2021 Media Coverage
Multimedia
Great Transitions: The Origins of Humans
HHMI | Biointeractive
https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/great-transitions-origin-humans
Johanson featured
Donation de Lucy a l’UNESCO
07.02.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMh_jTAChBY
Johanson spoke at event via zoom of dedication of new Lucy reproduction at Paris UNESCO headquarters
WAVY Archive: 1982 Archaeologist Donald Johanson
04.22.2021
https://www.wavy.com/wavy-archives/wavy-archive-1982-archeologist-donald-johanson/
“Fireside Chat with Donald Johanson” YouTube from Gabriel’s Fifth Grade Science Project
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjNNwyb60o&feature=emb_logo
Science Update: Bridging a passion for human discovery in space and on Earth—The Lucy Mission and Lucy in Space Contest
01.14.2021
https://my.nsta.org/resource/123044/archive-science-update-bridging-a-passion-for-human-discovery-in-space-and-on-e
P5 Project—Before Us (Erich Fisher)
2020–21
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPMFCOOCQfPTACBoiL110vw
ASU News
NASA Lucy mission carries ASU instrument, namesake—and the hopes of thousands of STEM students
10.12.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211012-discoveries-nasa-lucy-mission-launching-october-carries-asu-instrument-hopes-stem-students
A study of skull growth and tooth emergence reveals that timing is everything
10.06.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211006-study-skull-growth-and-tooth-emergence-reveals-timing-everything
Study suggests earliest use of bone tools to produce clothing in Morocco 120,000 years ago
09.16.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210916-bone-tools-morocco-indicate-production-clothing-120000-90000-years-ago
ASU part of international team to study links between climate, geology, human evolution
07.08.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210708-asu-part-international-team-study-links-between-climate-geology-human-evolution
Contest challenges young students’ imagination for humanity’s past, future
05.27.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210527-contest-challenged-young-students%E2%80%99-imagination-humanity%E2%80%99s-past-and-future
4 new directors join ASU’s social sciences division
05.26.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210526-4-new-directors-join-asu-social-sciences-division
Why reciprocity plays a prominent role in human cooperation an why it is so rare in other animals
ASU Thrive magazine—page 11
https://news.asu.edu/thrive-magazine
New discoveries from an ancient Homo erectus skull
04.13.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210413-new-discoveries-ancient-homo-erectus-skull
New research suggests projectile weapons were used regularly during the Middle Stone age
04.12.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210412-new-research-suggests-projectile-weapons-were-used-regularly-during-middle-stone-age
Is combat induced post-traumatic stress disorder unique to industrialized warfare?
04.06.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210406-combat-induced-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-unique-industrialized-warfare
Leading paleoanthropologist to helm Institute of Human Origins
03.15.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210314-leading-paleoanthropologist-helm-institute-human-origins
Researchers take aim at the evolution of traditional technologies
02.24.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20210223-researchers-take-aim-evolution-traditional-technologies
How evolution can change science for the better
01.28.2021
https://asunow.asu.edu/20210128-how-evolution-can-change-science-better
Science update: Bridging a passion for human discovery in space and on Earth—The Lucy Mission and Lucy in Space Contest
ASU Events Calendar
01.14.2021
https://asuevents.asu.edu/content/science-update-bridging-passion-human-discovery-space-and-earth-lucy-mission-and-lucy-space
New perspectives in human behavior and culture
01.14.2021
https://asunow.asu.edu/20210114-new-perspectives-human-behavior-and-culture
ASU student contributes to global dire world DNA research
01.13.2021
https://asunow.asu.edu/20210113-asu-student-contributes-global-dire-wolf-dna-research
ASU Thrive Magazine
Winter 2021—page 14
Chimpanzee ‘bros’ hang out as friends, but most social ties remain a mystery
https://asunow.asu.edu/thrive-magazine
Lucy Mission Coverage
NASA’s Lucy launches on Troy’s Jupiter asteroid
Texas News Today.com
10.21.2021
https://texasnewstoday.com/nasas-lucy-launches-on-troys-jupiter-asteroid/501752/
The Trojan asteroids are prehistoric planetary bones unlike any we’ve seen before
SyFy.com
10.21.2021
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/nasa-lucy-mission-exploring-cosmic-fossils-the-trojans
Lucy mission launches by NASA, ULA to look for fossils of planets’ formation
Inventiva.co.in
10.21.2021
https://www.inventiva.co.in/tech/nishi/lucy-mission-nasa-ula-fossils/
NASA propels first space test to study on Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Tech News Vision.com
10.21.2021
https://www.technewsvision.com/nasa-propels-first-space-test-to-study-on-jupiters-trojan-asteroids/
Lucy is off to visit Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Universe Today.com
10.19.2021
https://www.universetoday.com/153030/lucy-is-off-to-visit-jupiters-trojan-asteroids/
Lucy mission to probe Jupiter asteroids
Daily News.com
10.19.2021
https://www.dailynews.lk/2021/10/19/world/262244/lucy-mission-probe-jupiter-asteroids
NASA’s Lucy mission carries Amanda Gorman poem, Beatles lyrics to space
CNN.com
10.18.2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/world/nasa-lucy-mission-messages-scn/index.html
NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
PBS.org
10.16.2021
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/nasas-asteroid-hunter-lucy-soars-into-sky-with-diamonds
‘Peace and Love’: NASA spacecraft named Lucy rockets into the sky with diamonds
USA Today
10.16.2021
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/16/nasa-lucy-rover-blasts-off-diamonds-beatles/8487774002/
NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
Time.com
10.16.2021
https://time.com/6107620/asteroid-hunter-lucy/
Lucy in the sky: NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
NBC News.com
10.16.2021
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasas-asteroid-hunter-lucy-soars-sky-diamonds-rcna3131
NASA Lucy mission carries ASU instrument, namesake—and the hopes of thousands of STEM students
ASU News
10.12.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211012-discoveries-nasa-lucy-mission-launching-october-carries-asu-instrument-hopes-stem-students
5 cool things to know about NASA’s Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids
Science News
10.15.2021
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-lucy-first-mission-trojan-asteroids-launch-spac
Why NASA is launching a robotic archaeologist named Lucy
New York Times
10.15.2021
https://www.nytimes.com/article/nasa-lucy-trojans-asteroids.html
NASA’s Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids
SETI.org
10.07.2021
https://www.seti.org/nasas-lucy-mission-trojan-asteroids
NASA Lucy Mission set to explore Trojan asteroids: Full mission details, where to watch Luy spacecraft launch
iTechPost.com
10.01.2021
https://www.itechpost.com/articles/107189/20211001/nasa-lucy-mission-set-explore-jupiter-s-trojan-asteroids-full.htm
NASA’s next mission will put ‘Lucy’ in the sky with a time-capsule for space-faring humans of the future
Forbes.com
07.26.2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/07/26/nasas-next-mission-will-put-lucy-in-the-sky-with-a-time-capsule-for-space-faring-humans-of-the-future/?sh=7206a1722444
Johanson quoted
NASA Lucy Mission’s message to the future
07.12.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqI2ysgilN0&t=141s
Youtube video of mission plaque video with celebrities
Lockheed Martin readies “Lucy” for 12-year journey
The Denver Gazette
07.09.2021
https://denvergazette.com/news/lockheed-martin-readies-lucy-for-12-year-journey/article_af8b3710-e113-11eb-bdbf-f3e29b4ebfaf.html
Johanson and Lucy noted
Ask An Anthropologist—Lucy in Space
https://askananthropologist.asu.edu/lucy-in-space
NASA Lucy Mission—Southwest Research Institute homepage
http://lucy.swri.edu/
Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/main/index
External Media Coverage
Why do wisdom teeth take so long to turn up? Science finally has an answer
IFLScience.com
10.2021
https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-do-wisdom-teeth-take-so-long-to-turn-up-science-finally-has-an-answer/
Primate skull study explains why wisdom teeth grow so late in humans
MTV.com.lb
10.09.2021
https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/International/1222793/primate-skull-study-explains-why-wisdom-teeth-grow-so-late-in-humans
Scientists finally know why wisdom teeth only emerge when we’re basically adults
10.08.2021
ScienceAlert.com
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-now-know-why-we-don-t-get-our-wisdom-teeth-until-we-re-basically-an-adult
A study of skull growth and tooth emergence reveals that timing is everything
Phys.org
10.06.2021
https://phys.org/news/2021-10-skull-growth-tooth-emergence-reveals.html
The human story: Seeking our origins
Science News
09.2021
https://www.sciencenews.org/century/human-evolution-origins-fossils-paleoanthropology
Oldest clothing-making tools dating back 120,000 years ago found in Morocco
Ecns.cn
09.18.2021
http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2021-09-18/detail-iharfcwm3128476.shtml#1
Shame, guilt, and anxiety influenced by the morale of the warriors
Bolivarcom.com
09.17.2021
https://www.bolivarcom.com/shame-guilt-and-anxiety-influenced-by-the-morale-of-the-warriors/
(misidentified ASU as UofA, Sarah Mathew, Matt Zeffermann research)
Study suggests earliest use of bone tools to produce clothing in Morocco 120,000 years ago
Phys.org
09.16.2021
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-earliest-bone-tools-morocco-years.html
When did humans start wearing clothes? Discovery in a Moroccan cave sheds some light
CNN
09.16.2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/africa/clothing-bone-tools-morocco-scn/index.html
(Hallett quoted)
Even chimpanzees need a wingman
Earth.com
08.18.2021
https://www.earth.com/news/even-chimpanzees-need-a-wingman/
Having a wingman helps male chimps find more mates
Tennessee Tribune.com
08.18.2021
https://tntribune.com/having-a-wingman-helps-male-chimps-find-more-mates/
Building bonds between males leads to more offspring for chimpanzees
Science News
08.17.2021
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210817111436.htm
How COVID-19 has transformed scientific fieldwork
Science
07.20.2021
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/how-covid-19-has-transformed-scientific-fieldwork
Langergraber fieldsite covered and quoted
CWRU scientist’s team receives $1.2 million W.M.Keck Foundation research grant to determine how ecological factors affect evolution
The Daily Case—Case Western Reserve University
07.07.2021
https://thedaily.case.edu/cwru-scientists-team-receives-1-2-million-w-m-keck-foundation-research-grant-to-determine-how-ecological-factors-affect-evolution/
‘It’s not easy to take a life’: Is coping with PTSD harder for US soldiers?
The Guardian.com
06.11.2021
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/11/ptsd-us-soldiers-killing-moral-injury
NASA celebrates Lucy in Space contest winners
05.26.2021
NASA.gov
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-celebrates-lucy-in-space-contest-winners
Early humans used fire to permanently change the landscape tens of thousands of years ago in Stone Age Africa
05.2021
The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/early-humans-used-fire-to-permanently-change-the-landscape-tens-of-thousands-of-years-ago-in-stone-age-africa-158574
Jessica Thompson notes affiliation with ASU/IHO in her disclosure statement
5 most important fossil discoveries in the world
Nature World News
04.08.2021
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/45646/20210408/most-important-fossil-discoveries-in-the-world.htm
Is combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorder unique to industrialized warfare?
ScienceBlog.com
04.07.2021
https://scienceblog.com/522198/is-combat-induced-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-unique-to-industrialized-warfare/
Why cooperation based on reciprocity is unique to humans
Genetic Literacy Project.com
02.18.2021
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/02/18/why-cooperation-based-on-reciprocity-is-unique-to-humans/
Shared truth is key to human cooperation
Psychology Today
02.04.2021
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolving-irrationality/202102/shared-truth-is-key-human-cooperation
Current reforms to end the ‘rat race’ between scientists can help; but are they enough?
SciTech Daily
02.03.2021
https://scitechdaily.com/ending-the-rat-race-how-evolution-can-change-science-for-the-better/
Noted and Quoted
A brief biological history of quarantine: Modern Use of an ancient tool
Bioscience, vol 71, issue 9
09.2021
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/71/9/899/6359320?login=true
Ian Gilby image
Do animals suffer from post-traumatic stress
BBC.com
08.29.2021
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210827-do-animals-suffer-from-post-traumatic-stress?ocid=global_future_rss
Sarah Mathew quoted
Maurice Taieb, geologist who discovered “Lucy” site, dies at 86
The Scientist
08.27.2021
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/maurice-taieb-geologist-who-discovered-lucy-site-dies-at-86-69134
Do wild animals get PTSD?
SmithsonianMag.com
08.17.2021
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-wild-animals-get-ptsd-180978448/
Sarah Mathew quoted
Near-death experiences can scar animals for life
The Atlantic
08.14.2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/wild-animals-ptsd/619736/
Sarah Mathew quoted
‘African Twilight’ now at SJIMA
The Journal of the San Juan Islands
08.04.2021
https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/life/african-twilight-now-at-sjima/
Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher exhibition quoted Don Johanson
Not everyone is convinced “Dragon Man” is a new species of archaic human
Salon.com
07.01.2021
https://www.salon.com/2021/07/01/dragon-man-dissenting-anthropologists/
Bill Kimbel quoted
How to survive and thrive: Labor and friendship among early humans
Baylor College of Medicine Blog
04.02.2021
https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/04/02/how-to-survive-and-thrive-labor-and-friendship-among-early-humans/
Kim Hill research quoted
A paleolithic raw bar, and the human brush with extinction
Medscape.com
03.25.2021
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947895#vp_3
Marean quoted
What chimpanzees can teach us about human friendships
Scientific American
02.05.2021
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-chimpanzees-can-teach-us-about-human-friendships/
Joan Silk quoted
Lucy and Ardi: The two fossils that changed human history
Science Focus
01.07.2021
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/lucy-and-ardi-the-two-fossils-that-changed-human-history/