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AZ scientists find rare example of menopause in chimps
KJZZ.org
10.30.2023
https://kjzz.org/content/1861248/az-scientists-find-rare-example-menopause-chimps
ASU expands work with Jane Goodall Institute
KJZZ.org
06.29.2023
https://kjzz.org/content/1850833/asu-expands-work-jane-goodall-institute
Coppens conference, Paris
June 15–16, 2023
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/audiovisuel
Yohannes Haile-Selassie
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/colloque/les-heritiers-de-lucy-lucy-heirs/lucy-next-door-neighbors-she-was-not-alone
Ian Tattersall
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/colloque/les-heritiers-de-lucy-lucy-heirs/retrospect
Zeray Alemseged
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/colloque/les-heritiers-de-lucy-lucy-heirs/the-new-status-of-australopithecus
Fossils Tell a Story! FunScienceToons!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWWoEvvoIo
George and Kim Mehler—Fun Science Demos
Chimp Empire
Netflix
March 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjgL7Pumb4Q (trailer)
Kevin Langergraber research site
ASU News
Post-reproductive benefits unclear for chimpanzee ‘grandmothers’
10.26.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20231026-postreproductive-benefits-unclear-chimpanzee-grandmothers?{_src}=news-story
Langergraber
Study finds reciprocity is strongest motivator of unique human practice of daily sharing
09.05.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230905-asu-study-measures-humans-unique-value-daily-exchange
Kim Hill/Julia Phelps
Retiring professors pass the torch
08.18.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230818-arizona-impact-retiring-professors-pass-torch
Kaye Reed
Paleoanthropology PhD candidate receives notable NSF grant
08.18.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230818-paleoanthropology-phd-candidate-receives-notable-national-science-foundation-grant?{_src}=news-story (John Murray)
Anthropologist prioritizes the people part of research
07.18.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230718-global-engagement-anthropologist-prioritizes-people-part-research
Jane Goodall Institute, ASU to expand partnership
06.27.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230627-jane-goodall-institute-and-asu-take-first-steps-expand-partnership
ASU study reveals ‘work-life balance’ for baboons
06.02.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230602-worklife-balance-baboons
ASU retains No. 1 in US and top 10 spot globally in UN Sustainable Development Goals ranking
06.01.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230601-university-news-asu-retains-no-1-us-and-top-10-globally-times-higher-ed-impact-ranking-work
‘Chimp Empire’: ASU professor studies community featured in Netflix series
05.01.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230501-netflix-series-chimp-empire-captures-unprecedented-year-lives-chimpanzees-studied-asu
ASU anthropology graduate to focus on ethics in museum studies
04.24.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230424-anthropology-graduate-will-focus-future-career-ethics-museum-studies
Mackenzie Wright (IHO undergraduate student assistant)
New study changes perception of early apes and their environments
04.13.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230413-new-research-changes-perception-early-apes-their-environments
ASU study examines why some environments have more species than others
03.21.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230321-asu-study-examines-why-some-environments-have-more-species-others
New research indicates the ‘whites’ of human eyes are not uniquely human
03.13.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230313-new-research-indicates-whites-human-eyes-are-not-uniquely-human
Outside in
03.12.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230313-discoveries-outside
ASU’s Ancient Technology lab is a place for students, community to learn the process of ancient tool-making
01.10.2023
https://news.asu.edu/20230110-discoveries-stone-age-toolmaking-lab-rocks-asu-students
External Media Coverage
Scientists find first evidence that groups of apes cooperate
New York Times
11.16.2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/science/bonobos-cooperation-study.html
Good neighbors: Bonobo study offers clues into early human alliances
Barrons
11.16.2023
https://www.barrons.com/news/good-neighbors-bonobo-study-offers-clues-into-early-human-alliances-7ad2ce94
Bonobos show forms of altruism similar to humans
The Messenger
11.16.2023
https://themessenger.com/tech/bonobos-show-forms-of-altruism-similar-to-humans
Menopause in chimpanzees hints at why women live long after they can reproduce
Axios
10.28.2023
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/menopause-origins-chimpanzees-evolution#
Menopausal chimpanzees deepen the mystery of why women stop reproducing
Nature
10.26.2023
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03308
Evidence of menopause in wild chimps upends ideas around human evolution
New Atlas
10.26.2023
https://newatlas.com/biology/menopause-in-wild-chimpanzee-ngogo-human-evolution/
Chimpanzees go through menopause, too
New York Times
10.26.2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/science/menopause-chimpanzee-evolution.html
Menopause may be widespread among mammals, challenging famed hypothesis
Science.org
10.26.2023
https://www.science.org/content/article/menopause-may-be-widespread-among-mammals-challenging-famed-hypothesis
Demographic and hormonal evidence for menopause in wild chimpanzees
Science: Research Article Summary
10.26.2023
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.add5473
Surprisingly long-lived wild female chimps go through menopause
Science News
10.26.2023
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wild-female-chimps-menopause
6 famous archaeologists you need to know about
Discover Magazine.com
09.28.2023
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/6-famous-archaeologists-you-need-to-know-about
(Don Johanson)
Cave discovery proves ‘life really is better’ in the Cape
Sunday Times Daily (South Africa)
05.03.2023
https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/news/2023-05-03-cave-discovery-proves-life-really-is-better-in-the-cape/
Chimpanzees and other mammals have the ‘whites of the eye’ too, not just humans
UT News
02.06.2023
https://news.utexas.edu/2023/02/06/chimpanzees-and-other-mammals-have-the-whites-of-the-eye-too-not-just-humans/
Noted and Quoted
Remembrances of apes past: Chimpanzees and bonobos can recognize long-lost friends
Los Angeles Times
12.18.2023
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-12-18/remembrances-of-apes-past-chimpanzees-and-bonobos-can-recognize-long-lost-friends
Langergraber quoted
Cleveland Museum of Natural History ready to unveil bright, open Visitor Hall
The News Herald
10.13.2023
https://www.news-herald.com/2023/10/13/cleveland-museum-of-natural-history-ready-to-unveil-bright-open-visitor-hall/
Johanson and Lucy mentions
Visitor Hall: Experience the Museum’s most iconic specimens
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
October 2023
https://www.cmnh.org/visitor-hall
Johanson and Lucy mentions
Get a sneak peek at Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s new visitor hall
Northeast Ohio Parent.com
10.15.2023
https://www.northeastohioparent.com/content-for-kids/get-a-sneak-peek-at-cleveland-museum-of-natural-historys-new-visitor-hall/
Johanson and Lucy mentions
Cleveland Museum of Natural History unveils a lofty, luminous visitor hall with iconic exhibits
Cleveland.com
10.14.2023
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/10/cleveland-museum-of-natural-history-unveils-a-lofty-luminous-visitor-hall-with-iconic-exhibits.html
Johanson and Lucy mentions
The remarkable fossil that radically changed our understanding of the human story
CNN
09.02.2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/asia/homo-floresiensis-hobbit-discovery-anniversary-scn/index.html
Notes Lucy, Paige Madison
Sculpture from The Lawrence on display at the Smithsonian
Lawrence Hall of Science .org
07.27.2023
https://lawrencehallofscience.org/news/sculpture-from-the-lawrence-on-display-at-the-smithsonian Lucy taking a “selfie” sculpture
Human adaptation to heat can’t keep up with human-caused climate change
Time.com
07.06.2023
https://time.com/6292615/human-adaptation-to-heat-climate-change/
Notes Lucy discovery and Johanson
The 3-million-year-old Lucy was a powerlifter
Discover Magazine.com
06.19.2023
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-3-million-year-old-lucy-was-built-like-a-powerlifter
mentions Johanson and Lucy
First hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million year-old ‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can
Science Daily
06.14.2023
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230614220724.htm
3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2-million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright
Ars Technica
06.13.2023
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/3d-muscle-reconstruction-shows-3-2-million-year-old-lucy-walked-upright/
Was a small-brained human relative the world’s first gravedigger—and artist?
Science.org
06.05.2023
https://www.science.org/content/article/was-small-brained-human-relative-world-s-first-gravedigger-and-artist
Curtis Marean quoted
The secrets of cooperation
Yahoo News
03.29.2023
https://news.yahoo.com/secrets-cooperation-070000582.html
Rob Boyd noted
36 bodies were found in unmarked colonial graves. DNA is revealing their stories.
Washington Post
01.09.2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/01/09/dna-african-graves/
Anne Stone quoted
Lucy Mission Continuing Coverage
NASA’s Lucy mission went to visit an asteroid and got more than it bargained for
CNN.com
11.03.2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/03/world/lucy-dinkinesh-binary-pair-scn
NASA’s Lucy surprises again, observes 1st-ever contact binary orbiting asteroid
Science.NASA.gov
11.07.2023
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/lucy/nasas-lucy-surprises-again-observes-1st-ever-contact-binary-orbiting-asteroid
Lucy mission has a new asteroid to fly by
Sky and Telescope
02.03.2023
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/lucy-mission-has-new-asteroid-to-fly-by/