[HTML][HTML] The complete sequence and comparative analysis of ape sex chromosomes

KD Makova, BD Pickett, RS Harris, GA Hartley… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Apes possess two sex chromosomes—the male-specific Y chromosome and the X
chromosome, which is present in both males and females. The Y chromosome is crucial for …

A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos

M Meyer, Q Fu, A Aximu-Petri, I Glocke, B Nickel… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Excavations of a complex of caves in the Sierra de Atapuerca in northern Spain have
unearthed hominin fossils that range in age from the early Pleistocene to the Holocene. One …

Co‐evolution of MHC class I and variable NK cell receptors in placental mammals

LA Guethlein, PJ Norman, HG Hilton… - Immunological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Shaping natural killer (NK) cell functions in human immunity and reproduction are diverse
killer cell immunoglobulin‐like receptors (KIR s) that recognize polymorphic MHC class I …

[HTML][HTML] The bonobo genome compared with the chimpanzee and human genomes

K Prüfer, K Munch, I Hellmann, K Akagi, JR Miller… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Two African apes are the closest living relatives of humans: the chimpanzee (Pan
troglodytes) and the bonobo (Pan paniscus). Although they are similar in many respects …

How did bonobos come to range south of the congo river? Reconsideration of the divergence of Pan paniscus from other Pan populations

H Takemoto, Y Kawamoto… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While investigating the genetic structure in wild bonobos, 1 we realized that the widely
accepted scenario positing that the Pleistocene appearance of the Congo River separated …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing the Neanderthal brain using computational anatomy

T Kochiyama, N Ogihara, HC Tanabe, O Kondo… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The present study attempted to reconstruct 3D brain shape of Neanderthals and early Homo
sapiens based on computational neuroanatomy. We found that early Homo sapiens had …

Evolutionary origins of human herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2

JO Wertheim, MD Smith, DM Smith… - Molecular biology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Herpesviruses have been infecting and codiverging with their vertebrate hosts for hundreds
of millions of years. The primate simplex viruses exemplify this pattern of virus–host …

[HTML][HTML] Marine origin of retroviruses in the early Palaeozoic Era

P Aiewsakun, A Katzourakis - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Very little is known about the ancient origin of retroviruses, but owing to the discovery of their
ancient endogenous viral counterparts, their early history is beginning to unfold. Here we …

Nature and relationships of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

R Macchiarelli, A Bergeret-Medina, D Marchi… - Journal of Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
A partial left femur (TM 266-01-063) was recovered in July 2001 at Toros-Menalla, Chad, at
the same fossiliferous location as the late Miocene holotype of Sahelanthropus tchadensis …

A simple rule governs the evolution and development of hominin tooth size

AR Evans, ES Daly, KK Catlett, KS Paul, SJ King… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The variation in molar tooth size in humans and our closest relatives (hominins) has strongly
influenced our view of human evolution. The reduction in overall size and disproportionate …