Institute of Human Origins

Computer rendering of a spacecraft flying through outer space

Science and technology

What do a spacecraft, a skeleton and an asteroid have in common? This ASU professor

Man fixing nets

Arts, humanities and education

New perspectives in human behavior and culture

January 14, 2021

wolf in the snow

Science and technology

ASU student contributes to global dire wolf DNA research

January 13, 2021

illustration of person giving lecture

Arts, humanities and education

ASU grad students launch project to illustrate diversity in anthropology

January 12, 2021

Waterfall Bluff rock shelter

Science and technology

Study: Ancient people relied on coastal environments to survive Last Glacial Maximum

November 23, 2020

paranthropus skull

Science and technology

Newly discovered fossil highlights importance of shifting environmental conditions for human evolution

November 09, 2020

Tibet cave site

Arts, humanities and education

New Denisovan DNA expands diversity, history of species

October 29, 2020

chimpanzees_grooming

Science and technology

A few good friends

October 22, 2020

Lucy in Space banner

Science and technology

Contest to spur students’ understanding of human exploration, discovery

October 16, 2020

saber tooth cat fossil against mountain backdrop

Science and technology

National Fossil Day celebrates the curiosities beneath our feet

October 14, 2020

Map of the Pacific Islands M. Leprae Genomes

Science and technology

Newly discovered leprosy genomes help fill historic gaps

October 12, 2020