ASU Institute of Human Origins
@asuiho.bsky.social
Connecting the Human Past to the Global Future—IHO is a world-renowned research center at Arizona State University investigating human origins. [email protected]
🌋 A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologist Jayde Hirniak uses volcanic glass to figure out how people survived. Hirniak is a PhD affiliate at IHO. Her new article appears in @us.theconversation.com!
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#volcano #eruption #archaeologist
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#volcano #eruption #archaeologist
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
Researchers can study volcanic deposits at archaeological sites to piece together how ancient people responded to catastrophic events.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🌋 A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologist Jayde Hirniak uses volcanic glass to figure out how people survived. Hirniak is a PhD affiliate at IHO. Her new article appears in @us.theconversation.com!
bit.ly/4nChp05
#volcano #eruption #archaeologist
bit.ly/4nChp05
#volcano #eruption #archaeologist
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New essay about our collaborative deep history work in Tanzania!
Thanks to @sapiens.org for inviting me to contribute & for editorial support
Fidelis Masao, Husna Mashaka, Sam Porter, & many more contribute to this work. Thanks @leakeyfoundation.org @asubeinghuman.bsky.social & @asuiho.bsky.social
Thanks to @sapiens.org for inviting me to contribute & for editorial support
Fidelis Masao, Husna Mashaka, Sam Porter, & many more contribute to this work. Thanks @leakeyfoundation.org @asubeinghuman.bsky.social & @asuiho.bsky.social
“To truly safeguard and understand human origins in this region, we need a new model—one grounded in collaboration, mutual respect, and shared stewardship.”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New essay about our collaborative deep history work in Tanzania!
Thanks to @sapiens.org for inviting me to contribute & for editorial support
Fidelis Masao, Husna Mashaka, Sam Porter, & many more contribute to this work. Thanks @leakeyfoundation.org @asubeinghuman.bsky.social & @asuiho.bsky.social
Thanks to @sapiens.org for inviting me to contribute & for editorial support
Fidelis Masao, Husna Mashaka, Sam Porter, & many more contribute to this work. Thanks @leakeyfoundation.org @asubeinghuman.bsky.social & @asuiho.bsky.social
ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
August 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa
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Big congrats to my grad school officemate Brian Villmoare & other @asuiho.bsky.social associated alumni & colleagues on recovering fossils from a very important but poorly-sampled time between 3-2 million years ago. Looking to be significant overlap of Australopithecus & early Homo in East Africa.
New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia - Nature
Hominin fossils from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area, Ethiopia, suggest that early Homo and Australopithecus species co-existed in the region more than 2.5 million years ago.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Big congrats to my grad school officemate Brian Villmoare & other @asuiho.bsky.social associated alumni & colleagues on recovering fossils from a very important but poorly-sampled time between 3-2 million years ago. Looking to be significant overlap of Australopithecus & early Homo in East Africa.
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Join us in congratulating Robert Boyd, a SHESC professor and research scientist with the @asuiho.bsky.social, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors a researcher can receive! 🌟
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ASU expert in cultural evolution elected to National Academy of Sciences | ASU News
A leading authority on cultural evolution, Robert Boyd, a professor in Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and a research scientist with the Institute of Human Origi...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Join us in congratulating Robert Boyd, a SHESC professor and research scientist with the @asuiho.bsky.social, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors a researcher can receive! 🌟
news.asu.edu/20250505-uni...
news.asu.edu/20250505-uni...
Why are humans social creatures? An ASU primatologist at IHO looks to evolution and other mammals for answers
Watch the Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBm9... #primates #evolution #social
Watch the Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBm9... #primates #evolution #social
ASU primatologist Joan Silk talks about her new essay, "The natural history of social bonds"
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April 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Why are humans social creatures? An ASU primatologist at IHO looks to evolution and other mammals for answers
Watch the Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBm9... #primates #evolution #social
Watch the Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBm9... #primates #evolution #social
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We’re the Worms Gone Wild Lab! Led by Dr. India Schneider-Crease, we take a One Health approach to studying the ecology and evolution of infectious disease dynamics in natural systems. Our projects focus on disease networks and multi-host pathogens, primarily working with geladas and Kinda baboons!
February 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We’re the Worms Gone Wild Lab! Led by Dr. India Schneider-Crease, we take a One Health approach to studying the ecology and evolution of infectious disease dynamics in natural systems. Our projects focus on disease networks and multi-host pathogens, primarily working with geladas and Kinda baboons!
Check out the new article about IHO Research Scientist Tom Morgan's work!
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique.
The animals revealing why human culture isn't as special as we thought
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique
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April 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Check out the new article about IHO Research Scientist Tom Morgan's work!
IHO Director and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Yohannes Haile-Selassie has a new article out with @nature.com "Why Africans should be telling the story of human origins" Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
IHO Director and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment, Yohannes Haile-Selassie has a new article out with @nature.com "Why Africans should be telling the story of human origins" Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture: ASU scientists first to examine hormones and PTSD in non-industrialized society Read more: bit.ly/41eQIou
February 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New research indicates effects of PTSD on body vary by culture: ASU scientists first to examine hormones and PTSD in non-industrialized society Read more: bit.ly/41eQIou
✨Join us for Open Door 2025! ✨
A 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event for the entire family 📆
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Tempe campus: Saturday, Feb. 22, 1–5 p.m.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Location: Walton Center for Planetary Health (WCPH) Floors 1 and 2 Look for the signs and archaeologists 🔍
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🅿️ Free at the Tyler Street Parking Structure
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A 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event for the entire family 📆
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Tempe campus: Saturday, Feb. 22, 1–5 p.m.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Location: Walton Center for Planetary Health (WCPH) Floors 1 and 2 Look for the signs and archaeologists 🔍
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🅿️ Free at the Tyler Street Parking Structure
opendoor.asu.edu
February 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
✨Join us for Open Door 2025! ✨
A 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event for the entire family 📆
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Tempe campus: Saturday, Feb. 22, 1–5 p.m.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Location: Walton Center for Planetary Health (WCPH) Floors 1 and 2 Look for the signs and archaeologists 🔍
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🅿️ Free at the Tyler Street Parking Structure
opendoor.asu.edu
A 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event for the entire family 📆
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Tempe campus: Saturday, Feb. 22, 1–5 p.m.
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Location: Walton Center for Planetary Health (WCPH) Floors 1 and 2 Look for the signs and archaeologists 🔍
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🅿️ Free at the Tyler Street Parking Structure
opendoor.asu.edu
Get your tickets now and mark your calendars for this special evening event in April! More information: iho.asu.edu/events
February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Get your tickets now and mark your calendars for this special evening event in April! More information: iho.asu.edu/events
See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/s...
See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago
Our early human ancestor was capable of running, if slowly, a new study finds.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
See Lucy Run, 3.2 Million Years Ago www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/s...
📊Decades of data show age plays an important role in primate reproduction -- with Jacob Feder a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute of Human Origins. Read more: bit.ly/40NLZeA
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
📊Decades of data show age plays an important role in primate reproduction -- with Jacob Feder a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute of Human Origins. Read more: bit.ly/40NLZeA
Thank you to @mammalssuck.bsky.social Katie Hinde for the invite to join the Blue Sky community of science. Looking forward to 2024 for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of IHO's "Founding Fossil"—Lucy—A Year for Human Origins—and why it is important to understand our human past for the future!
November 20, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Thank you to @mammalssuck.bsky.social Katie Hinde for the invite to join the Blue Sky community of science. Looking forward to 2024 for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of IHO's "Founding Fossil"—Lucy—A Year for Human Origins—and why it is important to understand our human past for the future!