Institute of Human Origins

Group of Kenyans seated outside looking at a vial someone is holding

Health and medicine

New research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture

professor Joan Silk

Study of primate social behavior brings ASU anthropologist major honor

April 24, 2015

ASU anthropologist explores warfare as a form of cooperation

April 22, 2015

Mandible team on a dig.

Discovery of jaw by ASU team sheds light on early human ancestor

March 04, 2015

Donald Johanson

Discoverer of 'Lucy' to speak in Tempe to mark 40th anniversary

January 16, 2015

Ian Gilby in the field

Aggression in male chimpanzees leads to mating success

November 13, 2014

Ian Gilby in field with chimpanzees

Study finds lethal aggression is natural in chimpanzees

September 18, 2014

IHO skull image

ASU institute receives single-largest investment in human origins research

September 16, 2014

Tipped and untipped spears

Stone-tipped spears may indicate early human cognitive, social skills

August 26, 2014

sea lion from Peru

New research shows seals, sea lions likely spread tuberculosis to humans

August 20, 2014

portraits of ASU professors Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy and Kaye Reed

President’s Professors advance anthropology, indigenous research and education

April 15, 2014