută; 2. starea propice limbii este multimodală – a evoluat ca sistem multimodal manual/facial/vocal, în trepte: a) la bază, protosemnul (protolimbaj gestual, cu un repertoriu deschis de semne); b) apoi, protovorbirea (protolimbaj vocalizat), care a pus la dispoziție „masa neurală critică” grație căreia c) limbajul s-a dezvoltat din protolimbaj, ca rezultat al inovațiilor culturale; 3. mecanismele cerebrale care susțin limbajul au evoluat deasupra unui mecanism primitiv pre-hominid fără legătură, inițial, cu comunicarea; acesta, i.e. sistemul oglindă responsabil de apucare, a oferit fundamentul evolutiv pentru paritatea lingvistică.…”
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Assessment of comminution capacity related to molar intercuspation in catarrhines using a chewing simulator by Axelle EC Walker, Franck Guy, Christian Salles, Ghislain Thiery, Vincent Lazzari

“…The sample includes cercopithecid and hominid specimens encompassing the main dental occlusal patterns and dietary habits displayed by extant and fossil catarrhines. …”
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Replication profile of PCDH11X and PCDH11Y, a gene pair located in the non-pseudoautosomal homologous region Xq21.3/Yp11.2. by Wilson, N, Ross, L, Close, J, Mott, R, Crow, T, Volpi, E

“…In order to investigate the replication timing properties of PCDH11X and PCDH11Y, a pair of protocadherin genes located in the hominid-specific non-pseudoautosomal homologous region Xq21.3/Yp11.2, we conducted a FISH-based comparative study in different human and non-human primate (Gorilla gorilla) cell types. …”

Epigenetic silencing of lncRNA MORT in 16 TCGA cancer types [version 1; referees: 3 approved] by Lukas Vrba, Bernard W. Futscher

“…We have previously described a hominid-specific long non-coding RNA, MORT (also known as ZNF667-AS1, Gene ID: 100128252), which is expressed in all normal cell types, but epigenetically silenced during cancer-associated immortalization of human mammary epithelial cells.  …”
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Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally. by Sutherland, C, Tanomsing, N, Nolder, D, Oguike, M, Jennison, C, Pukrittayakamee, S, Dolecek, C, Hien, T, do Rosário, V, Arez, A, Pinto, J, Michon, P, Escalante, A, Nosten, F, Burke, M, Lee, R, Blaze, M, Otto, T, Barnwell, J, Pain, A, Williams, J, White, N, Day, N, Snounou, G, Lockhart, P

“…Splitting of the 2 lineages is estimated to have occurred between 1.0 and 3.5 million years ago in hominid hosts. CONCLUSIONS: We propose that P. ovale comprises 2 nonrecombining species that are sympatric in Africa and Asia. …”