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Murray attributes this demonstration as one of the primary\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-04-30T13:19:31-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/30\/2026-1:19pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"After seeing his first flintknapping demonstration in college, John Murray knew he wanted to learn more about the craft. 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While basketball has been a big part of his\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-04-28T17:08:17-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/28\/2026-5:08pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Balancing the responsibilities of being a professional athlete while pursuing an undergraduate degree is not easy. 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Residents were relieved to learn their water was now safe.But many still didn\u2019t drink it.The disconnect between water that is safe and water people actually trust and use\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-04-23T12:25:23-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/23\/2026-12:25pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a small Arizona community, millions of dollars were spent upgrading a drinking water system to meet federal safety standards. Residents were relieved to learn their water was now safe. But many still didn\u2019t drink it. The disconnect between water that is safe and water people actually trust and use is at the center of new research from Arizona State University.","teaser":"In a small Arizona community, millions of dollars were spent upgrading a drinking water system to meet federal safety standards. Residents were relieved to learn their water was now safe.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/header.jpg?itok=JPRYWVI2","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260423-environment-and-sustainability-why-some-arizona-communities-dont-drink-tap-water-even-when","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Arizona Water Innovation Initiative","contributor-contact-information-name":"Faith Kearns","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/header.jpg?itok=JPRYWVI2","image_alt":"A bright water vending machine advertising salt-free drinking water.","image_caption":"A water vending station near Yuma, Arizona. 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Something that is extremely rare. Scientists with Arizona State University and The University of Texas at Austin are the first to\u00a0clearly document the permanent divide and the intergroup violence that followed.","teaser":"The largest group of wild chimpanzees known to scientists has permanently split in two \u2014 something that is extremely rare.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/Cash5%20%2859%29.JPG?itok=kSBr1x4f","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260409-science-and-technology-rare-violent-rift-discovered-ngogo-chimpanzee-group-chimp-empire","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/Cash5%20%2859%29.JPG?itok=kSBr1x4f","image_alt":"Cash, a Chimpanzee of the Ngogo community in Kibale National Park, Uganda. 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And now, he\u0026#039;s also a new faculty member at Arizona State University\u0026#039;s School of Human Evolution and Social Change.","teaser":"Earlier this spring, a new faculty member joined\u0026nbsp;Arizona State University, expanding the university\u0027s knowledge and expertise in evolutionary anthropology and genetics.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260331-anthropological-geneticist-joins-asu-faculty","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"112136","title":"Deep history of democracy: Study reveals origins of self-governance go beyond Greece, Rome","body":"When you picture the beginnings of democracy, you likely think of men draped in linen togas gathered in marble columned buildings.\u0026nbsp;But the origin story of democracy is being rewritten, thanks to a\u0026nbsp;new study on ancient societies.\u0026nbsp;Looking at evidence from 31 ancient societies around\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-18T11:56:15-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/18\/2026-11:56am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Looking at evidence from 31 ancient societies around the globe \u2014 including Europe, Asia and the Americas \u2014 researchers have uncovered evidence of a deep, global history of shared governance.","teaser":"When you picture the beginnings of democracy, you likely think of men draped in linen togas gathered in marble columned buildings.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Untitled%20design%20%288%29.png?itok=0U78l6Xr","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260318-science-and-technology-deep-history-democracy-study-reveals-origins-selfgovernance-go","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Untitled%20design%20%288%29.png?itok=0U78l6Xr","image_alt":"Teotihuacan street of the dead on the left, carved stone stela with a depiction of a ruler at Cop\u00e1n on the right","image_caption":"Left: A wide open plaza and avenues in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan, a society in which the people had a voice. Right: A carved stone stela depicting a ruler at Cop\u00e1n (a Maya city in what is now Honduras), which had a more autocratic form of governance. 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Kroot discusses what can be done to continue to develop these programs across the entire research ecosystem, from community partners to researchers to grant reviewers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"While community-based approaches are a crucial part of archaeological research, some researchers say they face challenges engaging with communities whose members may not relate to a locality\u2019s past.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Kroot%20Q%26A%20.png?itok=Aja1XE8p","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260317-asu-archaeologist-explores-community-engagement-stone-age-africa","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mara Busch","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Kroot%20Q%26A%20.png?itok=Aja1XE8p","image_alt":"Petroglyphs on a rock","image_caption":"In the below Q\u0026amp;A, Matthew Kroot, assistant professor in Arizona State University\u2019s School of Human Evolution and Social Change, discusses the importance of community engagement within archaeological research and the need to expand community-based approaches \u2014 particularly for Stone Age archaeology projects in Africa. 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We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even extremely cold climates.But how?Scientists say we did it through not only biological evolution, but\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-13T12:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/13\/2026-12:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New research from Arizona State University evolutionary anthropologist\u00a0Charles Perreault shows how human global dominance was predominately achieved through cultural evolution.","teaser":"Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even extremely cold climates.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Your%20paragraph%20text%20%281%29.png?itok=qA-ib06B","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260313-science-and-technology-how-humans-took-over-planet","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-03\/Your%20paragraph%20text%20%281%29.png?itok=qA-ib06B","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of the Earth, as seen from space.","image_caption":"Earth as seen from space. 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Yet despite its importance, much about the hormone has remained unclear.\u0026nbsp;A new study published in PNAS uses the largest dataset of oxytocin measurements ever assembled\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-18T13:31:19-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/18\/2025-1:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In the largest study of its kind, researchers have gained insights into how oxytocin patterns \u2014 which play a central role in building attraction, trust and social bonds \u2014 occur differently in females and males throughout their lifespans.","teaser":"Oxytocin, often called the \u201clove hormone,\u0022 plays a central role in building attraction, trust and social bonds among humans. Yet despite its importance, much about the hormone has remained unclear.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/oxytocin%20story.png?itok=lmlwGO8C","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251218-health-and-medicine-new-study-reveals-how-bonding-hormone-shifts-across-sex-and-age","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/oxytocin%20story.png?itok=lmlwGO8C","image_alt":"Child\u0026#039;s hand gripping an adult\u0026#039;s hand.","image_caption":"ASU researchers uncovered that distinct oxytocin patterns occur in females and males throughout their lifespans. 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Now imagine that same pattern playing out in the highlands of Ethiopia among a crowd of wild monkeys.That is exactly what a team of Arizona\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-17T09:24:36-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/17\/2025-9:24am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New research from ASU shows that, like human babies, the youngest gelada monkeys pick up the most adenoviruses early in life, telling us something important about immunity and how viruses move through social groups.","teaser":"If you have young kids or spend time around day care centers, you know the drill: Someone gets a cold, and soon the whole group is sniffling and sneezing.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251217-science-and-technology-findings-adenoviruses-baby-gelada-monkeys-provide-window-our-own","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabriela Harrod","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","image_alt":"baby gelada monkey clinging to an adult gelada monkey","image_caption":"A baby gelada monkey clings to an adult gelada monkey. 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One such example of this is newly discovered tattoos from ancient Nubia, nearly doubling the amount previously known from the ancient Nile Valley.\u0026nbsp;Brenda Baker, bioarchaeologist and professor in Arizona State University\u0027s\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-15T13:06:08-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/15\/2025-1:06pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New technology is being used to shed light on discoveries of old tattoos from the ancient Nile Valley. What can these tattoos reveal about life from hundreds, and even thousands, of years ago? An ASU bioarchaeologist has released new research about the findings.","teaser":"Long after an archaeological excavation, discoveries can still be made. One such example of this is newly discovered tattoos from ancient Nubia, nearly doubling the amount previously known from the ancient Nile Valley.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/AustinA_Illustrations_111825-01.jpg?itok=dXVb_W1I","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251215-science-and-technology-asu-researchers-shed-light-ancient-tattoos-nile-valley","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/AustinA_Illustrations_111825-01.jpg?itok=dXVb_W1I","image_alt":"Illustration of a tattooed hand.","image_caption":"Reconstruction of geometric tattoos on the right hand of an adult woman from Semna South. 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She took her experience \u2014 both shadowing autopsy teams in Pennsylvania to  gain a deeper understanding of forensic pathology and taking part in research at ASU \u2014 and applied it to her independent research on occupational burnout among forensic pathologists and death investigators.","teaser":"Transferring to Arizona State University after realizing she wanted to pursue a career in forensic science, Julia Cassella has taken advantage of every opportunity available to set herself up for success after graduating.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Julia.JPG?h=eed6e615\u0026amp;itok=R7ai-gTe","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251204-sun-devil-community-deans-medalist-pursues-passion-through-asu-online-anthropology-program","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Online","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Julia.JPG?h=eed6e615\u0026amp;itok=R7ai-gTe","image_alt":"Photo of Julia in ASU graduation regalia in front of a wall with lights in the background.","image_caption":"Julia Cassella is graduating with a bachelor\u0026#039;s degree in anthropology and as the School of Human Evolution and Social Change\u2019s fall 2025 Dean\u2019s Medalist. 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