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

Man taking a selfie in a forest with a chimpanzee in the background.

Science and technology

New research indicates the 'whites' of human eyes are not uniquely human

March 13, 2023

Outside of Walton Center for Planetary Health building

Science and technology

Outside in

March 13, 2023

Graphic illustration of a turtle.

Science and technology

Discovery of 90-million-year-old turtle fossil reveals a new species

February 14, 2023

Various stone tools

Arts, humanities and education

Stone Age tool-making lab rocks for ASU students

January 10, 2023

Michael Baumgarten

University news

Still serving: Army Ranger to anthropologist, veteran PhD student aims to help others

November 03, 2022

wood people in a network

Science and technology

Study looks at human cultural adaptation and the effects of ancient climate change

November 01, 2022

Educated Ju/‘hoansi assist in research

Arts, humanities and education

Money changes what we consider to be a need, says ASU anthropologist

October 12, 2022

chimpanzee hunting monkeys in a tree

Science and technology

Communication by chimpanzees improves cooperative hunting success

July 29, 2022

Illustration of ancestral pandas eating bamboo.

Science and technology

Giant pandas show an evolutionary turn of the wrist

June 30, 2022

bonobo group

Science and technology

Bonobo behavior hints at model for evolution of human peacemaking

June 21, 2022