Institute of Human Origins

Pinnacle Point South Africa Site Complex

Archaeologists use sediment and sunlight to date important site on South African Coast

CU Denver photo

Unique international workshop explores evolution of coastal modern humans

May 21, 2025

Illustration of giant prehistoric otters around a swamp

Science and technology

Study reveals new details about giant prehistoric otter

May 19, 2025

Robert Boyd stands in front of a tree located at the WCPH building on the Tempe campus

University news

ASU expert in cultural evolution elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 05, 2025

Northern Ache '

Local, national and global affairs

New research suggests lullabies and dancing are not universal

April 29, 2025

Madeleine Getz in the Institute of Human Origins lab

Doctoral student awarded prestigious NSF fellowship

April 21, 2025

Joan Silk

Why are humans social creatures?

April 21, 2025

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

April 17, 2025

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

February 27, 2025

A female gelada primate stares

Science and technology

Decades of data show age plays an important role in primate reproduction

January 24, 2025

Mother chimpanzee holds her baby while seated in a forest setting.

Science and technology

Largest genetic chimpanzee study unveils how they’ve adapted to multiple habitats and disease

January 09, 2025