In the Media

External Media Coverage

New research explores the secrets behind human culture’s uniqueness
News-Medical.net
11.08.2024
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241108/New-research-explores-the-secrets-behind-human-cultures-uniqueness.aspx 
Tom Morgan research

Navigation research often excludes the environment. That’s starting to change.
Science News
10.11.2024
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/navigation-research-exclude-environment
Helen Elizabeth Davis research

Pinnacle Point’s World Heritage Status celebrated
Mossel Bay Advertiser
08.13.2024
https://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/News/Article/Local-News/pinnacle-point-s-world-heritage-status-celebrated-20240813090

Critical windows into early human evolution recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Gizmodo
08.06.2024
https://gizmodo.com/critical-windows-into-early-human-evolution-recognized-as-unesco-world-heritage-sites-2000483667 

UNESCO just added 24 new World Heritage Sites for 2024
Conde Nast Traveler
07.31.2024
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/new-unesco-world-heritage-sites-2024 

Pinnacle Point caves UNESCO World Heritage Status celebrated
SABC News (SA)
08.04.2024
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/913643-2/

Pinnacle Point caves World Heritage Site celebration today
George Herald (SA)
08.04.2024
https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/National-News/pinnacle-point-caves-world-heritage-site-celebration-today-202408040114

The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
UNESCO World Heritage Convention
07.26.2024
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1723 

The effects of climate change on early human evolution
University of Massachusetts Amherst
07.17.2024
https://www.umass.edu/social-sciences/news/effects-climate-change-early-human-evolution 

Why do some people always seem to get lost?
Discover
07.08.2024
https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/why-do-some-people-always-seem-to-get-lost
Helen Davis research

Analysis of stone tools reveals that humans began rapidly accumulating technological knowledge through social learning around 600,000 years ago
Gigazine.net
06.20.2024
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20240620-humans-accumulate-stone-tool-technological-knowledge/ 

600,000 years ago, a transfer of ancient knowledge kicked off a sudden and rapid advance in technology
The Debrief.org
06.19.2024
https://thedebrief.org/600000-years-ago-a-transfer-of-ancient-knowledge-kicked-off-a-sudden-and-rapid-advance-in-technology/ 

Humans started “cumulative culture” around 600,000 years ago
Earth.com
06.19.2024
https://www.earth.com/news/humans-started-cumulative-culture-around-600000-years-ago/ 

When did our ancient ancestors start to build on the knowledge of others?
IFL.com
06.18.2024
https://www.iflscience.com/when-did-our-ancient-ancestors-start-to-build-on-the-knowledge-of-others-74708 

Why and how did humanity emerge in Africa?
Techno-Science.net
06.18.2024
https://www.techno-science.net/en/news/why-and-how-did-humanity-emerge-in-africa-N25138.html 

A technological explosion 600,000 years ago sheds light on the ability that made us human
El Pais.com
06.18.2024
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-06-18/a-technological-explosion-600000-years-ago-sheds-light-on-the-ability-that-made-us-human.html 

Origins of cumulative culture in human evolution—researchers identify contributions to today’s culture and technology
MSN.com
06.17.2024
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/origins-of-cumulative-culture-in-human-evolution-researchers-identify-contributions-to-todays-culture-and-technology/ar-BB1oou4V?ocid=BingNewsSearch 

Origins of cumulative culture in human evolution—researchers identify contributions to today’s culture and technology
Phys.org
06.17.2024
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-cumulative-culture-human-evolution-contributions.html 

Origins of cumulative culture in human evolution
Science Daily
06.17.2024
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240617173730.htm 

Why did Homo sapiens emerge in Africa?
Live Science
05.28.2024
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/why-did-homo-sapiens-emerge-in-africa 

Arizona professors receive recognition from science association
KJZZ.org
04.20.2024
https://kjzz.org/content/1877606/arizona-professors-receive-recognition-science-association

Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals
Newswire
04.23.2024
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/705937289/was-lucy-the-mother-of-us-all-fifty-years-after-her-discovery-the-3-2-million-year-old-skeleton-has-rivals

What we can learn from Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil
Der Standard (Austria)
04.14.2024
https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000214988/was-wir-von-lucy-dem-beruehmtesten-fossil-der-welt-lernen-koennen

Lucy’s World
Science Magazine (cover)
04.04.2024
https://www.science.org/content/article/was-lucy-mother-us-all-fifty-years-discovery-famed-skeleton-rivals

Toba super-eruption unveils fresh insights on early human migration
India Education Diary 
03.26.2024
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/toba-super-eruption-unveils-fresh-insights-on-early-human-migration/

The survival story of early humans against a superstorm reveals how they fend for themselves in the forest
List23
03.23.2024
https://list23.com/3731560-the-survival-story-of-early-humans-against-a-superstorm-reveals-how-they-fend-for-themselves-in-the-/

Survival Through Ashes: How Early Humans Outwitted a Supereruption
SciTechDaily
03.23.2024
https://scitechdaily.com/survival-through-ashes-how-early-humans-outwitted-a-supereruption/

Supervolcano Eruption Reveals What Could Have Driven Humans Out of Africa
Science Alert
|03.21.2024
https://www.sciencealert.com/supervolcano-eruption-reveals-what-could-have-driven-humans-out-of-africa

Toba supereruption unveils new insights into early human migration
Popular Archaeology Magazine
03.20.2024
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/toba-supereruption-unveils-new-insights-into-early-human-migration/

New Insights into Human Migration: How a Massive Volcanic Eruption May Have Precipitated Exodus from Africa
United Arab Emirates Business Journal 
03.20.2024
https://theubj.com/uae/science/58768/new-insights-into-human-migration-how-a-massive-volcanic-eruption-may-have-precipitated-exodus-from-africa/

They created at 3D model of Lucy, the most famous human ancestor
Spark Chronicles
01.14.2024
https://sparkchronicles.com/they-created-a-3d-model-of-lucy-the-most-famous-human-ancestor/

A compelling theory to explain a key trait of modern humans
News Click
01.06.2024
https://www.newsclick.in/compelling-theory-explain-key-trait-modern-humans
Pressenza.com
01.20.2024
https://www.pressenza.com/2024/01/a-compelling-theory-to-explain-a-key-trait-of-modern-humans/
Curtis Marean research

Hyperprosociality: The key to Homo sapiens’ global spread, suggests paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean
BNN Breaking
01.05.2024
https://bnnbreaking.com/tech/science-tech/hyperprosociality-the-key-to-homo-sapiens-global-spread-suggests-paleoanthropologist-curtis-marean/

A compelling theory to explain a key trait of modern humans
Resilience.org
01.05.2024
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-01-05/a-compelling-theory-to-explain-a-key-trait-of-modern-humans/
Curtis Marean research

How we evolved and how culture can reshape us
LAProgressive
01.04.2024
https://www.laprogressive.com/africa/how-we-evolved
Curtis Marean research

Noted and Quoted                                                                                              

Syphilis microbe’s family has plagued humans for millennia
Nature
01.24.2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00191-9
Anne Stone quoted

Multimedia

Jane Goodall plaque unveiling
ASU Media Relations/News Photoshelter/images by Samantha Chou
09.11.2024
https://asunews.photoshelter.com/gallery/20240911-Jane-Goodall-Plaque-Unveiling/G0000nBdz4PV0QgA/C0000tijspu9SbBY

Our First Home (September)
09.2024
Curtis Marean video re: Pinnacle Point/SA research
https://vimeo.com/1009150540/2f51579342?share=copy

Why did we evolve family?
History of Humankind (YouTube channel)
09.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rRKvKc49jY
Used IHO images by permission

In Search of the First Cyborg (podcast)
Sapiens.org
05.08.2024
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/human-evolution-first-cyborg/
podcast featuring Cindy Huang

Lucy, the fossil, 50 years later
Arizona PBS—Arizona Horizon
04.23.2024
https://azpbs.org/horizon/2024/04/lucy-the-fossil/

2024 Lund Symposium
Next Breath
April 18–19, 2024
https://www.nextbreath.global/molecularfrontierssymposiumlund2024 
On Human Origins and the Future of Humanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO-DoWrtlyU

Researcher who found ‘Lucy’ skeleton works at ASU now, and wants us to focus on future
KJZZ/The Show
04.04.2024
https://kjzz.org/content/1875996/researcher-who-found-lucy-skeleton-50-years-ago-works-asu-now-and-wants-us-focus

If you donate DNA, what should scientists give in return? A ‘pathbreaking’ new model
NPR—All Things Considered
01.22.2024
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/01/22/1225670770/if-you-donate-dna-what-should-scientists-give-in-return-a-pathbreaking-new-model

ASU News

The College 2024 wrapped: Taking a look at the most-read stories from this year
12.12.2024
https://news.asu.edu/b/20241212-college-2024-wrapped-taking-look-mostread-stories-year?{_src}=news-story 
Top 10 stories of the year—IHO top two stories

Anthropology undergraduate dazzles faculty on her way to being named a Dean's Medalist
12.02.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241202-sun-devil-community-anthropology-undergraduate-dazzles-faculty-her-way-being-named-deans?{_src}=news-story
IHO student worker Jenna Shultz

Pioneering professor of cultural evolution pens essays for leading academic journals
11.22.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241122-science-and-technology-pioneering-professor-cultural-evolution-pens-essays-leading?{_src}=news-story

Lucy’s lasting legacy: Donald Johanson reflects on the discovery of a lifetime
11.21.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241121-science-and-technology-lucys-lasting-legacy-donald-johanson-reflects-discovery-lifetime 

“Finding Lucy” exhibit opens at Innovation Gallery
11.13.2024
https://news.asu.edu/b/20241113-finding-lucy-exhibit-opens-innovation-gallery?%7B_src%7D=news-story 

Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal?
10.24.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241024-health-and-medicine-ushaped-happiness-universal?{_src}=news-story

Lucy at 50: An auspicious year, not over yet
10.22.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241022-science-and-technology-lucy-50-auspicious-year-not-over-yet

The crown jewel: Finding a complete skull for Lucy
10.22.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20241022-science-and-technology-crown-jewel-finding-complete-skull-lucy
Filmer

New research and prehistoric fossils expose rare window into Earth’s environment 6M years ago
09.27.2024
https://news.asu.edu/b/20240927-new-research-and-prehistoric-fossils-expose-rare-window-earths-environment-6m-years-ago 

When art meets science: Bringing Lucy to life
09.25.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240925-science-and-technology-asu-lucy-discovery-artist-lifelike-re-creation
Steve Filmer video story

The tiny bone that led to a very big discovery
08.27.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240827-science-and-technology-tiny-bone-led-very-big-discovery-asu-lucy-skeleton-anniversary 
Steve Filmer video story

‘Lucy’ and the origins of humans
Thrive Magazine feature
08.23.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240827-science-and-technology-lucy-and-origins-humans 

ASU research site given UNESCO World Heritage designation
08.08.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240805-science-and-technology-asu-research-site-given-unesco-world-heritage-designation 

New study captures 6M years of African mammal fossil history
07.22.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240722-science-and-technology-new-study-captures-6m-years-african-mammal-fossil-history 

ASU study points to origin of cumulative culture in human evolution
06.17.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240617-science-and-technology-asu-study-points-origin-cumulative-culture-human-evolution 

ASU primatology, snare removal program supports chimpanzee conservation
06.07.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240607-environment-and-sustainability-asu-primatology-snare-removal-program-supports-chimpanzee 

Students pitch in to help solve plastic problem in Ethiopian national park
05.01.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240501-environment-and-sustainability-students-pitch-help-solve-plastic-problem-ethiopian
Steve Filmer story—Ethiopia trip

ASU faculty member elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04.29.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240429-university-news-asu-faculty-member-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences
Rob Boyd

ASU professor named AAAS Fellow (Kaye Reed)
04.18.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240418-university-news-asu-professor-named-aaas-fellow

50 years later, international experts discuss importance of ‘Lucy’ discovery at ASU symposium
04.15.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240416-science-and-technology-50-years-later-international-experts-discuss-importance-lucy?{_src}=news-story

New ASU research shows how poor oral health affects the heart, brain
03.20.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240320-health-and-medicine-new-asu-research-shows-how-poor-oral-health-affects-heart-brain?{_src}=news-story

Toba super-eruption unveils new insights into early human migration
03.20.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240320-science-and-technology-toba-supereruption-unveils-new-insights-early-human-migration

ASU study says our brains are flexible in choosing a partner, but we look to others for help
03.06.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240306-science-and-technology-asu-study-says-our-brains-are-flexible-choosing-partner-we-look?{_src}=news-story

‘Lucy’ discovery turns 50: ‘A Year for Human Origins
01.17.2024
https://news.asu.edu/20240130-science-and-technology-lucy-discovery-turns-50-year-human-origins?{_src}=news-story

Multimedia

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   

Don Johanson
https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/colloque/les-heritiers-de-lucy-lucy-heirs/the-french-connection-from-the-omo-to-the-afar

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/

Multimedia

Has the rate of human evolution slowed down in recent days?
ABC.net.au Overnights
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/evolution/13904048
Radio interview with Kaye Reed

Center for Planetary Health—McCarthy
04.20.2022
https://vimeo.com/user122551336/review/702146361/35affbad7f

ISTB7 Building Dedication
https://video.ibm.com/recorded/131669750
04.19.2022

Travel and Learn with Human Origins Scientists
04.2022
https://vimeo.com/694673633/1884de66aa

Donald Johanson Remarks at the NASA Lucy Mission Launch
10.2021
https://vimeo.com/user5956652

ASU News

Still serving: Army Ranger to anthropologist, veteran PhD student aims to help others
11.03.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20221103-still-serving-army-ranger-anthropologist-veteran-phd-student-aims-help-others

Study looks at human cultural adaptation and the effects of ancient climate change
11.01.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20221101-study-looks-human-cultural-adaptation-and-effects-ancient-climate-change

ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change welcomes 3 new faculty members
08.31.2022
Helen Davis announcement
https://news.asu.edu/20220831-university-news-asu-school-human-evolution-and-social-change-welcomes-3-new-faculty-members

Communication by chimpanzees improves cooperative hunting success
07.29.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220729-communication-chimpanzees-improves-cooperative-hunting-success 

Giant pandas show an evolutionary turn of the wrist
06.30.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220630-giant-pandas-show-evolutionary-turn-wrist

Bonobo behavior hints at model for evolution of human peacemaking
06.21.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220621-bonobo-behavior-hints-model-evolution-human-peacemaking

ASU Regents Professor Joan Silk among new class of National Academy of Science members
05.06.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220506-asu-regents-professor-joan-silk-among-new-class-national-academy-sciences-members

A tribute to ASU paleoanthropologist William H. Kimbel
05.06.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220506-tribute-asu-professor-and-paleoanthropologist-william-h-kimbel

Regents Professor Anne Stone receives 2022 Guggenheim Fellow award
04.26.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220426-university-news-regents-professor-anne-stone-receives-2022-guggenheim-fellow-award

Newly dedicated Roskind Great Hall honors donors’ ongoing commitment
04.21.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20220421-university-news-newly-dedicated-roskind-great-hall-honors-donors-ongoing-commitment

New ASU research building named in honor of sustainability donors
04.19.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220418-university-news-new-asu-research-building-named-honor-sustainability-donors

ISTB7: A building bridging our past to our thriving future
03.10.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220310-creativity-asu-istb7-architecture-ancient-past-thriving-future

A tough early life can have long-lasting effects
02.03.2022 
https://news.asu.edu/20220203-study-tough-early-life-can-have-long-lasting-effects 

AAAS honors ASU Regents Professor Joan Silk as a lifetime fellow
01.26.2022
https://news.asu.edu/20220126-aaas-honors-asu-regents-professor-joan-silk-lifetime-fellow

AAAS honors 7 ASU faculty as lifetime fellows
01.26.2022 
https://news.asu.edu/20220126-university-news-aaas-honors-7-asu-faculty-lifetime-fellows

External Media Coverage

Evolutionary history shows how pandas survived for centuries on bamboos alone
Nature World News
07.01.2022
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/51656/20220701/no-legal-justification-reports-says-about-denmarks-covid-related-mass-mink-cull.htm#comment

Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago
Erie News Now
06.30.2022
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/46796981/pandas-evolved-their-most-perplexing-feature-at-least-6-million-years-ago

Miocene-period giant panda already had enigmatic extra ‘thumb’
Sci News
06.30.2022
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/ailurarctos-extra-thumb-10957.html

How pandas survive on bamboo: Evolutionary history
Science Daily
06.30.2022
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220630114456.htm

How many ice ages has the Earth had, and could humans live through one?
The Conversation
06.27.2022
Denise Su, author
https://theconversation.com/how-many-ice-ages-has-the-earth-had-and-could-humans-live-through-one-179360

ASU dedicates new Center for Planetary Health
Spaces 4 Learning.com
04.28.2022
https://spaces4learning.com/articles/2022/04/28/asu-center-for-planetary-health.aspx

Southwest on the scene: March 2022
ENR.com
04.26.2022
https://www.enr.com/articles/53989-southwest-on-the-scene-march-2022

ASU dedicates $192M Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 7
AZ Big Media
04.20.2022
https://azbigmedia.com/real-estate/asu-dedicates-192m-interdisciplinary-science-and-technology-building-7/

Elephant tramples Colombian researcher to death in Uganda
Reuters
04.12.2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/elephant-tramples-colombian-researcher-death-uganda-2022-04-12/
Graduate student Sebastian Ramirez Amaya working at Kibale National Park in Uganda

180 scientists, writers, scholars, and artists honored across 51 fields
Guggenheim Foundation
04.07.2022
https://www.gf.org/news/foundation-news/announcing-the-2022-guggenheim-fellows/

Discoverer of early human ancestor will speak at UCM in March
KSISRadio.com
02.22.2022
https://ksisradio.com/discoverer-of-early-human-ancestor-lucy-will-speak-at-ucm-in-march/

View from Mars Hill: Lowell, Orpheum set to host a Night of Discovery
Arizona Daily Sun
01.29.2022
https://azdailysun.com/opinion/columnists/view-from-mars-hill-lowell-orpheum-set-to-host-a-night-of-discovery

New ASU building puts science front and center
ENR.com
01.10.2022
https://www.enr.com/articles/53379-new-asu-building-puts-science-front-and-center

Top 10 discoveries of 2021
Archaeology Magazine
January/February 2022
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/451-2201/features/10183-top-10-discoveries-of-2021
Contrabandiers research noted

Noted and Quoted

This day in History: November 24, “Lucy” fossils discovered
History.com
11.24.2022
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lucy-fossil-discovered

Paabo wins Nobel Prize for work on human evolution
The Lancet
10.15.2022
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01981-X/fulltext
Anne Stone mention

What ancient teeth in cave can tell us about Bronze Age collapse
Discovery Magazine
10.11.2022
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/what-ancient-teeth-in-cave-can-tell-us-about-the-bronze-age-collapse
Anne Stone quote

Seven-million-year-old femur suggests ancient human relative walked upright
Nature
08.24.2022
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02313-7
Yohannes Haile-Selassie quoted

Ancient bones confirmed that the earliest human ancestors walked upright
NBCNews.com
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/ancient-bones-confirm-earliest-known-human-ancestor-walked-upright-rcna44187
Raven Tribune
08.24.2022
https://raventribune.com/ancient-bones-confirm-that-the-earliest-human-ancestors-walked-upright/
Yahoo News
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ancient-bones-confirm-earliest-known-150000346.html
Yohannes Haile-Selassie quoted

South African fossils may rewrite history of human evolution
Live Science
07.03.2022
https://www.livescience.com/south-african-fossils-human-evolution
comparing Lucy to Sterkfontaine fossils

Yves Coppens, one of the discoverers of famous fossil 'Lucy,' dies at 87 | Science & Tech
EL PAÍS
06.23.2022
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-06-23/yves-coppens-one-of-the-discoverers-of-famous-fossil-lucy-dies-at-87.html

Death of prehistoric pope Yves Coppens
The Saxon
06.23.2020
https://thesaxon.org/death-of-prehistoric-pope-yves-coppens/

Tribute to Frenchman who found 3.2 million-year-old ‘Lucy’ skeleton
The Connexion France
06.23.2022
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Frenchman-who-found-the-3.2-million-year-old-skeleton-Lucy-has-died

The French co-discoverer of "Lucy" dies at the age of 87 - Science-Environment News
TopWireNews.com
06.23.2022
https://news.topwirenews.com/2022/06/28/the-french-co-discoverer-of-lucy-dies-at-the-age-of-87-science-environment-news-report-by-afr/

Yves Coppens seen by his peers: “Without him, some missions would have escpated France”
California18.com
06.23.2022
https://california18.com/yves-coppens-seen-by-his-peers-without-him-some-missions-would-have-escaped-france/5319432022/

Evolving history: Museum of Natural History undergoes staff, campus, program changes
FreshWater
06.28.2022
https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/breaking-ground/CMNHChanges062822.aspx

Cleveland Museum of Natural History expands and reconceives it internationally renowned anthropology program to connect human evolution and origins with human health, environmental change, and the human community today
Eurekalert
05.17.2022
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/952987
Yohannes Haile-Selassie and Donald Johanson noted

Southern Cross Uni geochemist’s ARC funding to unlock secrets of earliest human evolution
Mirage News.com
02.21.2022
https://www.miragenews.com/southern-cross-uni-geochemists-arc-funding-to-728326/
Gary Schwartz noted

Multimedia

Evolution and the spread of the most cooperative and invasive species: Us
The Leakey Foundation
11.29.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5qbHoulsIo
Curtis Marean talk

TomorrowTalks with Jane Goodall: The Book of Hope
ASU Department of English
11.17.2021
https://english.asu.edu/news-events/events/tomorrowtalks-jane-goodall-book-hope
Ian Gilby introduces Jane Goodall; Pitchfunder promoted

Donald Johanson Remarks at the NASA Lucy Mission Launch
10.2021
https://vimeo.com/user5956652

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
09.22.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-LkJhKVhk&t=21s
mention of “first clothing” from Gravel-Miguel/Marean research

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

Earliest adorned female infant burial in Europe significant in understanding evolution of personhood
12.14.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211209-earliest-adorned-female-infant-burial-europe-significant-understanding-evolution-personhood

Faculty associate uses trading experience to teach negotiations to global studies students
11.23.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211123-faculty-associate-uses-trading-experience-teach-negotiations-global-studies-students

Jane Goodall Institute chimpanzee archive coming to ASU
11.16.2021
https://news.asu.edu/20211116-jane-goodall-institute-chimpanzee-archive-coming-asu

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

Ancient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here’s what we learned
CNN
12.22.2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/world/year-of-ancient-human-discoveries-scn/index.html
Perreault and Gravel-Miguel/Marean research noted

The earliest adorned female burial in Europe reveals important insights
Brinkwire
12.17.2021
https://en.brinkwire.com/science/the-earliest-adorned-female-infant-burial-in-europe-reveals-important-insights/

Baby buried with care 10,000 years ago found in Italian cave
Smithsonian Magazine
12.16.2021
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/10000-year-old-burial-of-baby-found-in-italian-cave-180979224/

Evolution of personhood: Earliest adorned female infant burial in Europe reveals significant insights
SciTech Daily
12.14.2021
https://scitechdaily.com/evolution-of-personhood-earliest-adorned-female-infant-burial-in-europe-reveals-significant-insights/

Earliest modern female human infant burial found in Europe
National Geographic
12.14.2021
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/infant-girl-burial

The child of the snow: Lessons from the 10,000-year-old story of Neve
Simple Beginnings: Exploring Human Origins (blog by Jamie Hodgkins PhD)
12.14.2021
https://www.simplebeginningsblog.com/post/the-child-of-the-snow-lessons-from-the-10-000-year-old-story-of-neve?fbclid=IwAR0w44hatte2GaECQ5jOidrRfN60I8L1Mbx3bYkBYx-liItCwwnWUfl7WGI

CCUSD students chat with Goodall
The Foothills Focus
12.09.2021
https://www.thefoothillsfocus.com/news/ccusd-students-chat-with-goodall/article_3692e662-58ac-11ec-a056-031e3718073f.html

The great gig in the sky
The Tablet
11.04.2021
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/features/2/20957/great-gig-in-the-sky

Skies over Crestone: November 2021 (blog)
11.2021
https://crestoneeagle.com/skies-over-crestone-november-2021/

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

‘Tis the season for giving—but why do we give?
AZ Big Media
12.26.2021
https://azbigmedia.com/business/tis-the-season-for-giving-but-why-do-we-give/
Kim Hill research noted

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/

Multimedia

NASA Science Live: Lucy in the Sky with Asteroids
NASA
12.03.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRS1vq7WGiU&list=PLSD3Gw5UYKwFsVULeQKMUTcOuibDGAzR2

Ancient people relied on coastal environments to survive the Last Glacial Maximum
Science Daily
11.23.2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201123173450.htm

Scientists find evidence of ancient Denisovans on Tibetan Plateau
KJZZ.org
11.09.2020
https://kjzz.org/content/1633702/scientists-find-evidence-ancient-denisovans-tibetan-plateau
Charles Perreault interviewed

DNA track mysterious Denisovans to Chinese cave, just before modern humans showed up
Science Magazine—YouTube
10.29.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHmakdOYdbo&feature=emb_logo
Charles Perreault research

Scientists find proof early humans could control fire temperature in tempering tools
NPR All Things Considered
10.06.2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920859196/scientists-find-proof-early-humans-could-control-fire-temperature-in-tempering-t
New Hampshire Public Radio https://www.nhpr.org/post/scientists-find-proof-early-humans-could-control-fire-temperature-tempering-tools#stream/0
Marean interviewed

Erich Fisher, Waterfall Bluff
South Africa Archaeological Society Talks
09.08.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgO06Nopy2A&feature=youtu.be
https://www.archaeology.org.za/events/coastal-occupation-and-foraging-during-last-glacial-maximum-and-early-holocene-waterfall#bht.833b8d9c-5681-46ee-b4b6-a0abdd9e6f47.7

Lunch Break Science #8/Anne Stone
The Leakey Foundation
08.2020
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MnxndrERnNGO

Anthropologists study history of disease through teeth examination
KJZZ.org
07.28.2020
https://kjzz.org/content/1604912/anthropologists-study-history-disease-through-teeth-examination
Anne Stone research cited

Before Us
YouTube
07.01.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7myzO1gWwHE
Series about Erich Fisher South Africa P5 research

Lucy Mission
Lucy.swri.edu
http://lucy.swri.edu/

Age of Humans: Pandemic
YouTube
03.23.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2IEdy6bcZ4&feature=youtu.be

Curtis Marean interview
The Dissenter
04.17.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyxt6rWesSg&feature=youtu.be

Ancient ancestors had slow-growing but apelike brains
KJZZ.org
04.01.2020
https://kjzz.org/content/1512576/ancient-ancestors-had-slow-growing-apelike-brains
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1512576/ancient-ancestors-had-slow-growing-apelike-brains
Radio interview with Bill Kimbel 

Expedition Unknown: Revealing Our Ancient Ancestors
Discovery Channel
02.20.2020
https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/expedition-unknown/full-episodes/revealing-our-ancient-ancestors

ASU News

Study: Ancient people relied on coastal environments to survive Last Glacial Maximum
11.23.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201123-study-ancient-people-relied-coastal-environments-survive-last-glacial-maximum

Newly discovered fossil highlights importance of shifting environmental conditions for human evolution
11.09.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201109-newly-discovered-fossil-highlights-importance-shifting-environmental-conditions-human

New Denisovan DNA expands diversity, history of species
10.29.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201029-global-engagement-new-denisovan-dna-expands-diversity-history-species

A few good friends
10.22.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201022-few-good-friends

Contest to spur students’ understanding of human exploration, discovery
10.16.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201016-contest-spur-students%E2%80%99-understanding-human-exploration-discovery

National Fossil Day celebrates the curiosities beneath our feet
10.14.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20201014-discoveries-national-fossil-day-celebrates-curiosities-beneath-our-feet

Newly discovered leprosy genomes help fill historic gaps
10.12.2020
https://iho.asu.edu/news/newly-discovered-leprosy-genomes-help-fill-historic-gaps

Chimpanzee ‘bros’ hang out as friends, but most social ties remain a mystery
09.10.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200910-chimpanzee-%E2%80%98bros%E2%80%99-hang-out-friends-most-social-ties-remain-mystery

New fossil ape discovered in India
09.08.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200908-new-fossil-ape-discovered-india

Measuring a lifespan of learning
06.24.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200624-measuring-lifespan-learning

A lost world and extinct ecosystem
05.15.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200515-lost-world-and-extinct-ecosystem

Chimpanzee research helped anthropology ‘click’ for ASU
04.30.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200430-chimpanzee-research-helped-anthropology-click-asu-graduate

A universal human psychological response
04.22.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200422-universal-human-response 

When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
04.02.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200402-when-three-species-human-ancestor-walked-earth 

Skull scans reveal evolutionary secrets of fossil brains
04.01.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200401-discoveries-skull-scans-reveal-evolutionary-secrets-fossil-brains 

ASU researcher leads viewers into ‘Expedition Unknown’
02.25.2020
https://iho.asu.edu/news/asu-researcher-leads-viewers-expedition-unknown 

Regents Professor Joan Silk earns alpha status
02.07.2020
https://iho.asu.edu/news/regents-professor-joan-silk-earns-alpha-status

Is human cooperativity an outcome of competition between cultural groups?
02.04.2020
https://iho.asu.edu/news/human-cooperativity-outcome-competition-between-cultural-groups 

ASU ancient DNA lab reveals secrets in chimpanzee teeth
01.17.2020
https://asunow.asu.edu/20200117-asu-ancient-dna-lab-reveals-secrets-chimpanzee-teeth  

External Media Coverage

Archaeologist Curtis Marean on the role of cooperation in our success as a species
The Lovepost
12.03.2020
https://www.thelovepost.global/decolonise-your-mind/articles/archaeologist-curtis-marean-role-cooperation-our-success-species

Newly discovered fossil documents small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species
Washington University in St. Louis 
11.09.2020
https://source.wustl.edu/?p=422801&preview=1&_ppp=b618d26c0f

Denisovan mitochondrial DNA found in Tibetan Cave
Sci-News.com
11.02.2020
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/denisovan-mitochondrial-dna-baishiya-karst-cave-09010.html

Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau
Science Magazine
10.30.2020
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6516/512

The first Denisovan DNA outside Siberia unveils a long stint on the roof of the world
Science News
10.29.2020
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-denisovan-dna-outside-siberia-found-tibetan-plateau-cave

New Denisovan DNA expands diversity, history of species
QNews Hub
10.29.2020
https://qnewshub.com/science/new-denisovan-dna-expands-diversity-history-of-species/

Ramnagar The sites of rare specimens
Daily Excelsior
10.25.2020
https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ramnagar-the-site-of-rare-specimens/

Old is gold: Like humnans, ageing chimps prioritise important friendships
Today Online.com
10.24.2020
https://www.todayonline.com/world/old-gold-humans-aging-chimps-prioritise-important-friendships

Chimpanzees, like humans, focus on quality friendships in old age
10.23.2020
Science Alert
https://www.sciencealert.com/just-like-humans-chimps-focus-on-close-positive-friendships-in-old-age
Al Khaleej Today
https://alkhaleejtoday.co/entertainment/5176054/Chimpanzees-like-humans-focus-on-quality-friendships-in-old-age.html

Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona
KJZZ
10.16.2020
https://kjzz.org/content/1627484/researchers-discover-fossils-new-species-arizona

Researchers discover fossils of new species in Arizona
Associated Press
10.15.2020
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-animals-forests-parks-national-parks-8a68960828fe07799664aa65fcb197f1

NASA invites students to join Lucy Mission in Space contest
NASA.gov
10.16.2020
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-invites-students-to-join-lucy-mission-in-space-contest

A lost haven for early modern humans
EOS
10.14.2020
https://eos.org/features/a-lost-haven-for-early-modern-humans
Feature by Kerstin Braun

Newly found viruses suggest rubella originated in animals
Science 
10.09.2020
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6513/157.full

Oldest monkey fossils outside of Africa found
Penn State News
10.07.2020
https://news.psu.edu/story/634645/2020/10/07/research/oldest-monkey-fossils-outside-africa-found
Research by International Affiliate Jay Kelly

Newly discovered viruses suggest ‘German measles’ jumped from animals to humans
Science
10.07.2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/newly-discovered-viruses-suggest-rubella-jumped-animals-humans
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6513/157

When colorblind parenting meets anti-racism
Sapiens.org
09.25.2020
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/colorblind-parenting/
Feature by IHO International Affiliate Zereseny Alemseged

Chimpanzees show greater behavioral and cultural diversity in more variable environments
Science Daily
09.15.2020
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200915121318.htm

13-million-year-old fossil ape discovered in Jammu & Kashmir’s Udhampur
The Times of India
09.10.2020
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/13-million-year-old-fossil-ape-discovered-in-jammu-kashmirs-udhampur/articleshow/78040721.cms

13-million-year-old fossil ape discovered in Jammu & Kashmir’s Udhampur
Hindustan Times
09.10.2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/it-s-viral/13-million-year-old-fossil-of-newly-discovered-ape-species-unearthed-in-jammu-and-kashmir/story-pIpic7AH5DCqC8iEtk2WDN.html

13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor discovered in India
Sci-News
09.09.2020
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/kapi-ramnagarensis-08831.html

A stray molar is the oldest known fossil from an ancient gibbon
Science News
09.08.2020
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-primates-apes-gibbon-tooth

Uncovering our ancient past
The American Surveyor
05.23.2020
https://amerisurv.com/2020/05/23/uncovering-out-ancient-past/

Lost world and extinct ecosystem in South Africa revealed in new research
Fox News.com
05.15.2020
https://www.foxnews.com/science/south-africa-lost-world-extinct-ecosystem

Lost world in South Africa revealed in new research
New York Post
05.18.2020
https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/lost-world-in-south-africa-revealed-in-new-research/

A lost world and extinct ecosystem
Phys.org
05.14.2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lost-world-extinct-ecosystem.html

‘Not along’: 3 different human ancestors may have lived together in South Africa 2 million years ago
Genetic Literacy Project
04.29.2020
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/04/29/not-alone-3-different-human-ancestors-lived-together-in-south-africa-2-million-years-ago-findings-suggest/

Pandemic robs field scientists of ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moments
Science.org
04.15.2020
https://www.science.org/news/2020/04/pandemic-robs-field-scientists-once-lifetime-moments

When 3 species of our ancestor roamed the Earth
The Free Press Journal
04.04.2020
https://www.freepressjournal.in/science/when-3-species-of-our-ancestor-roamed-the-earth 

Human ancestor Homo erectus found to have existed earlier than previously believed
HindustanTimes.com
04.04.2020
https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/human-ancestor-homo-erectus-found-to-have-existed-earlier-than-previously-believed/story-s8zSKWT3JOhvBK2EWGWwEL.html 

All who wander are not lost
Science
04.03.2020
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6486/34 

When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
Science Blog.com
04.03.2020
https://scienceblog.com/515194/when-three-species-of-human-ancestor-walked-the-earth/

Skull fossils in cave show mix of human relatives roamed South Africa
New York Times
04.02.2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/science/skulls-africa-caves.html

When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
Heritage Daily.com
04.02.2020
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/04/when-three-species-of-human-ancestor-walked-the-earth/127172

Researchers find apelike brain in human ancestor
Florida State Univesity News
04.01.2020
https://news.fsu.edu/news/2020/04/01/researchers-find-apelike-brain-in-human-ancestor/ 

Skull scans reveal evolutionary secrets of fossil brains
Phys.org
04.01.2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-skull-scans-reveal-evolutionary-secrets.html

Non IHO-noted coverage (Lucy mentioned)

Baby steps: This ancient skull is helping us trace the path that led to modern childhood
The Conversation
04.10.2020
https://theconversation.com/baby-steps-this-ancient-skull-is-helping-us-trace-the-path-that-led-to-modern-childhood-130535

More clues to the story of our past
CosmosMagazine.com
04.02.2020
https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/more-clues-to-the-story-of-our-past 

Lucy’s brain was part ape, part human
Gizmodo.com
04.01.2020
https://gizmodo.com/lucys-brain-was-part-ape-part-human-1842617947

‘Lucy’s baby’ suggests famed human ancestor had a primitive brain
Science
04.01.2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/lucy-s-baby-suggests-famed-human-ancestor-had-primitive-brain#
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oswl1N1uLZU (shows a photo of Don)

Lucy’s species heralded the rise of long childhoods in hominids
Science News
04.01.2020
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lucy-species-brain-skull-heralded-rise-long-childhoods-hominids 

Big-brained ancient ape was in no hurry to grow up
The Times (subscription needed to real full article)
04.02.2020
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/big-brained-ancient-ape-was-in-no-hurry-to-grow-up-zj7hx99z9

Ancient human relative Lucy’s brain was surprisingly ape-like
UPI.com
04.01.2020
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/04/01/Ancient-human-relative-Lucys-brain-was-surprisingly-ape-like/3981585757321/?rc_fifo=1

Is human cooperativity an outcome of competition between cultural groups?
Phys.org
02.04.2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-human-cooperativity-outcome-competition-cultural.html

Noted and Quoted

Cutting-edge academic building tops out in Arizona
Commercial Property Executive
12.18.2020
https://www.cpexecutive.com/post/mccarthy-building-tops-out-cutting-edge-academic-building/

Scientists baffled after leprosy found in chimps for the first time ever
New York Post
11.13.2020
https://nypost.com/2020/11/13/scientists-baffled-after-leprosy-found-in-chimpanzees-for-first-time/
Anne Stone quoted

Ardi and her discoverers shake up hominid evolution in ‘Fossil Men'
Science News 
11.08.2020
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-men-book-ardi-kermit-pattison-hominid-evolution
Johanson and Lucy discovery noted

Prehistoric female hunter discovery upends gender role assumptions
National Geographic
11.04.2020
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/prehistoric-female-hunter-discovery-upends-gender-role-assumptions/#close
Kim Hill quoted

Study: Older chimpanzees, like humans, favor a few close friends
Axios
10.22.2020
https://www.axios.com/chimpanzees-friends-951505cc-adb5-4ca0-bf5f-3673f407d13e.html
Gilby quoted

Like humans, male chimps mellow with age
Science
10.22.2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/humans-male-chimps-mellow-age
Gilby quoted

No grumpy old men in the world of chimps
New York Times
10.22.2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/science/aging-chimps-friendship.html
Gilby quoted

Construction near Tempe campus moving forward despite pandemic
State Press
10.01.2020
https://www.statepress.com/article/2020/10/spcommunity-fall-2020-construction-updates

NASA smooths the way for ‘Lucy’ robot to explore time capsules from the birth of our solar system
Forbes
08.11.2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/08/11/nasa-smoothes-the-way-for-lucy-robot-to-explore-time-capsules-from-the-birth-of-our-solar-system/#6b63189c3827

NASA is about to study some awfully old asteroids
Popular Mechanics
08.06.2020
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a33523940/nasa-lucy-trojan-asteroids/

44: Keeper of the Ancestors
Origin Stories—Leakey Foundation Podcast
08.012020
https://overcast.fm/+TYnAHbwwA
About “Lucy” fossil at the National Museum of Ethiopia

UNM professor on team studying Neandertal remains
University of New Mexico
07.27.2020
http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-professor-on-team-studying-neandertal-remains
Bill Kimbel mention

Who helps out in a crisis?
New York Times
07.14.2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/women-men-pandemic-disasters-help.html
Joan Silk quoted

Why some people can’t resist crowds despite the pandemic
National Geographic.com
06.24.2020
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/06/why-people-cannot-resist-crowds-socializing-despite-the-coronavirus-pandemic-cvd/#close
Joan Silk and Bailey House research noted

Indiana Bones, the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil ‘jigsaw puzzle’ that wowed the world
The Sydney Morning Herald
06.20.20
https://www.smh.com.au/national/indiana-bones-the-melbourne-archaeology-students-and-the-fossil-jigsaw-puzzle-that-wowed-the-world-20200514-p54t22.html
Bill Kimbel quoted on Drimolen skull (Gary Schwartz is also part of the research team in 2019)

3 Africans in Mexico City grave tell stories of slavery’s toll
New York Times
05.01.2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/science/africans-slavery-mexico-grave.html
Anne Stone quoted

Three men were buried in Mexico 500 years ago. DNA and bones reveal their stories of enslavement
Science
04.30.2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/three-men-were-buried-mexico-500-years-ago-dna-and-bones-reveal-their-stories?rss=1
Anne Stone quoted

What did our ancestors die of?
Psychology Today
03.24.2020
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/202003/what-did-our-ancestors-die
Kim Hill research noted 

Forget ‘affiliative bonds.’ Animals have friends just like we do.
New York Times
01.28.2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/books/review/friendship-lydia-denworth.html
Joan Silk research noted 

What happens when we’re too old to be ‘useful’?
BBC.com
01.22.2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50673645
Kim Hill research noted

Pop culture may evolve at the same rate as birds and bugs
Wired
01.20.2020
https://www.wired.com/story/pop-culture-may-evolve-at-the-same-rate-as-birds-and-bugs/
Charles Perreault research noted

Multimedia

Visiting academic studying stone age Pitcairn Island tools
RNZ—Radio New Zealand
11.29.2019
Interview with Jonathan Paige
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018724691/visiting-academic-studying-stone-age-pitcairn-island-tools

ASU Catalyst: NASA satellite images of our solar system
06.12.2019
https://azpbs.org/catalyst/2019/06/catalyst-nasa-satellite-images-of-our-solar-system/
Features the Lucy Mission and Don Johanson

ASU researchers find earliest known site of intensive toolmaking
KJZZ
06.07.2019
http://kjzz.org/content/985891/asu-researchers-find-earliest-known-site-intensive-toolmaking

Lucy in the sky with asteroids
Planetary.org
04.24.2019
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0424-2019-lucy-levison-olkin-sekerak.html

Cradle of human culture
Cradleofhumanculture.co.za
April 2019
https://www.cradleofhumanculture.co.za/map
Mossel Bay interactive website

ASU expert: Too soon to call Philippine remains new Homo species
KJZZ.org
04.15.2019
https://science.kjzz.org/content/878191/asu-expert-too-soon-call-philippine-remains-new-homo-species

Also posted on
Arizona Public Media
04.15.2019
https://www.azpm.org/p/home-articles-news/2019/4/15/149703-asu-expert-too-soon-to-call-philippine-remains-new-homo-species/

Kimbel radio interview on Homo Luzonensis discovery

CARTA Symposium—10^th Anniversary
03.23.2019
Bill Kimbel and Anne Stone presentations
https://carta.anthropogeny.org/events/carta-10th-anniversary-revisiting-agenda

Johanson Human Origins ASM 246 (EdX link)
https://ea.asu.edu/courses/human-origins-asm-246

Curtis Marean: Survivors on the edge of land and sea: How coastal life shaped the evolution of our species
Lecture: Aquarium of the Pacific
01.19.2019
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/player/lecture_archive_curtis_marean

ASU News

Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future
12.16.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/connecting-prehistoric-past-global-future

7 ASU faculty named AAAS Fellows
11.26.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20191126-arizona-impact-asu-faculty-named-aaas-fellows
Sander van der Leeuw named

5 top researchers earn prestigious Regents Professor title
11.21.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/5-top-asu-researchers-earn-prestigious-regents-professor-title
Joan Silk named

Sun Devil leaders to receive honors at 2019 Homecoming
11.12.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20191112-sun-devil-leaders-receive-honors-2019-homecoming
IHO Research Council member Art Pearce honored

Archaeologist wants to hear the whole song of humans’ past, not just individual notes
10.1.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/archaeologist-wants-hear-whole-song-humans-past-not-just-individual-notes
Charles Perreault book release

Choose the generous reward
09.20.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/choose-generous-reward

Exploring Grand Canyon geology through the eyes of ASU experts
06.28.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190628-global-engagement-exploring-grand-canyon-geology-through-eyes-asu-experts

The College honors Pearce family legacy with conference room unveiling
06.19.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190619-college-honors-pearce-family-legacy-conference-room-unveiling

Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
06.03.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190603-oldest-flaked-stone-tools-point-repeated-invention-stone-tools

New evidence for why there are changes in mammals’ spinal columns
05.210.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/new-evidence-why-there-are-changes-mammals-spinal-columns

Anthropology meets genetics to tell our collective story
04.23.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190423-discoveries-dna-anthropology-genetics

The history of humanity is in your face
04.15.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/history-humanity-your-face

Can technology improve even though people don’t understand what they are doing?
04.01.2019
https://iho.asu.edu/news/can-technology-improve-even-though-people-dont-understand-what-they-are-doing
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190401-can-technology-improve-even-though-people-don%E2%80%99t-understand-what-they-are-doing

Human impacts erode cultural diversity in chimpanzees
03.07.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190307-global-engagement-asu-researchers-human-impacts-erode-behavioral-diversity-chimpanzees

Stories of the Grand Canyon
02.25.2019
https://asunow.asu.edu/20190225-arizona-impact-asu-voices-grand-canyon
Mentions IHO Grand Canyon trip

External Media Coverage

Events 20,000 years ago still impacting diversity and distribution of mammal species worldwide
SciTech Daily
12.16.2019
https://scitechdaily.com/events-20000-years-ago-still-impacting-diversity-and-distribution-of-mammal-species-worldwide/

Newfound primate teeth take a big bite out of the evolutionary tree of life
Spring Hill Insider
12.13.2019
https://insiderfinancial.net/newfound-primate-teeth-take-a-big-bite-out-of-the-evolutionary-tree-of-life.html

The discoverer of ‘Lucy’ returns to Cleveland to recount fossil’s impact
WKSU.org
10.25.2019
https://www.wksu.org/post/discoverer-lucy-returns-cleveland-recount-fossils-impact#stream/0

Donald Johanson, famous finder of Lucy’s fossils, returns to Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland.com
10.24.2019
https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/10/donald-johanson-famous-finder-of-lucys-fossils-returns-to-cleveland-museum-of-natural-history.html

Future ASU Tempe building has ambitious plans for sustainability research
The State Press
10.01.2019
https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/09/spbiztech-asu-new-istb7-building-shows-technological-and-sustainability-ambitions

A scientist witnessed poachers killing a chimp
The Atlantic
08.01.2019
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/death-chimpanzee/595303/

A breakthrough in the mystery of why women get so many autoimmune diseases
The Atlantic
06.18.2019
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/women-autoimmune-diseases-pregnancy/591901

******************* PNAS—Stone tool paper coverage 06.03.2019 

Stone tools were invented multiple times
Archaeology
06.03.2019
https://www.archaeology.org/news/7694-190603-ethiopia-stone-tools?fbclid=IwAR3YhLmcO00Ihp1NNNgVszmCM0xZ5DxNw8EcxTklHI-rcMAm2ao1KH4um5M 

Prehistoric humans invented stone tools multiple times, study finds
Independent.co.uk
06.03.2019
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/tools-invention-prehistoric-human-oldowan-stone-weapons-arizona-state-university-a8942261.html

ASU researchers find earliest known site of intensive toolmaking
KJZZ
06.07.2019
http://kjzz.org/content/985891/asu-researchers-find-earliest-known-site-intensive-toolmaking 

World’s oldest tool kit unearthed in Africa dating back over 2.6 million years
Mirror.co.uk
06.03.2019
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/worlds-oldest-tool-kit-unearthed-16248189

Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
Nature World News
06.04.2019
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/41341/20190604/oldest-flaked-stone-tools-point-to-the-repeated-invention-of-stone-tools.htm

First tool kit crafted by early humans has just been found in Africa
News18.com
06.04.2019
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/worlds-first-tool-kit-crafted-by-early-humans-has-just-been-found-in-africa-2171511.html

Earliest flaked-stone tools found in Ethiopia
Penn State News
06.04.2019
https://news.psu.edu/story/576469/2019/06/03/research/earliest-flaked-stone-tools-found-ethiopia

Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
Phys.org
06.03.2019
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-oldest-flaked-stone-tools.html

Researchers find 2.6-million-year-old Oldowan tools in Ethiopia
Sci-News.com
06.05.2019
http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/oldest-oldowan-tools-07257.html 

Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
Science Daily
06.03.2019
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190603151658.htm

Hominids may have been cutting-edge tool makers 2.6 million years ago
Science News (Bruce Bower)
06.03.2019
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-genus-earliest-stone-tool-artifacts-ethiopia-contested

Humans may have been crafting stone tools for 2.6 million years
Smithsonian
06.04.2019
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-have-been-crafting-stone-tools-26-million-years-180972346/ 

New dig site proves stone tools were invented earlier than previous estimate of 2.58 million years ago
Tech Times
06.04.2019
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/244149/20190604/new-dig-site-proves-stone-tools-were-invented-earlier-than-previous-estimate-of-2-58-million-years-ago.htm 

Research: Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools
Tunisiersoir.com
06.04.2019
http://www.tunisiesoir.com/science/research-oldest-flaked-stone-tools-point-to-the-repeated-invention-of-stone-tools-16701-2019/

Prehistoric stone tools were invented multiple times before becoming a staple
AME Science
06.03.2019
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/prehistoric-stone-tools-discovered-02062019/

End PNAS Stone tool coverage***************

A new paper reveals the amazing evolution of the human face
Sciencealert.com
04.22.2019
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-the-human-face-evolved-to-look-the-way-it-does

Human face evolved because of diet, social structure
Brinkwwire.com
04.21.2019
http://en.brinkwire.com/science/human-face-evolved-because-of-diet-social-structure/

Human face evolved because of diet, social structure
Tech Times.com
04.16.2019
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/241666/20190416/human-face-evolved-because-of-diet-social-structure.htm

The history of humanity in your face
Science Daily.com
04.15.2019
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190415113813.htm

Humans produced complex technology without understanding it
InterestingEngineering.com
04.06.2019
https://interestingengineering.com/humans-produced-complex-technology-without-understanding-it

Ancient humans might have had a marrow advantage
The Atlantic.com
04.04.2019
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/a-marrow-advantage/586444/

To boost brainpower, ancient hominins sought fat before meat
Undark.org
04.02.2019
https://undark.org/2019/04/02/fat-hominin-brains/

Did humans develop better technologies without knowing why they worked?
BostonGlobe.com
04.01.2019
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/04/01/did-humans-develop-better-technologies-without-knowing-why-they-worked/cC5r8CyBakn8dWyKLBhyQL/story.html 

How ancient diets shaped our brains
PSMag.com (Pacific Standard)
03.29.2019
https://psmag.com/environment/how-our-early-diets-shaped-our-early-brains

Ticket to ride: Cleveland museum marks anniversary of historic ‘Lucy’ find
Columbus Dispatch
03.24.2019
https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190324/ticket-to-write-cleveland-museum-marks-anniversary-of-historic-lucy-find

Cleveland Museum of Natural History exhibit ‘Finding Lucy: Our first steps in discovery’ to open this Saturday
WKYC.com
03.21.2019
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/history/cleveland-museum-of-natural-history-exhibit-finding-lucy-our-first-steps-in-discovery-to-open-this-saturday/95-45e79708-910e-4ad8-be8f-eb8852f06314

Get to know Lucy, one of humanity’s earliest ancestors
Patch.com
03.21.2019
https://patch.com/ohio/cleveland/get-know-lucy-one-humanitys-earliest-ancestors

Mossel Bay Archaeology
Planeta.com
03.21.2019
https://planeta.com/mossel-bay-archaeology/

Chimpanzee behavioral diversity is reduced by human impact
Earth.com
03.07.2019
https://www.earth.com/news/chimpanzee-behavioral-diversity-human-impact/ 

Human impacts erode behavioral diversity in chimpanzees
Phys.org
03.07.2019
https://phys.org/news/2019-03-human-impacts-erode-behavioral-diversity.html

New Yale study claims human ancestors chose fat, not meat
Yale Daily News
02.19.2019
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/02/19/new-yale-study-claims-human-ancestors-chose-fat-not-meat/

Early ancestors’ taste for fat reveals new clues to human evolution
News Medical Life Sciences
02.06.2019
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190206/Early-ancestors-taste-for-fat-reveals-new-clues-to-human-evolution.aspx

Taste for fat may have made us human
Tribune India
02.06.2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/science-technology/taste-for-fat-may-have-made-us-human/724917.html

A taste for fat may have made us human
Science Daily
02.05.2019
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190205161420.htm

Humans may have emerged from scavenging big game, eating brains and marrow
Current Anthropology
02.2019
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ca/pr/181214?mobileUi=0&

Clues to resistance
1,100 Words—Duke University
02.2019
https://research.duke.edu/clues-resistance
Ian Gilby research

Noted and quoted                                                                                                                               

“Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind” to be available in audio format
Yahoo Finance.com
11.08.2019
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lucy-beginnings-humankind-available-audio-080000453.html

For these vampires, a shared blood meal lets ‘friendship’ take flight
KJZZ.org
10.31.2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774358215/for-these-vampires-a-shared-blood-meal-lets-friendship-take-flight
Joan Silk quoted

Robot Lucy to probe ‘Trojan asteroids’ in search of origins of life on pioneering NASA mission
Sputniknews.com
10.24.2019
https://sputniknews.com/science/201910241077138864-robot-lucy-to-probe-trojan-asteroids-in-search-of-origins-of-life-on-pioneering-nasa-mission-/

Pioneering NASA asteroid mission clears key hurdle on path to 2021 launch
Space.com
10.21.2019
https://www.space.com/nasa-lucy-asteorid-mission-milestone-2021-launch.html

NASA’s Liucy mission to Trojan asteroids clears milestones
Fox News.com
10.21.2019
https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasas-lucy-mission-trojan-asteroids-clears-milestone

Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution
NBC News.com
09.30.2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/ancient-ape-fossil-yields-surprising-new-insights-about-human-evolution-ncna1055916
Jay Kelley quoted

***********Nature—A. Anamensis coverage—Bill Kimbel quoted

Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
ABC News
08.28.2019
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ethiopian-fossil-reveals-face-ancestor-famed-lucy-65245219 

Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
AP News
08.28.2019
https://www.apnews.com/5b82345e7b2647d4a6d9c7d0d4546efd

Ancient fossil reveals face of early human ancestor
CBS News
08.28.2019
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-fossil-reveals-face-of-early-human-ancestor-lucy/

3.8-million-year-old fossil reveals face of Lucy’s ancestors
Los Angeles Times
08.28.2019
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-28/lucy-ancestor-face

‘Unprecedented’ skull reveals face of human ancestor
National Geographic
08.29.2019
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/unprecedented-fossil-skull-reveals-face-of-human-ancestor/

New fossil reveals face of ‘Lucy’ ancestor who lived almost 4 million years ago
NBC News
08.28.2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/new-fossil-reveals-face-lucy-ancestor-who-lived-almost-4-ncna1047431

We’ve finally found a skull from one of our most important ancestors
New Scientist
08.28.2019
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214670-weve-finally-found-a-skull-from-one-of-our-most-important-ancestors/

Ethiopian fossil reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
NewsMax.com
08.28.2019
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lucy-fossil-ancestor-human/2019/08/28/id/930391/

Fossil from Ethiopia reveals face for ancestor of famed ‘Lucky’
PBS NewsHour
08.28.2019
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fossil-from-ethiopia-reveals-face-for-ancestor-of-famed-lucky

Stunning ancient skull shakes up human family tree
Science Magazine
08.28.2019
https ://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/stunning-ancient-skull-shakes-human-family-tree 

A 3.8 million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy’s possible ancestors
Science News
08.28.019
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/australopithecus-anamensis-skull-reveals-face-lucy-possible-ancestors

A. anamensis hominin skull could recast our human family tree
The Scientist
08.28.2019
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/a—anamensis-hominin-skull-could-recast-our-human-family-tree-66363 

Ethiopian fossil face could be ancestor of famed ‘Lucy’
VOA News
08.31.2019
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/ethiopian-fossil-face-could-be-ancestor-of-famed-lucy-/5063356.html

Scientists put a face on an ancient human ancestor
Wall Street Journal
8.28.2019
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientists-put-a-face-on-an-ancient-human-ancestor-11567011601?mod=hp_lead_pos10   [paywall]

*************Lucy mention only

3.8-million-year-old skull in Ethiopia an evolution game-changer
AlJazeera
08.29.2019
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/38-million-year-skull-ethiopia-evolution-game-changer-190829055202695.html

‘All bets are off’ on which ape was humanity’s ancestor
BBC.com
08.28.2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49486980

Revealing the new face of a 3.8-million-year-old early human ancestor
CNN
08.25.2019
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/world/early-human-skull-discovery-australopithecus-anamensis-scn/index.html

Secrets of ‘Lucy’ ancestor revealed in ‘remarkably complete’ 3.8-million-year-old skull
FoxNews.com
08.28.2019
https://www.foxnews.com/science/lucy-ancestor-skull-ethiopia-discovered

MRD cranium—the face of Australopithecus anamensis
SciNews—YouTube
08.28.2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ard0V7ldjcY

Skull of humanity’s earliest known ancestor changing how we view evolution
The Vintage News.com
09.05.2019
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/09/05/australopithecus/
(Don Johanson and Lucy mentioned)

End Anamensis noted and quoted********************

Gorillas has developed humanlike social structure, controversial study suggests
Science
07.17.2019
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/gorillas-have-developed-humanlike-social-structure-controversial-study-suggests
Kim Hill quoted

Discoveries could be ‘missing link’ to understanding Native American ancestry
CNN.com
06.06.2019
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/06/world/siberia-ancient-people-scli-intl-scn/index.html
Anne Stone quoted

Who were the ancestors of Native Americans? A lost people in Siberia, scientists say
New York Times
06.05.2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/science/native-americans-genetics-siberia.html
Anne Stone quoted 

Ancient DNA reveals complex story of human migration between Siberia and North America
Smithsonian Mag
06.05.2019
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-dna-reveals-complex-story-human-migration-between-siberia-and-north-america-180972356/

Was our brain growth kick-started by ancestors scavenging bone marrow from animal carcasses?
Genetic Literacy Project.org
05.13.2019
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/05/13/was-our-brain-growth-kick-started-by-ancestors-scavenging-bone-marrow-from-animal-carcasses/
Jessica Thompson research crediting IHO/ASU

Homo naledi may have lived at around same time as early humans
Science News (Bruce Bower)
05.09.2019
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-may-have-lived-around-same-time-early-humans
Johanson quoted/Lucy noted

From the field: Chris Gilbert, India
Leakey Foundation.org
04.23.2019
https://leakeyfoundation.org/from-the-field-chris-gilbert-india/
Campisano research in India

How a new human species challenges textbook histories
Christian Science Monitor
04.11.2019
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2019/0411/How-a-new-human-species-challenges-textbook-histories
Kimbel quoted

‘Hobbit’ human story gets a twist, thanks to thousands of rat bones
National Geographic
03.12.2019
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/03/hobbit-humans-story-gets-twist-from-thousands-of-rat-bones
Authored by IHO-affiliated graduate student Paige Madison

The fight for control over virtual fossils
Nature
03.06.2019
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00739-0
ASU/Lynn Copes Tommasini and Lynn Lucas are mentioned. 

ULA will launch NASA’s Lucy spacecraft ‘in the sky with diamonds’ to study asteroids
ClickOrlando.com
02.01.2019
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/space-news/ula-will-launch-nasas-lucy-spacecraft-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-to-study-asteroids

Multimedia

John Rowan interview on the Science article
BBC Sounds
11.23.2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172w4hztpjlrwg
Interview begins at 6:55 

Fat of the land: What ancient bones tell us about the origins of the human diet
Jessica Thompson presentation for IHO New York event
11.09.2018
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSCV_XFcVPU&list=PLSD3Gw5UYKwH8twALaw41iWybprRqkMaM&t=6s&index=2

ASU News

ASU rises in national research rankings
12.20.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20181220-asu-news-asu-rises-national-research-rankings

Drillling into the climate-human evolutionary connection
10.08.2018
https://news.asu.edu/20181008-discoveries-asu-drilling-climate-human-evolutionary-connection

How baboon and human friendships are different—and alike
09.05.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180905-discoveries-monkeying-around-pals-asu-anthropologists
Joan Silk research

Roughing it, done right
08.02.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180802-global-engagement-asu-grad-students-travel-tips
IHO graduate students Andrew Bishop and Irene Smail featured

Dietary competition played a key role in the evolution of primates
08.01.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180801-competitive-edge-asu-researchers-find-dietary-competition-key-role-early-primates

On Asteroid Day, how to get your name out there
06.28.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180628-discoveries-asteroid-day-asu-faculty-named

Ancient Chinese tomb reveals previously unknown extinct species
06.21.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180621-discoveries-ancient-chinese-tomb-reveals-previously-unknown-extinct-species
Alejandra Ortiz research 

Discovery of new species of human? Paige Madison heads to Indonesia
Student Spotlight: Center for Biology + Society
06.12.2018
https://cbs.asu.edu/news/discovery-new-species-human-paige-madison-heads-indonesia

ASU leads effort to establish national bioinformatics standards for life sciences undergraduates
06.06.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180606-asu-leads-effort-establish-national-bioinformatics-standards-life-sciences-undergraduates
Melissa Wilson Sayres research

ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members awarded for excellence in teaching
04.25.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180424-asu-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences-faculty-members-awarded-excellence-teaching
Melissa Wilson Sayres award

The secret life of teeth: Evo-devo models of tooth development
04.11.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180411-secret-life-teeth-evo-devo-models-tooth-development

Research shows humans thrived through Toba super-volcanic eruption
03.12.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180312-discoveries-asu-south-africa-research-site-climate-models

ASU professors new book: Discoveries on why humans stand out as a species
02.19.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180219-discoveries-asu-robert-boyd-what-makes-humans-special
Rob Boyd book

Valentine’s Day is for pair bonding
02.13.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180213-discoveries-valentines-day-pair-bonding
Kim Hill quoted

ASU expert selects Darwin Day answers, naturally
02.11.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180211-discoveries-asu-darwin-day-answers

ASU researcher featured in award-winning documentary on Ngogo chimpanzees
02.08.2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180208-asu-researcher-featured-award-winning-documentary-ngogo-chimpanzees

External Media Coverage

The competitive edge: Dietary competition played a key role in the evolution of early primates
Science Daily
08.01.2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180801084057.htm

Pinpoint Precision
Archaeology.org
06.08.2018
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/304-1807/from-the-trenches/6689-trenches-south-africa-toba-eruption-evidence

****************Coverage of Alejandra Ortiz/Gibbon Science article (alphabetical by outlet)

New, long-extinct ape species found in ancient Chinese tomb
ABC News.com
06.22.2018
https://abcnews.go.com/International/long-extinct-ape-species-found-ancient-chinese-tomb/story?id=56084053

Extinct gibbon discovered in ancient Chinese tomb first ape to vanish after the Ice Age
ABC News (Australia)
06.21.2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-06-22/extinct-species-of-gibbon-discovered-in-ancient-chinese-tomb/9890292 

Extinct gibbon in ancient Chinese tomb hints at other lost primate species
Ars Technica
06.22.2018
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/extinct-gibbon-in-ancient-chinese-tomb-hints-at-other-lost-primate-species/

New gibbon species discovered in a 2,200-year-old royal Chinese tomb
The Atlantic
06.21.2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/06/rise-and-fall-of-the-chinese-empire-as-told-by-a-gibbon/563288/

Mystery extinct ape found in ancient Chinese tomb
BBC.com
06.21.2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44541847

Extinct gibbon found in Chinese tomb a warning for the world
CNN.com
06.22.2018
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/asia/gibbon-chinese-tomb-intl/index.html

2,300-year-old bones of an extinct gibbon kept as a pet by ‘femme fatale’ Lady Xia, the gradmother to China’s first emperor, are found in her burial chamber
Daily Mail
06.21.2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5870269/2-300-year-old-extinct-gibbon-burial-chamber-grandmother-Chinas-emperor.html

New species of gibbon unearthed in Chinese tomb
Discover Magazine.com
06.21.2018
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/06/21/gibbon-new-species-chinese-tomb/#.Wy02N9PwZp8

They find an unknown ape in a tomb of the royalty of ancient China (title translated from Spanish)
El Mundo.es
06.21.2018
http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2018/06/21/5b2bd240e2704e91a58b45ee.html

Extinct gibbon species found in tomb of ancient Chinese noblewoman
Gizmodo
06.21.2018
https://gizmodo.com/extinct-gibbon-species-found-in-tomb-of-ancient-chinese-1827015895

New species of extinct ape discovered in tomb of ancient Chinese noblewoman
Independent (UK)
06.21.2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/junzi-imperialis-ape-extinct-gibbon-china-ancient-tomb-xian-changan-a8410671.html

Extinct species of gibbon discovered in an unlikely place—the tomb of a Chinese noblewoman
Los Angeles Times
06.21.2018
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-gibbon-chinese-tomb-20180621-story.html

This royal Chinese tomb contains an ape previously unknown to science
LiveScience.com
06.21.2018
https://www.livescience.com/62886-newfound-ape-ancient-chinese-tomb.html

An extinct gibbon was found buried in an ancient tomb. Did humans kill them off?
Mashable
06.2102018
https://mashable.com/2018/06/21/gibbon-tomb-extinction-by-humans/#WFB2ieVSAaqs

This ancient Chinese tomb held a royal, her extinct ape—and a warning
MSN.com
06.21.2018
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/this-ancient-chinese-tomb-held-a-royal-her-extinct-ape-%E2%80%94-and-a-warning/ar-AAyYJLc?ocid=st

Ancient royal tomb yields strange new ape species
National Geographic.com
06.21.2018
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/china-new-species-extinction-gibbons-apes-paleontology-science/

Ancient gibbon from Chinese tomb may be first ape to go extinct since the Ice Age
Nature.com
06.21.2018
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05527-w?utm

Mystery gibbon found buried in tomb of ancient Chinese royalty
New Scientist.com
06.21.2018
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2172265-mystery-gibbon-found-buried-in-tomb-of-ancient-chinese-royalty/

Extinct gibbon found in tomb of ancient Chinese emperor’s grandmother
The New York Times
06.21.2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/science/extinct-gibbon-china.html

Long-extinct gibbon found inside tomb of Chinese emperor’s grandmother
NPR.com
06.21.2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/621487897/long-extinct-gibbon-found-inside-tomb-of-chinese-emperors-grandmother

New gibbon genus discovered in ancient Chinese tomb
Phys.org
06.22.2018
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-gibbon-genus-ancient-chinese-tomb.html

Chinese grave reveals vanished gibbon genus
ScienceMag.org
06.22.2018
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6395/1287.full

Vanished ape found in ancient Chinese tomb, giving clues to its disappearance
ScienceMag.org
06.21.2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/vanished-ape-found-ancient-chinese-tomb-giving-clues-its-disappearance

A 2,200-year-old Chinese tomb held a new gibbon species, now extinct
ScienceNews.org
06.21.2018
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-gibbon-species-extinct-ape-chinese-tomb

Evidence discovered for human-driving ape extinction
The Telegraph (UK)
07.03.2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world/china-watch/culture/extinct-gibbon-skull-discovered/

Mystery extinct ape discovered in ancient Chinese imperial tomb
The Telegraph (UK)
06.22.2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/22/mystery-extinct-ape-discovered-ancient-chinese-imperial-tomb/

An ancient Chinese tomb reveals an extinct species of gibbon, and a warning
Time
06.22.2018
http://time.com/5319483/china-royal-tomb-extinct-gibbon/

Extinct gibbon found in imperial tomb
The Times
06.22.2018
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/extinct-gibbon-found-in-imperial-tomb-wxwxrl5mt

This ancient Chinese tomb held a royal, her extinct ape—and a warning
The Washington Post
06.21.2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/21/this-ancient-chinese-tomb-held-a-royal-her-extinct-ape-and-a-warning/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.96fb73bab251 

*************************************End Ortiz—Gibbon Science article coverage

The man who found the past
Politiken.dk (Denmark)
06.01.2018
https://politiken.dk/indland/art6555632/Hendes-art-klarede-sig-i-en-million-%C3%A5r.-Vi-har-forel%C3%B8big-klaret-den-som-moderne-mennesker-i-50.000-%C3%A5r
Johanson featured 

ASU’s Ask a Biologist has answered science questions for more than 20 years
StatePress.com
04.23.2018
http://www.statepress.com/article/2018/04/spscience-asu-ask-a-biologist-website

The way chimp eat monkey brains could answer questions about evolution
Techly.com
04.22.2018
https://www.techly.com.au/2018/04/23/way-chimps-eat-monkey-brains-answer-questions-evolution/

What fossilized teeth tell us about human evolution
Genetic Literacy Project.org
04.18.2018
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/04/18/what-fossilized-teeth-tell-about-human-evolution/

Brain-eating chimps that hunt baby monkeys could reveal new clues on human evolution
Deccan Chronicle (India)
04.13.2018
https://deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/pets-and-environment/130418/meat-eating-chimps-hunt-baby-monkeys-new-clues-human-evolution.html

Meat-eating chimps that hunt baby monkeys and devour the BRAIN first could reveal new clues on human evolution, experts say
Daily Mail
04.12.2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5610195/Meat-eating-chimps-hunt-baby-monkeys-prefer-eat-brain-first.html

Research highlights danger of grouping extinct mammals based on teeth
Geek.com
04.12.2018
https://www.geek.com/science/research-highlights-danger-of-grouping-extinct-mammals-based-on-teeth-1736816/

Chimps eat baby monkey brains first—A clue to human evolution
National Geographic
04.11.2018
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/chimpanzees-monkeys-brains-animals-predators

The secret life of teeth: Evo-devo models of tooth development
Science Daily
04.11.2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411174159.htm

How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees
Duke Today
https://today.duke.edu/2018/03/how-infighting-turns-toxic-chimpanzees
also in
Science Daily
03.26.18
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326140214.htm

********************Marean Nature: Mount Toba coverage March 12, 2018
Top coverage

Humans ‘thrived’ after historic Mount Toba eruption
BBC.com
03.13.2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43377960

After a volcano’s ancient supereruption, humanity may have thrived
The New York Times
03.12.2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/science/toba-supervolcano-supereruption.html

How ancient humans survived global ‘volcanic winter’ from massive eruption
ScienceMag.org
03.12.2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/how-ancient-humans-survived-global-volcanic-winter-massive-eruption

Other coverage (alphabetical)

Humans thrived in South Africa after catastrophic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago, study suggests
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
03.12.2018
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-03-13/toba-super-volcano-eruption-saw-some-humans-thrive-on-coast/9532938

Africa: Some 74,000 years ago, Mount Toba exploded. Our ancestors survived a long, volcanic winter
AllAfrica.com
03.13.2018
http://allafrica.com/stories/201803130685.html

Sites in South Africa linked to era of super volcano
Archaeology.org
03.13.2018
https://www.archaeology.org/news/6433-180313-volcanic-winter-survival

Supervolcano goes boom. Humans go meh?
The Atlantic
03.12.2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/03/supervolcano-goes-boom-humans-go-meh/555356/

People thrived despite supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago: study
Axios.com
03.12.2018
https://www.axios.com/people-thrived-through-toba-supervolcano-68100285-39bc-43c4-aece-79ce4e6c872e.html

Stone Age people in South Africa able to thrive after volcano eruption
CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)
03.13.2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/stone-age-supervolcano-1.4573916

“Resilience”—Humans thrived through the Toba super-volcano
The Daily Galaxy (blog)
03.12.2018
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2018/03/-todays-planet-earth-report-resilience-humans-thrived-through-the-toba-super-volcano-eruption-74000-.html

Humanity thrived in Africa after the eruption of a supervolcano
Daily Mail
03.12.2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5483389/How-humans-survived-eruption-apocalyptic-SUPERVOLCANO.html

Toba super eruption: More bang than an apocalyptic ash cloud?
Daily Maverick
03.07.2018
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-03-07-toba-super-eruption-more-bang-than-an-apocalyptic-ash-cloud/#.Wqa23JM-dp8

Come hell or supervolcano, humanity will be alright
Discover Magazine.com
03.12.2018
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/03/12/supervolcanoes-humanity-survival/#.Wqgu8pM-dp8

These early humans prospered during what should have been a devastating volcanic winter
Gizmodo
03.12.2018
https://gizmodo.com/these-early-humans-prospered-during-what-should-have-be-1823697164

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption ~74,000 years ago
Heritage Daily.com
03.2018
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2018/03/humans-thrived-in-south-africa-through-the-toba-super-volcanic-eruption-74000-years-ago/118601

New study shows how stone age people survived a supervolcano eruption
The Hindu.com
03.14.2018
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/new-study-shows-how-stone-age-people-survived-a-supervolcano-eruption/article23242851.ece

Stone Age people in SA unharmed by supervolcano eruption
Huffington Post South Africa
03.13.2018
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2018/03/13/stone-age-people-in-sa-unharmed-by-supervolcano-eruption_a_23384082/

Humans did something unexpected during one of the Earth’s largest supereruptions
IFL Science
03.12.2018
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/humanity-did-something-unexpected-during-one-of-earths-largest-supereruptions/

New evidence shows humans survived massive volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago
Inhabitat.com
03.13.2013
https://inhabitat.com/new-evidence-shows-humans-survived-massive-volcanic-eruption-74000-years-ago/

74,000-year-old fossils uncover humans who survived a volcanic winter
Inverse.com
03.12.2018
https://www.inverse.com/article/42152-how-did-people-survive-toba-calderas-eruption

Early modern humans thrived in Africa despite powerful super volcano eruption
International Business Times
03.12.2018
http://www.ibtimes.com/early-modern-humans-thrived-africa-despite-powerful-super-volcano-eruption-2661779

UNLV researchers use volcanic ash to solve prehistoric mysteries
Las Vegas Review Journal
04.21.2018
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/unlv-researchers-use-volcanic-ash-to-solve-prehistoric-mysteries/

These ancient humans survived a supervolcano
National Geographic (Australia)
03.13.2018
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/these-ancient-humans-survived-a-supervolcano.aspx

Supervolcano survivors: South African site reveals some humans thrived through ash winter
News.com.AU
03.14.2018
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/evolution/supervolcano-survivors-south-african-site-reveals-some-humans-thrived-through-ash-winter/news-story/51c95ba5a6aa9974df316489568c7d89

Ancient human settlement was unaffected by supervolcano eruption 74000 years ago
Newsweek
03.12.2018
http://www.newsweek.com/early-humans-survived-supervolcano-eruption-840556

How ancient humans thrived during a supervolcano apocalypse
Outer Places.com
03.12.2018
https://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/18002-ancient-humans-thrived-during-a-volcanic-apocalypse-claims-new-study

Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption about 74000 years ago
Phys.org
03.12.2018
https://phys.org/news/2018-03-humans-south-africa-toba-super-volcanic.html

Stone Age people in South Africa unharmed by supervolcano eruption
Reuters.com (Will Dunham)
03.12.2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-volcano/stone-age-people-in-south-africa-unharmed-by-supervolcano-eruption-idUSKCN1GO2IK
Also carried by
TheNew York Post
https://nypost.com/2018/03/13/supervolcano-eruption-somehow-spared-stone-age-people
Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/world/africa/stone-age-people-in-south-africa-unharmed-by-toba-supervolcano-20180313-p4z429.html

How ancient humans survived global ‘volcanic winter’ from massive eruption
ScienceMag.org
03.12.2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/how-ancient-humans-survived-global-volcanic-winter-massive-eruption

Humanity may have flourished after supervolcano eruption
The Scientist.com
03.13.2018
https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/52055/title/Humanity-May-Have-Flourished-After-Supervolcano-Eruption/

Modern humans survived a supervolcano that rained glass over South Africa
Seeker.com
03.12.2018
https://www.seeker.com/archaeology/modern-humans-survived-a-supervolcano-that-rained-glass-over-south-africa

Ancient humans weathered the Toba supervolcano just fine
Smithsonianmag.com
03.14.2018
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-humans-weathered-toba-supervolcano-just-fine-180968479/

ASU researchers are studying human life after major volcanic eruptions
State Press
04.19.2018
http://www.statepress.com/article/2018/04/spscience-asu-researchers-learn-how-humans-survived-through-a-massive-volcanic-eruption

Hunter-gatherers thrived through volcanic winter after Mount Toba supervolcano eruption
Tech Times
03.13.2018
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/222906/20180313/hunter-gatherers-thrived-through-volcanic-winter-after-mount-toba-supervolcano-eruption.htm

Found: Eden that sheltered mankind from Toba volcano
The Times (UK)
03.13.2018
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/found-eden-that-sheltered-mankind-from-toba-volcano-vpdpr62q0

The shards of time
UNLV News
03.13.2018
https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/shards-time

Study: Humans in South Africa thrived during volcanic eruption
UPI
03.12.2018
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/03/12/Study-Humans-in-South-Africa-thrived-during-Toba-super-volcanic-eruption/1671520881218/

Ancient human settlement was unaffected by supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago
Yahoo News (UK)
03.12.2018
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-human-settlement-unaffected-supervolcano-161508256.html

Ancient humans thrived during a supervolcano eruption
ZME Science
03.12.2018
https://www.zmescience.com/science/humans-thrived-volcano-eruption-11032018/

And for comic relief:

Ancient supervolcano eruption almost destroyed humanity and another could ‘annihilate modern civilisation’, scientists warn
Metro.co.UK
03.1.2018
http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/13/ancient-supervolcano-apocalypse-eruption-almost-destroyed-humanity-similar-cataclysm-annihilate-civilisation-time-7384328/ 

End Marean coverage**********************

Noted + Quoted

Identify of Little Foot fossil stirs controversy
Science
12.11.2018
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/identity-little-foot-fossil-stirs-controversy
Bill Kimbel quoted

Did a new form of plague destroy Europe’s Stone Age societies?
Science
12.06.2018
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/did-new-form-plague-destroy-europe-s-stone-age-societies?rss=1
Anne Stone quoted

John Chau wanted to change life on North Sentinel Island. Was he wrong?
New York Times
11.30.2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/sunday-review/sentinelese-people-isolated-tribes.html
Kim Hill quoted

NASA’s Lucy mission to visit Jupiter Trojan asteroids in 2021
11.22.2018
V3
https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3066839/nasas-lucy-mission-to-visit-jupiters-trojan-asteroids-in-2021

NASA’s Lucy in the sky with . . . asteroids?
Phys.org
11.22.2018
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-nasa-lucy-sky-asteroids.html

How did we get to be human?(Carl Zimmer article)
New York Times
11.19.2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/science/human-evolution-hominins.html
Lucy mention

What’s mine is yours, sort of: Bonobos and the tricky evolutionary roots of sharing
KPBS.org
09.11.2018
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/sep/11/whats-mine-is-yours-sort-of-bonobos-and-the/
Joan Silk quoted

Tribal Art London 2018
KCWToday.co.uk
08.30.2018
http://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2018/08/tribal-art-london-2018/
Don Johanson quoted on Beckwith/Fisher new book and exhibition

We were stunned: Researchers find capuchin monkeys using rocks to crack nuts, snails, in Panama
The Seattle Times
07.07.2018
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/we-were-stunned-researchers-find-capuchin-monkeys-using-rocks-to-crack-nuts-snails-in-panama/
Joan Silk quoted

These tiny monkeys have entered their stone age with a bang
The Washington Post
07.06.2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/07/06/these-tiny-monkeys-have-entered-their-stone-age-with-a-bang/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e1e93c37eae0
Joan Silk quoted

Aquellos amorosos neandertales (Those loving Neandertals)
Sinc (La Ciencia es noticia) (Spanish language)
07.05.2018
https://www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/Aquellos-amorosos-neandertales
Curtis Marean quoted

How ancient teeth reveal the roots of humankind
Smithsonian Magazine.com
07.02.2018
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-teeth-reveal-our-roots-180969495/
Lucy discussed, Tattersall quoted

Secrets of the Y Chomosome
The New York Times
06.11.2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/health/men-y-chromosome.html
Melissa Wilson Sayres quoted

Human ancestors were walking on two feet even more than 3.5 million years ago (study)
StatesChronicle.com
05.03.2018
https://stateschronicle.com/human-ancestors-walk-feet-million-years-study-20440.html
Johanson/Lucy cited

The field of science is obsessed with the Beatles
Diario Registrado (Argentina)
04.16.2018
https://www.diarioregistrado.com/ciencia-y-tec/el-campo-de-la-ciencia-esta--obsesionado--con-los-beatles_a5ad4db2b07163f45d16f8e2a

Advances in human behaviors came surprisingly early in Stone Age
Nature.com
03.15.2018
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03244-y
Marean quoted

Scientists find evidence of paint, complex tools and climate chaos at dawn of humanity
The Washington Post
03.15.2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/15/scientists-find-evidence-of-paint-complex-tools-and-climate-chaos-at-the-dawn-of-humanity/?utm_term=.f898762a3954
Marean quoted

Uncontacted tribes: What do we know about the world’s 100 hidden communities
Big Think.com
03.13.2018
http://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/there-are-more-than-100-uncontacted-tribes-in-the-world-who-are-they
Kim Hill quoted

Could these be the oldest Neandertal tools made with fire?
Science
02.05.2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/could-these-be-oldest-neandertal-tools-made-fire
Erich Fisher quoted

Multimedia

The bone wars
Science Friction (ABC: Australia)
08.26.2017
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sciencefriction/the-bone-wars/8834252
Kimbel interviewed along with Lee Berger, Elen Feuerriegel, and Darren Curnow

Big History Project
July Exchange with Donald Johanson, Paleoanthropologist
07.11–13.2017
https://www.yammer.com/bhpteachercommunity/#/Threads/show?threadId=920166740

Rise of the Warrior Apes
Animal Planet
07.11.2017
https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/rise-of-the-warrior-apes/full-episodes/rise-of-the-warrior-apes
Kevin Langergraber research

52246 Donaldjohanson asteroid
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52246_Donaldjohanson

Jake Harris in Ethnoarchaeology of Fire
YouTube.com
04.05.2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xJ2zBCPsD8&t=2s
(3:37)

Jake Harris in Ethnoarchaeology of Fire (ERC Paleoarch)
YouTube.com
03.30.2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3QHqXQ4wWc
(50:24)

ASU News

ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has banner year for philanthropy
09.13.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170914-asu-news-asus-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences-has-banner-year-philanthropy
IHO Executive Board Members Laura and Herb Roskind are featured

Asteroid Day: Rock on with your space self
06.29.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160629-discoveries-asteroid-day-asu-nasa-missions

ASU-led study shows how working together on patrols benefits chimps
06.27.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170627-discoveries-asu-researcher-chimpanzee-patrols-territory

ASU study finds ancient ancestor had a grassy beginning
05.15.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170515-discoveries-asu-study-finds-ancient-ancestors-had-grassy-beginning

Shaping her environment for excellence
04.29.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170427-shaping-her-environment-excellence

ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences acknowledges Dean’s Medalists
04.21.2017
https://shesc.asu.edu/content/asu-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences-acknowledges-spring-2017-deans-medalists

Reed named new director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change
01.10.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170110-asu-news-kaye-reed-new-director-school-human-evolution-social-change

Indiana Jones + Charles Darwin + Jane Goodall = ASU’s Anne Stone
02.15.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170215-discoveries-indiana-jones-charles-darwin-jane-goodall-asus-anne-stone?utm_campaign=SFMC_Now-021617_ASU%20Now&utm_medium=email

ASU honors newest Regents’ Professors
02.02.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170202-asu-news-asu-names-3-new-regents-professors?utm_campaign=SFMC_Insight+2-2-17_ASU%20Now&utm_medium=email

NASA approves mission that includes ASU-designed, -built thermal emission spectrometer
ASU News
01.04.2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170104-asu-instrument-fly-new-nasa-mission-distant-trojan-asteroids
“Lucy” mission announcement

External Media Coverage

Research evaluating early butchering practices could answer evolutionary questions
The Purdue Exponent
12.11.2017
https://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_55943447-2cf8-5dcc-98aa-11647db3b08c.html
Marean research

New approach measures early human butchering practices
Eurekalert
12.06.2017
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/pu-nam120517.php

Chimp females who leave home postpone parenthood
Duke Today
11.20.2017
https://today.duke.edu/2017/11/chimp-females-who-leave-home-postpone-parenthood
Gilby quoted

Grantee spotlight: Joel Bray
The Leakey Foundation
10.19.2017
https://leakeyfoundation.org/grantee-spotlight-joel-bray/

Learning from Arizona State University about interdisciplinarity: A conversation with Robert Boyd
The Evolution Institute
10.16.2017
https://evolution-institute.org/article/learning-from-arizona-state-university-about-inter-disciplinarity-a-conversation-with-robert-boyd/?source=tvol

Gary Koekemoer: All our family roots here
HeraldLive.co.za (South Africa)
10.10.2017
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/opinion/2017/10/10/gary-koekemoer-family-roots/
Marean research

Evolutionary foundations of human uniqueness: Recovering patterns of cognition, cumulative culture, and cooperation
John Templeton Foundation
08.2017
https://www.templeton.org/grant/evolutionary-foundations-of-human-uniqueness-recovering-patterns-of-cognition-cumulative-culture-and-cooperation

First humans in Australia arrived thousands of years earlier than we thought
Newsweek.com
07.19.2017
http://www.newsweek.com/humans-arrived-australia-thousands-years-thought-638914
covered Marean News & Views

In fathering, peace-loving bonobos don’t spread the love
ScienceDaily.com
07.10.2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170710122949.htm
Langergraber research

How working together on patrols benefits chimps
ScienceBlog.com
06.28.2017
https://scienceblog.com/494917/working-together-patrols-benefits-chimps/
Langergraber

The killer chimps who don’t need a wall to keep out intruders
DailyMail.co.uk
06.20.2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4622774/Warrior-chimps-use-death-patrols-rivals-out.html

Generous chimps prove that humans aren’t nature’s only altruists
Inverse.com
06.20.2017
https://www.inverse.com/article/33138-chimpanzees-reward-altruism-community

True altruism seen in chimpanzees, giving clues to evolution of human cooperation
ScienceMag.org
06.19.2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/true-altruism-seen-chimpanzees-giving-clues-evolution-human-cooperation

Looking for trouble: Territorial aggressions and trespasses pay off among primates
Phys.org
06.19.2017
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-territorial-aggressions-trespasses-primates.html

Inspiration links The Beatles, a fossil and NASA mission
NASA.gov
06.01.2017
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/inspiration-links-the-beatles-a-fossil-and-a-nasa-mission
"Lucy Mission" and Johanson asteroid

Human ancestors evolved as forests gave way to grasslands
IFLScience.com
05.18.2017
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/human-ancestors-evolved-as-forests-gave-way-to-grasslands/

Grassy beginning for earliest Homo
Science Daily
05.15.2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170515111616.htm
Also carried in
Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2017-05-grassy-earliest-homo.html
Laboratory Equipment http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/05/grassy-beginning-earliest-ancestors

New findings shift the start of human cognitive development
QSWOWNews.com (Singapore)
04.28.2017
http://www.qswownews.com/2017/04/28/new-findings-shift-start-human-cognitive-development/
Marean/Mossel Bay research

Scientists discover nine-million-year-old ape fossils in Himachal Pradesh hills
FirstPost (India)
04.27.2017
http://www.firstpost.com/living/scientists-discover-nine-million-year-old-ape-fossils-in-himachal-pradesh-hills-3408856.html

Casper College presents Dr. Donald Johanson tonight
Wyoming Business Report.com
04.20.2017
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/newsletter_pm/casper-college-presents-dr-donald-johanson-tonight/article_e8930816-25f2-11e7-86cb-834daf93a744.html

Final Tate Lecture Features Dr. Donald Johanson
Oil City Wyo.com
04.19.2017
https://oilcitywyo.com/events/2017/04/19/final-tate-lecture-features-dr-donald-johanson/

The paradox of human warfare explained (written by Sarah Mathew)
The Evolution Forum
04.14.2017
https://evolution-institute.org/blog/the-paradox-of-human-warfare-explained/

Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged explores the origins of our shared humanity
Science Life—University of Chicago Hospitals
04.07.2017
https://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2017/04/07/paleoanthropologist-zeray-alemseged-explores-the-origins-of-our-shared-humanity/

Nerdy Events
New Times
03.31.2017
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/nerdy-events-april-2017-phoenix-9168690/2

Yale-led study: Wild chimpanzees have surprisingly long life spans
Yale News
03.20.2017
http://news.yale.edu/2017/03/20/yale-led-study-wild-chimpanzees-have-surprisingly-long-life-spans

Researchers discover ancient primate species in India
IndiaNewEnglandNews.com
03.02.2017
http://indianewengland.com/2017/03/researchers-discover-ancient-primate-species-india/?utm_campaign=SFMC_Daily+Clips+2+MAR+17_ASU%20Now&utm_medium=email

These chimps in Uganda enjoy really long lives
Futurity.org
03.01.2017
http://www.futurity.org/ngogo-chimpanzees-life-expectancy-1383832-2

Newfound primate teeth take a bite out of the evolutionary tree of life
Science Daily.com
02.28.2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170228084256.htm?platform=hootsuite

Newfound primate teeth take a bite out of the evolutionary tree of life
Phys.org
02.27.2017
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-newfound-primate-teeth-big-evolutionary.html

Ground breaking discoveries about human origins showcased at NMMU
RNews.co.ZA
02.14.2017
http://www.rnews.co.za/article/13088/ground-breaking-discoveries-about-human-origins-showcased-at-nmmu

Giving is the best way of living: Harry and Rose Papp
FrontDoors.com
02.2017
http://magazine.frontdoorsmedia.com/February%202017/#14

6 million years ago, otters the size of wolves roamed China’s wetlands
The New York Times
01.25.2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/science/wolf-sized-otters-china.html

Remains of wolf-like ancient otter discovered in China
CNN.com
01.24.2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/asia/china-ancient-otter/index.html

Ancient otter of unusual size unearthed in China
ScienceNews.org
01.24.2017
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/ancient-otter-unusual-size-unearthed-china

Enormous otters once roamed southwestern China
ScienceMag.org
01.23.2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/enormous-otters-once-roamed-southwestern-china?utm_source=newsfromscience&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=whyiotter-10624

Africa’s mammals may not be able to keep up with the pace of climate change
TheConversation.com (author John Rowan)
01.18.2017
http://theconversation.com/africas-mammals-may-not-be-able-to-keep-up-with-the-pace-of-climate-change-70427

New species of primate is named after “Star Wars”
NationalGeographic.com
01.11.2017
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/star-wars-skywalker-hoolock-gibbons-primates

Noted + Quoted

New evidence of mysterious Homo Naledi raises questions about how humans evolved
Scientific American
05.10.2017
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-evidence-of-mysterious-homo-naledi-raises-questions-about-how-humans-evolved
Curtis Marean quoted

ASU Anthropology program ranking
CWUR
11.09.2017
http://cwur.org/2017/subjects.php#Anthropology
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the only global university rankings that measure the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions. Top 1000 universities in the world; ASU = 110 on world rankings, 56 U.S. rankings; ASU #1 in U.S. for Anthroplogy

What it Takes—Lee Berger
VOA—What it Takes
11.10.2017
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-it-takes-lee-berger/4082410.html
Johanson and Lucy noted

Crocs take a bite out of claims of ancient stone-tool use
Science News
11.06.2017
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/crocs-take-bite-out-claims-ancient-stone-tool-use
Marean quoted

Ancient animal and human bone cuts could be the work of crocodile teeth instead of early butchers
Science
11.06.2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/ancient-animal-and-human-bone-cuts-could-be-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers
Marean and Jacob Harris opinion in email to Science noted

Experts question hominoid origin of 9.7-million-year-oild teeth from Germany
Research Gate
11.06.2017
https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/experts-question-hominoid-origin-of-9-7-million-year-old-teeth-from-germany
Jay Kelley quoted

Humans today have even more Neanderthal DNA than we realized
Gizmodo.com
10.05.2017
https://gizmodo.com/humans-have-even-more-neanderthal-dna-than-we-realized-1819182225
Anne Stone quoted

Ancient humans avoided inbreeding by networking
Science News
10.05.2017
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-humans-avoided-inbreeding-networking
Kim Hill quoted

Paleoanthropologist presents discoveries
The Crimson White
10.25.2017
http://www.cw.ua.edu/article/2017/10/paleoanthropologist-presents-discoveries
Lee Berger credits Johanson and Lucy with inspiration

Exquisite skeleton of Neanderthal kid offers clues to human evolution
Gizmodo
09.21.2017
https://gizmodo.com/exquisite-skeleton-of-a-neanderthal-kid-offers-clues-to-1818623952
Gary Schwartz quoted

Neandertals and early modern humans probably didn’t meet at rumored rendezvous site
ScienceMag.org
09.04.2017
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/neandertals-and-early-modern-humans-probably-didn-t-meet-rumored-rendezvous-site
IHO Research Council member Geoff Clark quoted

Aborigines came here 20,000 years before megafauna vanished
The Weekend Australian
07.20.2017
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/aborigines-came-here-20000-years-before-megafauna-vanished/news-story/80ede41895cdebc007a93a3e89e8a73f

Australia was colonized by humans 20,000 years before we first arrived in Europe, says new study
Independent.co.uk
07.19.2017
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/australia-human-colonisation-20000-years-before-europe-first-people-study-madjedbebe-mirarr-a7849421.html
Marean quoted

Change: Is it good?
The News-Gazette
06.12.2017
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-06-12/change-it-good.html
Johnson opinion in "Changes at University of Illinois"

Earliest fossil evidence of Homo sapiens found in Morocco, rewriting the story of our species
Los Angeles Times
06.07.2017
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-homo-sapiens-morocco-20170607-htmlstory.html
Curtis Marean quoted

Earliest fossil evidence of Homo sapiens found in Morocco
The Gazette
06.06.2017
http://gazette.com/earliest-fossil-evidence-of-homo-sapiens-found-in-morocco/article/feed/467239
Curtis Marean quoted

Incredible discovery pushes back origin of Homo sapiens by 100,000 years
Gizmodo.com
06.06.2017
http://gizmodo.com/incredible-discovery-pushes-back-origin-of-homo-sapiens-1795885082
Curtis Marean quoted

What vampire bats can teach us about cooperation
The Christian Science Monitor
05.25.2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0525/What-vampire-bats-can-teach-us-about-cooperation
Joan Silk quoted

Ape that lived in Europe 7 million years ago could be human ancestor, controversial study suggests
The Washington Post
05.22.2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/22/ape-that-lived-in-europe-7-million-years-ago-could-be-human-ancestor-controversial-study-suggests/?utm_term=.d520909fd58f
Jay Kelley quoted
Also in
Controversial study claims apes and human ancestors split in Southern Europe
SmithsonianMag.com
05.22.2017
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/controversial-study-claims-apes-and-human-ancestors-split-southern-europe-180963426/
Also in
A controversial study suggests new origin for humanity
TechTimes.com
05.23.2017
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/207998/20170523/a-controversial-study-suggests-new-origin-for-humanity.htm
Also in
7.2-million-year-old ape in Europe could be human ancestor
TechTimes.com
05.24.2017
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/208140/20170524/7-2-million-year-old-ape-in-europe-could-be-human-ancestor.htm

New evidence of mysterious Homo naledi raises questions about how humans evolved
Scientific American 
05.10.2017
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-evidence-of-mysterious-homo-naledi-raises-questions-about-how-humans-evolved/
Curtis Marean quoted

Homo naledi may have lived at around same time as humans
ScienceNews.org
05.09.2017
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-naledi-may-have-lived-around-same-time-early-humans
Johanson quoted

Earliest dental fillings discovered in 13,000-year-old skeleton
FoxNews.com
04.25.2017
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/04/25/earliest-dental-fillings-discovered-in-13000-year-old-skeleton.html
Alejandra Ortiz quoted

Open sourcing Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil
Arts Technica
01.02.2017
http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/open-sourcing-lucy-the-worlds-most-famous-fossil/

Neanderthals were people, too
The New York Times Magazine
01.11.2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/magazine/neanderthals-were-people-too.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&src=me&WT.nav=MostEmailed

Multimedia

Bill Kimbel
Prezi.com
10.28.2016
https://prezi.com/tcjbvs_o31_y/bill-kimbel/

Inconvenient Truths: From Love to Extinctions
ASU Origins Project video (Marean panel member)
10.19.2016
https://origins.asu.edu/events/conversation-inconvenient-truths-love-extinctions

Great Human Odyssey (rebroadcast)
NOVA-PBS.org
10.05.2016
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/great-human-odyssey.html

The Waterside Ape
BBC Radio 4
09.14–15.2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v2ysg#play
Curtis Marean interview

ASU News

ASU archaeologist goes ‘Jeep’ into Mongolia
12.13.2016
https://iho.asu.edu/news/asu-archaeologist-goes-jeep-mongolia

ASU professor named AAAS Fellow
11.21.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20161121-asu-professor-named-aaas-fellow
(Gary Schwartz)

Extinctions past and present fate of humanity discussed at ASU Origins forum
10.26.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20161027-extinctions-past-and-present-fate-humanity-discussed-asu-origins-forum
(Marean noted)

Extinction and other inconvenient truths
10.14.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20161014-discoveries-origins-dialogue-elizabeth-kolbert-sixth-extinction
(Marean as part of Origins’ Great Debate panel)

ASU researchers: Past climate key to mammal communities today
10.05.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20161005-asu-researchers-past-climate-key-mammal-communities-today

ASU experts dispute study that says Lucy fell from tree
08.29.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160829-discoveries-asu-experts-dispute-study-says-lucy-fell-tree
 

A diversity of passions
ASU Foundation Impact Magazine
Spring-Summer 2016
http://www.asufoundation.org/IMPACT-Magazine/ID/1210/A-Diversity-of-Passions
(featuring Halszka Glowacka)

ASU researchers find that innovations are less complex when people have access to more information
03.02.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160302-discoveries-pitfalls-knowing-more

Less connectivity improves innovation
03.02.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160301-less-connectivity-improves-innovation
ASU Now 03.04.2016 https://asunow.asu.edu/20160302-discoveries-pitfalls-knowing-more

One rule to grow them all: Using ‘baby’ teeth to predict hominin tooth size
02.24.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160224-one-rule-grow-them-all-using-baby-teeth-predict-hominin-tooth-size
02.26.2016 ASU Insight 

The wild chimps of Kibale
02.10.2016
https://asunow.asu.edu/20160210-discoveries-asu-professor-langergraber-wild-chimps-kibale

External Media

Chimpanzee males court friends in high places
Knowridge.com
11.09.2016
https://knowridge.com/2016/11/chimpanzee-males-court-friends-in-high-places/

Past climate linked to mammal communities in Africa today
Phys.org
10.05.2016
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-climate-linked-mammal-africa-today.html

Donald Johanson on human evolution in Tbilisi and his discoveries
Georgia Today
09.23.2016
http://georgiatoday.ge/news/4717/Donald-Johanson-on-Human-Evolution-in-Tbilisi-&-his-Discoveries

World leading scientists explore human evolution at Georgia’s National Museum
Agenda.GE (Tbilisi, Georgia)
09.21.2016
http://agenda.ge/news/65778/eng

Discovering our ingenious early human ancestors
Popular Archaeology
06.15.2016
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/discovering-our-ingenious-early-human-ancestors

Mass. Gov gives graduates a lesson in history (Kimbel honorary degree)
Union College
06.12.2016
https://www.union.edu/news/stories/2016/06/mass.-gov.-gives-graduates-a-lesson-in-history.php

Totsiens South Africa! Goodbye!
Global Archaeology: A year of digs (Blog)
06.07.2016
http://globalarchaeology.ca/2016/06/totsiens-south-africa-goodbye/

High tech digging in South Africa—Pinnacle Point
Global Archaeology: A year of digs (Blog)
05.30.2016
http://globalarchaeology.ca/2016/05/high-tech-digging-in-south-africa-pinnacle-point/

Study: Climate change helped kill Neanderthals
Reporting Climate Science
05.23.2016
http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/2016/05/11/neanderthals/

National Academy of Sciences members and foreign associates elected
National Academy of Sciences
05.03.2016
http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/may-3-2016-NAS-Election.html?referrer=http://nationalacademies.org/newsroom/
Anne Stone elected to NAS 

Is there a downside to human connection?
Pacific Standard Magazine
03.04.2016
http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/is-there-a-downside-to-human-connection 

Groupthink: Too much connectivity may stifle innovation
ABC News Australia
02.29.2016
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-01/too-much-connectivity-in-groups-may-reduce-innovation/7208600

By land or by sea: How did early humans access key brain-building nutrients
Scientific American
03.01.2016
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/by-land-or-by-sea-how-did-early-humans-access-key-brain-building-nutrients/

Top 100 stories of 2015: 28 The first of our kind (Homo jaw)
Discover Magazine
January/February 2016
http://discovermagazine.com/2016/janfeb/28-the-first-of-our-kind 

Game of bones (ASU professor Kaye Reed)
Phoenix Magazine
January 2016
http://www.phoenixmag.com/people/game-of-bones.html

Noted + Quoted

Fossil footprints tell story of human origins
BBC online
12.14.2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38289960
Fossil Lucy/Australopithecus comparison

Virus found in child mummy suggests recent rise of deadly smallpox
Science magazine (online) 
12.08.2016
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/virus-found-child-mummy-suggests-recent-rise-deadly-smallpox
Anne Stone quoted

Buff upper arms let Lucy climb in trees
Science News
11.30.2016
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/buff-upper-arms-let-lucy-climb-trees

Study suggests 3.2 million-year-old Lucy spent a lot of time in trees
New York Times
11.30.2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/science/lucy-bones-trees.html
Johanson quoted

Meet the frail, small-brained people who first trekked out of Africa
Science
11.22.2016
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/meet-frail-small-brained-people-who-first-trekked-out-africa
Johanson quoted 

Trevor Hancock: Humans are the most invasive species of all
Times Colonist
11.09.2016
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-humans-are-the-most-invasive-species-of-all-1.2557311
Marean research noted and quoted

Genome sequencing reveals ancient interbreeding between chimpanzees and bonobox
Science Daily
10.27.2016
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161027142434.htm
Langergraber noted as one of 37 coauthors on this research

Dental detectives: What fossil teeth reveal about ancestral human diets
NPR.og
10.25.2016
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/25/497094756/dental-detectives-what-fossil-teeth-reveal-about-ancestral-human-diets
(Link to IHO-Lucy page from main text)

Teeth suggest humans killed hobbits
Seeker.com
09.22.2016
http://www.seeker.com/teeth-suggest-humans-killed-hobbits-2012898924.html
Johanson quoted

In the bonobo world, female camaraderie prevails
The New York Times
09.10.2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/science/bonobos-apes-matriarchy.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Silk quoted

Why certain skeletons become celebrities
The Wall Street Journal
09.09.2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-certain-skeletons-become-celebrities-1473451932

Where hominins became human
Popular Archaeology
09.06.2016
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/where-hominins-became-human
Pinnacle Point research

Print your own 3D Lucy to work out how the famous hominin died
Nature
08.29.2016
http://www.nature.com/news/print-your-own-3d-lucy-to-work-out-how-the-famous-hominin-died-1.20500

Fossil autopsy claims Lucy fell from tree
Science News
08.29.2016
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-autopsy-claims-lucy-fell-tree?utm_source=Society+for+Science+Newsletters

Archaeologists are fuming over a new study that claims the iconic early human ancestor Lucy died of fall from a tree
Business Insider
08.29.2016
http://www.businessinsider.com/lucy-human-ancestor-died-from-tree-fall-controversy-2016-8

Lucy’s fossilized skeleton suggests our early ancestor suffered a fatal fall
Mashable.com
08.292016
http://mashable.com/2016/08/29/lucy-skeleton-fatal-fall-death/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri#sdCTEhJ_USqW
Kimbel quoted

Did famed human ancestor ‘Lucy’ fall to her death?
Science
08.29.2016
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/did-famed-human-ancestor-lucy-fall-her-death
Kimbel, Johanson quoted

A 3.2 million-year-old mystery: Did Lucy fall from a tree?
The New York Times 
08.29.2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/science/lucy-hominid-fossils-fall.html?_r=0
Johanson quoted

Lucy, our hominid cousin, may have died in a tragic fall from a tree
The Washington Post
08.29.2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/29/lucy-our-hominid-cousin-may-have-died-in-a-tragic-fall-from-a-tree/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_sos-lucy-1110am:homepage/story
Kimbel, Johanson quoted

Did fall from tree kill famous human ancestor Lucy?
US News & World Report
08.29.2016
http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-08-29/did-fall-from-tree-kill-famous-human-ancestor-lucy
Johanson quoted

Family tree fall: Human ancestor Lucy died in arboreal accident, say scientists
The Guardian
08.29.2016
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/29/family-tree-fall-human-ancestor-lucy-died-in-arboreal-accident-say-scientists

Curious case of the mystery bones
Times Live (South Africa)
08.08.2016
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/08/08/Curious-case-of-the-mystery-bones
Curtis Marean noted

Digging for Glory (profile of Lee Berger)
The New Yorker
06.27.2016
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/lee-berger-digs-for-bones-and-glory
Kimbel and Johanson quoted

Lucy had neighbors: A review of African fossils
Popular Archaeology
06.07.2016
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/lucy-had-neighbors-a-review-of-african-fossils
Johanson noted

Amazon groups fight call for forced contact with remote tribes
Telesur
06.02.2016
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Amazon-Groups-Fight-Call-for-Forced-Contact-with-Remote-Tribes-20160602-0004.html
Kim Hill noted

‘It would be another genocide’: Amazon tribes warn against forced contact proposed by anthropologists
National Post
06.01.2016
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/it-would-be-another-genocide-amazon-tribes-warn-against-forced-contact-proposed-by-anthropologists
Kim Hill noted

Mortar is messy: Online tech fills in the higher ed brick walls
Huffington Post
05.24.2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-schmitt/mortar-is-messy-online-te_b_10114794.html
Johanson edX course noted.

Climate change may have contributed to extinction of Neanderthals
Science Daily
05.11.2016
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160511133201.htm
Jamie Hodgkins quoted; Marean author on paper 

For baboons, a tough childhood can lead to a short life
Smithsonian.com
04.19.2016
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/baboons-tough-childhood-can-lead-short-life-180958801/?no-ist
Joan Silk quoted 

Templeton remains the oddest—or most interesting—big foundation around
Inside Philanthropy
04.05.2016
http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/4/5/templeton-remains-the-oddestor-most-interestingbig-foundatio.html

Did modern humans wipe out the ‘Hobbits’?
NationalGeographic.com
03.30.2016
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160330-hobbits-humans-flores-cave-older-species
Ian Tattersall quoted 

Mystery human: Controversy and excitement swirl around new human species
Scientific American
03.01.2016
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/controversy-and-excitement-swirl-around-new-human-species/ (Reed quoted) 

The evolution of shaming
The Atlantic
02.24.2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-evolution-of-shaming/470544/
Sarah Mathew quoted 

What actual ‘caveman’ DNA says about Paleo movement
Washington Post
02.17.2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/17/what-actual-caveman-dna-says-about-the-paleo-movement/
Anne Stone quoted 

The birth of the Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation
01.25.2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8pY6jgPtc
Johanson speaking 

Skeletons from a 10,000-year-old massacre have archaeologists in a fight of their own
The Verge
01.20.2016
http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/20/10798042/ancient-violence-warfare-nature-study-kenya-nataruk
Curtis Marean quoted 

Rise of human civilization tied to belief in punitive gods
Science News
01.10.2016
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rise-human-civilization-tied-belief-punitive-gods
Kim Hill quoted

Grisly massacre site in Africa reveals one of the earliest wars
New Scientist
01.20.2016
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2074066-grisly-massacre-site-in-africa-reveals-one-of-the-earliest-wars/ Marean quoted

Grisly find suggests humans inhabited Arctic 45,000 years ago
Science
01.14.2016
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/grisly-find-suggests-humans-inhabited-arctic-45000-years-ago
Marean quoted

Discovery of jaw by IHO team sheds light on early Homo

A fossil lower jaw found in the Ledi-Geraru research area, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia, pushes back evidence for the human genus—Homo—to 2.8 million years ago, according to a pair of reports published March 4 in the online version of the journal Science. The jaw predates the previously known fossils of the Homo lineage by approximately 400,000 years. It was discovered in 2013 by an international team led by Arizona State University scientists Kaye E. Reed, Christopher J. Campisano, and J Ramón Arrowsmith, and Brian A. Villmoare of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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2015 Media Coverage

Interactive Media (top)

A team of anthropologists is probing the early life of the Pondoland people
SABC Digital News (via YouTube)
11.02.2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b4I5Btz5DY 

Pondoland Research-Erich Fisher Oct 2015
10.19.2015
https://vimeo.com/142407612 (password ASUIHO2015) 

Tweets from ASU IHO Human Uniqueness Workshop (10/02/2015)
10.02.2015
https://storify.com/mitoPR/iho-human-uniqueness 

Human Origins: ASU edX Course by Dr. Donald Johanson
09.2015
https://www.edx.org/course/human-origins-asux-asm246-credit-eligible 

How humans took over the world
KERA Dallas Public Radio
08.06.2015
http://www.kera.org/2015/08/06/how-humans-took-over-the-world/ 

Curtis Marean—Heritage Mossel Bay June 2015
YouTube
06.30.2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FYK61gDHHA&feature=youtu.be 

Discovery of jaw sheds light on early human ancestor
Science 360
04.03.2015
http://news.science360.gov/archives/20150403 

Michael Feldman’s Whad ‘Ya Know?
02.13.2015
http://www.notmuch.com/wyk/february-13-2015-chandler-center-arts-chandler-az
(Johanson interview; Krauss interview)

Paleoanthropologist Remembers “Lucy,” His Famous Fossil Discovery
KJZZ The Show
02.12.2015
http://theshow.kjzz.org/content/101486/paleoanthropologist-don-johanson-remembers-lucy-his-famous-fossil-discovery 

Looking back at Lucy: Ancient bones still carry powerful message
Voice of America
02.10.2015
http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2636038.html

Talk Nerdy to Me
Podcast with Cara Santa Maria 
02.01.2015
http://carasantamaria.com/podcast/donald-johanson

ASU News (top)

Itching to know the number of cells in your body? Ask a Biologist
11.17.2015
https://asunow.asu.edu/20151117-creativity-itching-know-number-cells-your-body-ask-biologist

Chaos or collaboration?
10.28.2015
https://asunow.asu.edu/20151028-chaos-or-collaboration 

Being human: ASU study looks at how we began to make it
09.24.2015
https://asunow.asu.edu/content/being-human-asu-study-looks-how-we-began-make-it

Chimp field research unglamorous but worth it for grad student
09.08.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150908-chimpanzee-field-research-bray

President Obama meets “Lucy”
07.28.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150728-Obama-meets-Lucy 

How we were raised, not physical environment, explains human behavior
06.16.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150616-cultural-history-human-behavior

Controlled contact key to protecting isolated tribes
06.10.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150610-isolated-tribes-science-magazine

Study of primate social behavior brings ASU anthropologist major honor
04.24.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150424-joan-silk-aaas

ASU anthropologist explores warfare as a form of cooperation
04.22.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150422-sarah-mathew-carnegie-fellow

Anthropologist to visit Tempe Center for the Arts to discuss discovery of first human, Lucy
02.11.2015
http://www.statepress.com/2015/02/11/anthropologist-to-visit-tempe-center-for-the-arts-to-discuss-discovery-of-first-human-lucy/

Discoverer of “Lucy” to speak in Tempe to mark 40th anniversary
01.16.2015
https://asunews.asu.edu/20150116-johanson-lecture

External Media (top) 

California Academy of Sciences welcomes new Fellows, bestows annual awards
California Academy of Sciences
10.07.2015
http://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/california-academy-of-sciences-welcomes-new-fellows-bestows-annual-awards-0

Experiment shows role cumulative culture played in human evolution
Laboratory Equipment.com
09.25.2015
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2015/09/experiment-shows-role-cumulative-culture-played-human-evolution

Humans aren’t so special after all: The fuzzy evolutionary boundaries ofHomo sapiens
Ars Technica UK
09.08.2015
http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/09/humans-arent-so-special-after-all-the-fuzzy-evolutionary-boundaries-of-homo-sapiens/

XSEDE resources fuel investigation of model human origins
HPCWire.com
08.20.2015
http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/08/20/xsede-resources-fuel-investigation-of-model-human-origins/

How Homo sapiens became the ultimate invasive species
Scientific American
08.2015
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-homo-sapiens-became-the-ultimate-invasive-species/ 

Grantee Spotlight: Halszka Glowacka
The Leakey Foundation
07.02.2015
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/blog/2015grantee-spotlight-halszka-glowacka

Lucy: A marvelous specimen
Scitable: Nature Education Knowledge Project
07.2015
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/lucy-a-marvelous-specimen-135716086

Grantee Spotlight: Thierra Nalley
The Leakey Foundation
06.26.2015
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/blog/2015grantee-spotlight-thierra-nalley

We need to make contact with isolated Amazon tribes, say academics
The Independent
06.23.2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/we-need-to-make-contact-with-isolated-amazon-tribes-say-academics-10334163.html

Launch of NMMU’s Centre for African Palaeoscience
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
06.22.2015
http://news.nmmu.ac.za/News/Launch-of-NMMU%E2%80%99s-Centre-for-African-Palaeoscience

NMMU to get new palaeoscience centre
The Herald Report (via Pressreader)
06.23.2015
http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-herald-south-africa/20150623/281702613356363/TextView

Two scientists say we should contact “untouched” tribes of the Amazon, instead of banishing them
News Everyday
06.22.2015
http://www.newseveryday.com/articles/19908/20150622/two-scientists-contact-untouched-tribes-amazon-instead-banishing.htm

World's oldest stone tools discovered in Kenya
Science
04.14.2015
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/world-s-oldest-stone-tools-discovered-kenya
 

The Brine Revolution: Did lowly shellfish change the world? 
Hakai Magazine (online)
04.22.2015
http://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-long/brine-revolution

NBC 15 talks with man behind historic find (article and video)
NBC15.com-Madison, WI
03.03.2015
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/NBC-15-talks-with-man-behind-historic-find-294944841.html

Noted + Quoted (top)

Indigenous organizations reject calls to forcibly contact uncontacted tribes
Survival International.org
09.21.2015
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/10909
(Kim Hill noted) 

Lessons from a ‘new American university’
The Guardian.com
http://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2015/oct/21/lessons-from-a-new-american-university
(SHESC and President Crow book discussed) 

Scientists discover possible new species in South Africa
KTAR (Phoenix)
09.11.2015
http://ktar.com/story/624016/asu-professor-scientists-discover-possible-new-human-species-in-south-africa/
(Kaye Reed interview) 

New human species discovered
Science magazine
09.10.2015
http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/09/new-human-species-discovered
(Marean quoted) 

This face changes the human story. But how?
National Geographic
09.10.2015
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150910-human-evolution-change/
(Kimbel and LD-350 jaw noted) 

Leventhal remembered for generosity
Daily Trojan
08.25.2015
http://dailytrojan.com/2015/08/25/leventhal-remembered-for-generosity/
(Elaine Leventhal memoriam) 

UA, ASU ranked among world’s top research universities
Arizona Republic
08.15.2014
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2015/08/15/ua-asu-ranked-among-worlds-top-research-universities/31768707/
(jawbone discovery mentioned) 

Wet hot African summer
The Daily Show
07.28.2015
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/auc99x/wet-hot-african-summer 

Obama meets Lucy, an ancient ‘ancestor,’ attends Ethiopia state dinner (video)
Mashable (better video coverage)
07.27.2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tQRfTWbF4
Reuters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNhWMZSZfc4 

Obama meets Lucy, the ‘grandmother of humanity,’ during Ethiopia visit
The Guardian
07.27.2015
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/27/obama-ethiopia-lucy-fossil

With Lucy, Obama sees new meaning in family visit to Africa
Bloomberg News
07.27.2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-27/with-lucy-obama-sees-new-meaning-in-family-visit-to-africa 

Obama visits ancient, 3.2-million-year-old skeleton Lucy during trip to Ethiopia
New York Daily News
07.27.2015
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-visits-ancient-skeleton-lucy-trip-ethiopia-article-1.2305913 

Obama visits historic ‘Lucy’ in Ethiopia
The Hill
07.27.2015
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/249304-obama-visits-historic-lucy-in-ethiopia 

Obama meets ‘Lucy,’ mankind’s fossilized ancestor
Washington Times
07.27.2015
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/27/obama-meets-lucy-mankinds-fossilized-ancestor/

White House Notebook: Barack, meet Lucy. Lucy, meet Barack
US News & World Report
07.27.2015
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/07/27/white-house-notebook-lions-on-the-white-house-lawn-or-not 

In Ethiopia, both Obama and ancient fossils get a motorcade
The Washington Post
07.27.2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/27/in-ethiopia-both-obama-and-ancient-fossils-get-a-motorcade/

Anthropologists to visit remote Amazon tribe
The Boston Globe
07.24.2015
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/07/23/anthropologists-will-make-contact-with-remote-tribe-amazon/JrTWlDX500c8lGnWaFMgjN/story.html 

Scientists unearth new species of human ancestor in Ethiopia (Kimbel quoted)
The Independent (UK)
05.28.2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/scientists-unearth-new-species-of-human-ancestor-in-ethiopia-10280495.html 

New human ancestor was Lucy’s cousin and neighbor (Kimbel quoted)
Science magazine
05.27.2015
http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2015/05/new-human-ancestor-was-lucy-s-cousin-and-neighbor?rss=1 

Stone tools dating back more than three million years old discovered in Kenya (Johanson quoted)
Catholic Online
05.21.2015
http://www.catholic.org/news/international/africa/story.php?id=60647 

Oldest stone tools go back 3.3 million years, predating our species (Johanson quoted)
NBC News
05.20.2105
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-say-oldest-stone-tools-go-back-3-3-million-n362036 

Scientists unearth earliest-known stone tools, 3.3 million years old (Kimbel quoted)
Los Angeles Times
05.20.2015
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-earliest-stone-tools-20150520-story.html

Stone tools found in Kenya are the oldest ever discovered (Kimbel quoted)
The Verge
05.20.2015
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/20/8628487/oldest-stone-tools-predate-homo-genus  

Wrong turn leads to discovery of oldest stone tools (Marean quoted)
National Geographic
05.20.2015
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150520-oldest-stone-tools-discovery-harmand-archaeology/ 

What made us stronger? (Marean research)
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center—The Blog
05.2015
http://www.psc.edu/index.php/news-and-media/blog/111-quick-science/1954-what-made-us-stronger 

Did sexual equality fuel the evolution of human cooperation? (Hill quoted)
Science Magazine
05.14.2015
http://news.sciencemag.org/evolution/2015/05/did-sexual-equality-fuel-evolution-human-cooperation

2014 Featured Science

Evolutionary Foundations of Human Uniqueness

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A $4.9 million, three-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation to IHO will allow IHO scientists to undertake a multifaceted, transdisciplinary collaborative research project seeking to increase our understanding of the process of "how we became human."

Read more at ASU News>>>

Go to IHO-Templeton Research Projects page>>>

Drilling project secures top NSF funding for Earth sciences

A 2013 National Science Foundation Frontiers in Earth Systems Dynamics (NSF-FESD) grant program has provided funding for The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) led by the University of Arizona, with lead IHO researchers Chris Campisano, scientific project manager for the HSPDP, and Kaye Reed. The research looks at the geology of paleolakes in eastern Africa to study ancient climate change and ultimately what that might tell us about how climate affected the development of human ancestors. HSPDP received nearly $5 million from the NSF-FESD program with $1.2 million coming to ASU. Read more at ASU News

ASU News (top)

Aggression in male chimpanzees leads to mating success
11.13.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20141113-chimpanzee-aggression
ASU News Now Daily and Weekly Update
CLAS News—December 2014

ASU anthropologists take cooperative approach to discovering human origins
10.20.2014
http://www.statepress.com/2014/10/02/asu-anthropologist-takes-cooperative-approach-to-discovering-human-origins/

Study finds lethal aggression is natural in chimpanzees
09.18.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140918-chimpanzee-lethal-aggression

ASU institute receives single-largest investment in human origins research
09.16.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140916-human-origins-templeton-grant

Stone-tipped spears may indicate early human cognitive, social skills
08.26.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140827-stone-tipped-spears
ASU News Now Daily and Weekly update

ASU anthropologist argues for better process when dealing with uncontacted tribes
08.25.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140825-Kim-Hill-uncontacted-tribes

Opportunity, risk await newly contacted tribe says ASU anthropologist
07.11.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140711-hill-amazon-tribe

Kenney appointed ASU vice provost, dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
07.01.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140701-kenney-appointment

Institute of Human Origins–affiliated students recognized for excellence
05.16.2014
https://iho.asu.edu/news-events/student-stories-2014

President’s Professors advance anthropology, indigenous research and education
04.15.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140415-presidents-professors

New PBS series features scientists from ASU’s Institute of Human Origins
04.09.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140409-iho-your-inner-fish

Teotihuacan: Major ancient city still holds firm to its mysteries
02.26.2014
State Press
http://www.statepress.com/2014/02/26/teotihuacan-major-ancient-city-still-holds-firm-to-its-mysteries/

Ancient cities series to launch with look at Teotihuacan
01.17.2014
https://asunews.asu.edu/20140117-teotihuacan-cowgill

Teotihuacan: Lecture by George Cowgill
Researching Ancient City Life in Central Mexico
https://asuevents.asu.edu/teotihuacan-lecture-george-cowgill

‘Ardi’ skull reveals links to human lineage
01.06.2014
https://asunow.asu.edu/content/ardi-skull-reveals-links-human-lineage
 

External Media (top)

Tribal violence comes naturally to chimpanzees
Mongabay.com
12.08.2014
http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1208-weiler-ucsc-chimps.html#sthash.pP3WHH5e.dpbs

Lucy’s 40th ‘birthday’: Looking back on the impact of the Australopithecus
Newsweek
11.30.2014
http://www.newsweek.com/lucys-40th-birthday-looking-back-impact-australopithecus-288047

Lucy, 3.2 million years of which 40 celebrity (translated from French)
ICI Radio-Canada
11.28.2014
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/science/2014/11/28/002-lucy-40ans-yanick-villedieu.shtml

The “Lucy” fossil rewrote the story of humanity
BBC.com
11.27.2014
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141127-lucy-fossil-revealed-our-origins
Full audio interview (Lucy—starting at 19:50): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pvdhm

Decouverte de Lucy, notre grand-tante
Herodote.net
11.26.2014
http://www.herodote.net/30_novembre_1974-evenment-19741130.php

40 years later, Lucy discoverer Donald Johanson adds to human origin story
NBC News
11.24.2014
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/40-years-later-lucy-discoverer-johanson-adds-human-origin-story-n253991  

The fossil that revolutionized the search for human origins: A Q&A with Lucy discoverer Donald Johanson
Scientific American (online)
11.24.2014
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/11/24/the-fossil-that-revolutionized-the-search-for-human-origins-qa-with-lucy-discoverer-don-johanson/   (Kate Wong article) 

Forty years after Lucy’s Ethiopia discovery: A conversation with Donald Johanson
Tadias (Ethiopia news)
11.24.2014
http://www.tadias.com/11/24/2014/forty-years-after-lucys-ethiopia-discovery-a-conversation-with-donald-johanson/

Lucy’s Father
Tages Anzeiger (Swiss news)
11.24.2014
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wissen/geschichte/Lucys-Vater/story/22605777

The superstar Lucy fills 3.2 million years
Videnskab (Danish)
11.24.2014
http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/superstjernen-lucy-fylder-32-millioner-ar

Ape who stood up
Viten (Frontpage news in Norway)
11.24.2014
http://www.nrk.no/viten/apa-som-reiste-seg-opp-_-40-ar-siden-lucy-funn-1.12052014  

A 40 anos del descubrimiento de Lucy
Sociedad (print version)
11.23.2014

Paleoscience professor for Bay varsity
Herald Live (South Africa)
11.21.2014
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/paleoscience-professor-bay-varsity/

Lucy discoverer on the ancestor people relate to
Nature.com
11.21.2014
http://www.nature.com/news/lucy-discoverer-on-the-ancestor-people-relate-to-1.16379

Male aggression in chimpanzees leads to more mating success
National Monitor
11.17.2014
http://natmonitor.com/2014/11/17/male-aggression-in-chimpanzees-leads-to-more-mating-success/

For female chimpanzees, no consent agreement
Eurkalert
11.13.2014
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/asu-ffc111214.php

How Lucy changed science
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
11.06.2014
http://www.startribune.com/science/281852011.html

Discoverer of Lucy skeleton talks impact, future
Sci-Tech Today
11.05.2014
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Lucy-Discoverer-Talks-Science-Impact/story.xhtml?story_id=10100A0YDTJ3# 

Scientist who discovered ‘Lucy’ 40 years ago: Turning point in our ‘common origin’ (Radio interview)
KPCC 89.3/Southern California Public Radio
11.03.2014
http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/11/03/40130/scientist-who-discovered-lucy-40-years-ago-turning/

Q&A Discoverer of Lucy skeleton hopes to find what made us human
Los Angeles Times
11.01.2014
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-lucy-qa-20141101-story.html

Lucy, une icône toujours secrète/Lucy: Inclassable ancêtre/Lucy: Unclassifiable ancestor
Le Monde (print version, no. 21698 10.22.2014)
online 10.21.2014: http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2014/10/20/lucy-inclassable-ancetre_4509226_1650684.html

Is war innate or a modern human invention?
Boston Globe
09.17.2014
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2014/09/17/war-innate-chimpanzees-lethal-attacks-may-provide-advantage-eliminating-rivals/V3lwx38s1RId3ZACQmnuiJ/story.html

Archaeologists assess killing power of stone-aged weapons
Scientific American (Kate Wong)
08.27.2014
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/08/27/archaeologists-assess-killing-power-of-stone-age-weapons/

Study shows advantage of stone-tipped spears for prehistoric humans
Popular Archaeology
08.27.2014
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/study-shows-advantage-of-stone-tipped-spears-for-prehistoric-humans

Stone age spears were as lethal as bullets: Stone-tipped weapons made large wounds to bring down big game
Daily Mail
08.27.2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2735926/Stone-Age-spears-lethal-BULLETS.html 

Archaeological treasure chest
Sunday Argus (print version)
07.20.2014
(online) http://www.humanorigin.co.za/blog/post/archaeological-treasure-chest/

The Big Question: Which animal has most changed the course of history?
The Atlantic
06.24.2014
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/07/which-animal-has-most-changed-the-course-of-history/372304/
(Johanson and Lucy cited)

Science magazine publishes study on new fossil human skulls from Spanish site
Eurekalert
06.19.2014
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/cmud-smp061314.php
(J. L. Arsuaga research)

2014 digging season: Mossel Bay welcomes archaeologists
Visit Mossel Bay
06.18.2014
http://www.visitmosselbay.co.za/archaeology/mossel-bay-welcomes-archaeologists-for-2014-digging-season

Science spurs tourism to Mossel Bay
Visit Mossel Bay
06.18.2014
http://www.visitmosselbay.co.za/media-releases/science-spurs-tourism-to-mossel-bay

Skulls with mix of Neandertal and primitive traits illuminate human evolution
Eurekalert
06.09.2014
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/aaft-swm061314.php
(J. L. Arsuaga research)

Ardi has some human-like skull traits, say researchers
Popular Archaeology
01.06.2014
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2013/article/ardi-has-human-like-skull-traits-say-researchers

‘Ardi’ skull reveals links to human lineage
Science Daily
01.06.2014
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140106160041.htm

‘Ardi’ skull reveals links to human lineage
Phys.org
01.06.2014
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-ardi-skull-reveals-links-human.html

Noted + Quoted (top)

Etchings on a 500,000-year-old shell appear to have been made by human ancestor
Sciencemag.org
12.03.2014
http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2014/12/etchings-500000-year-old-shell-appear-have-been-made-human-ancestor

Anthropology: The sad truth about uncontacted tribes
BBC.com
08.04.2014
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140804-sad-truth-of-uncontacted-tribes
Kim Hill quoted

Did Brazil’s uncontacted tribe receive proper medical care?
Science
07.25.2014
http://news.sciencemag.org/health/2014/07/did-brazils-uncontacted-tribe-receive-proper-medical-care
Kim Hill quoted

Uncontacted tribe in Brazil emerges from isolation
Science
07.11.2014
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6193/125.full
Kim Hill quoted

Multi-purpose interpretation centre approved
Mossel Bay Advertiser
07.04.2014
http://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/news.aspx?id=79591&h=Multipurpose-interpretation-centre-approved

Interactive Media (top)

Donald C. Johanson: Emperor Has No Clothes Award Speech
FFRF.org (FFRF.org/convention for full coverage)
12.11.2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AX4eqqBcIM

Donald Johanson–Lucy’s Legacy, 40 Years Later
Inquiring Minds Podcast
12.05.2014
https://soundcloud.com/inquiringminds 

The discovery of Lucy skeleton is 40 years old
Decouverte, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)
11.30.2014
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/decouverte/2014-2015/segments/reportage/473/squelette-lucy

The “Lucy” fossil rewrote the story of humanity
BBC.com
11.27.2014
Full audio interview (Lucy—starting at 19:50):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pvdhm

Scientist who discovered ‘Lucy’ 40 years ago: Turning point in our ‘common origin’ (Radio interview)
KPCC 89.3/Southern California Public Radio
11.03.2014
http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/11/03/40130/scientist-who-discovered-lucy-40-years-ago-turning/

Ian Gilby interview “Chimpanzee Aggression Study”
Arizona Horizon—PBS/Channel 8 KAET
(interview begins at 19:03) http://video.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365348626/

The African Human Fossil Record
Conference in Toulouse, France
09.26–27.2014
http://www.tahfr.cnrs.fr/?page_id=459
William Kimbel conference presentation: Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, and human ancestry (54:23)

Curtis Marean 11 Jun 14
YouTube
06.12.2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vi-WYGR9HA

Dr. Curtis Marean, Arizona State University—Early Human Weapons
Academic Minute/WAMC Northeast Public Radio
01.27.2014
http://wamc.org/post/dr-curtis-marean-arizona-state-university-early-human-weapons#disqus_thread

2013 Featured Science

A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors

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06.03.2013
Most apes eat leaves and fruits from trees and shrubs. Four new studies published simultaneously in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences—two of which include IHO researchers William Kimbel and Kaye Reed—show that human ancestors expanded their menu 3.5 million years ago, adding tropical grasses and sedges to an ape-like diet and setting the stage for our modern diet of grains, grasses, and meat and dairy from grazing animals. In studies of carbon isotopes in fossilized tooth enamel from scores of human ancestors and baboons in Africa from 4 million to 10,000 years ago, a team of two dozen researchers found a surprise increase in the consumption of grasses and sedges—plants that resemble grasses and rushes but have stems and triangular cross sections. 

Eurkalert comprehensive press release
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uou-agt052913.php
 

John Reader image
 

PNAS articles
 

Diet of Australopithecus afarensis from the Pliocene Hadar Formation, Ethiopia
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/31/1222559110.abstract?sid=727c8f58-f919-41d2-a0b4-2d54ca352dbc

Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/31/1222579110.abstract?sid=57f5d41e-ef19-4c1b-9541-30d72868e972

 ASU News (top)

ASU Secures Top Funding in Earth Sciences
09.13.2013
https://asunews.asu.edu/09132013-NSF-FESD 
ASU News [Now] (Daily) 

Ancient Human Ancestor’s Teeth Reveals Diverse Diet
06.03.2013
https://asunews.asu.edu/20130603_dietadaptations
ASU Homepage 06.03–06.2013
ASU News homepage 06.03–06.2013
ASU News [Now] (Daily) 06.05.2013
ASU Insight

Doctoral student lives in wild Tanzania for primate research
05.07.2013
https://asunews.asu.edu/20130507_studentgrad_russak

Lucy’s Legacy: Preserving the Search for Human Origins (Video)
The Library Channel
04.23.2013
http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/2013/04/23/lucy_panel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheLibraryChannel+%28The+Library+Channel%29

Donald Johanson, Finder of Lucy fossil puts evolution on display
Institute for Humanities Research
04.02.2013
https://ihr.asu.edu/news-events/news/finder-lucy-fossil-puts-evolution-display

Preserving the search for human origins
03.21.2013
http://asuevents.asu.edu/preserving-search-human-origins
https://ihr.asu.edu/news-events/events/preserving-search-human-origins

Core questions about human evolution
02.05.2013
http://researchmatters.asu.edu/stories/core-questions-about-human-evolution-2516

External Media (top)

Rare 6-million-year-old skull of juvenile ape discovered
LiveScience.com
09.10.2013
http://www.livescience.com/39532-rare-fossil-ape-skull-discovered.html?cid=51463611797634

A rare find: Skull of juvenile ape 6-million-years old unearthed
NBCNews.com
09.10.2013
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/rare-find-skull-juvenile-ape-6-million-years-old-unearthed-8C11122570 

Researchers discover rare fossil ape cranium in China
Eurkalert!
09.06.2013
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/ps-rdr090513.php 

Signs of Stone Age arms race
Sunday Times (Johannesburg, SA)
07.07.2013
Print edition (p. 13)
Sunday Times: http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes (subscription required to read full article) 

Ancient human ancestor’s teeth reveals diverse diet 
Phys.org
06.04.2013
http://phys.org/wire-news/131792498/ancient-human-ancestors-teeth-reveals-diverse-diet.html

A grassy trend in human ancestors
EurekAlert
06.03.2013
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uou-agt052913.php

How Ethiopian scientist unearthed the ‘world’s oldest child’
CNN.com
05.31.2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/31/world/africa/zeray-alemseged-selam-ethiopia/index.html?c=africa
(featuring Zeray Alemseged)

Efforts underway to turn Pinnacle Point Caves into heritage site
SABC.co.za
05.24.2013
http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/8c6954804fbd6dafbce3fe0b5d39e4bb/Efforts-underway-to-turn-Pinnacle-Point-Caves-into-a-world-heritage-site-20132405 

Ardi’s a hominin—But how did she move?
Science (Ann Gibbons)
04.25.2013
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6131/427.full?sid=786192a9-3f5b-4824-8f76-92542b24dd69

Ardi’s kind had a skull fit for a hominid
Science News
04.15.2013
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349661/description/Ardis_kind_had_a_skull_fit_for_a_hominid

Evolution on display (front page of “Valley and State”)
Finder of Lucy fossil puts evolution on display (online version)
The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com
04.01.2013
Story: http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130404lucy-fossil-finder-evolution-display.html
Video:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130328asu-professor-talks-about-lucy-fossil-video.html
Images: http://www.azcentral.com/photo/5789

SA site eyes world heritage status
SouthAfrica.info
01.09.2013
http://www.southafrica.info/news/pinnacle-point-090113.htm#.UPBNPL8eWbJ

Mossel Bay’s Pinnacle Point a step closer to world heritage status
BDLive (Business Day Live)
01.07.2013
http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/science/2013/01/07/mossel-bays-pinnacle-point-a-step-closer-to-world-heritage-status

Noted + Quoted (top)

Ire of Lucy: Can the world’s researchers cooperate on studying history’s famed biped?
Ideastream.org
9.23.2013
http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/ire-of-lucy-can-the-worlds-researchers-cooperate-on-studying-historys-famed
Coverage of Cleveland Museum symposium on A. Afarensis. Kimbel quoted.

How to really eat like a hunter-gatherer: Why the Paleo diet is half-baked
Scientific American
06.03.2013
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat
(cites Kim Hill and Magdalena Hurtado research)

Interview with Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged and Prof. Donald Johanson
Meet ETV
05.04.2013
http://www.diretube.com/meet-etv/interview-with-dr-zeresenay-alemseged-and-prof-donald-johanson-video_1532c6641.html

‘Lucy’ comes home: Ethiopia celebrates iconic fossil
Times Live
05.02.2013
http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2013/05/02/lucy-comes-home-ethiopia-celebrates-iconic-fossil

“Lucy” fossil returns home in Ethiopia
CBS THV11 (video and article)
05.02.2013
http://www.thv11.com/news/article/263179/288/Lucy-fossil-returns-home-in-Ethiopia

Evidence points toward solving evolutionary “missing link”
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-australopithecus-20130412,0,1589078.story
04.11.2013
(Johanson and Tattersall quoted)

Famous fossil Lucy makes a final stop at Bowers
Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/lucy-496080-human-ethiopia.html
02.15.2013

Academy of Sciences show traces evolution
San Francisco Chronicle
02.07.2013
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Academy-of-Sciences-show-traces-evolution-4261348.php
(featuring Zeresany Alemseged and the new exhibition at the California Academy of Sciences)

Grit-filled foods wore down early human’s teeth
Inside Science
01.24.2013
http://www.insidescience.org/content/grit-filled-foods-wore-down-early-humans-teeth/918
(Schwartz quoted)

101 Objects That Changed the World
History Channel 2
http://www.history.ca/h2/101objectsthatchangedtheworld
First aired 01.12.2013
“Lucy” is one of the “objects.” Don Johanson and Bill Kimbel were interviewed at the IHO offices for this History Channel feature.

Interactive Media (top)

Curtis Marean: Scientific significance of Pinnacle Point
The Scientific Significance of Pinnacle Point (39:50 min)
05.31.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P84nUL3oMU

Interview with Dr. Zeresenay Alemseged and Prof. Donald Johanson
Meet ETV
05.04.2013
http://www.diretube.com/meet-etv/interview-with-dr-zeresenay-alemseged-and-prof-donald-johanson-video_1532c6641.html

"Lucy" fossil returns home in Ethiopia
CBS THV11 (video and article) 
05.02.2013
http://www.thv11.com/news/article/263179/288/Lucy-fossil-returns-home-in-Ethiopia

Finder of Lucy fossil puts evolution on display 
azcentral.com
04.01.2013
Story: http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130404lucy-fossil-finder-evolution-display.html
Video:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130328asu-professor-talks-about-lucy-fossil-video.html
Images: http://www.azcentral.com/photo/5789

Donald Johanson interview with Pavlina 2013 Rollins College
YouTube.com
02.24.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbVMVl51hA&list=UU2F1FfvXoEa1t8_F1t0NO6Q&index=2

Donald Johanson on our responsibility to the natural world
Explore the meaning and joy of life with 100 fellow & famous atheists in this book of photos and commentary
YouTube.com
02.17.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8a32taLcM

Popular Media (top)

Sir David Attenborough and Professor Donald Johanson are invited speakers at international conference in London featuring Gibraltar Caves
Vox: Gilbraltor
05.13.2013
http://vox.gi/local/7206-sir-david-attenborough-and-professor-donald-johanson-are-invited-speakers-at-international-conference-in-london-featuring-gibraltar-caves.html

Donald Johanson interview with Pavlina 2013 Rollins College
YouTube.com
02.24.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbVMVl51hA&list=UU2F1FfvXoEa1t8_F1t0NO6Q&index=2

Donald Johanson on our responsibility to the natural world
Explore the meaning and joy of life with 100 fellow & famous atheists in this book of photos and commentary
YouTube.com
02.17.2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8a32taLcM

Donald Johanson Redraws Humanity’s Family Tree
Rollins.edu
02.0.2013
http://r-net.rollins.edu/news/2013/02/donald-johanson-redraws-humanitys-family-tree.html

“Lucy” paleoanthropologist Dr. Donald Johanson presents lecture at Rollins College
Orlando Weekly
01.30.2013
http://blogs.orlandoweekly.com/index.php/2013/01/lucy-paleoanthropologist-dr-donald-johanson-presents-lecture-at-rollins-college/ 

Rollins College Events
01.29–30.2013
http://www.rollins.edu/wpi/events/2012-2013/johanson.html
(Johanson lecture)

2012 Featured Science

A Hello to Arms: Early and enduring microlith technology
gave modern humans the edge
Nature Print edition cover

11.22.2012
The modern human lineage appeared in Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago, but the roots of modern human technology are much less clearly defined. Curtis Marean and colleagues describe a previously unrecognized advanced stone tool technology from Pinnacle Point in South Africa, dating back to around 71,000 years ago. Previously observed signs of such activity have been less definitive, seeming to appear and disappear — perhaps because of poor sampling — but the current work indicates that these tools persisted for some 11,000 years. The technology is dominated by heat-treated stone 'bladelets' that are thought to have been components of composite tools. The technology provides strong evidence for advanced projectile weapons such as spearthrowers, or even bows and arrows. The authors speculate that weapons made using such bladelets may have been pivotal to the success of modern humans as they left Africa and encountered Neanderthals. 

Cover art by Erich Fisher. 

Nature article at http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7425/abs/nature11660.html (subscription may be needed to view full article)

 Smithsonian Magazine online

Tree Climbers, Wood Eaters, and More: The Top 10 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2012

12.07.2012
Published in the journal Science on November 16, 2012, IHO-affiliated doctoral student Benjamin Schoville, researcher Kyle Brown, and postdoctoral researcher Jayne Wilkins (with University of Toronto at time of publication) and Michael Chazan, reported on a discovery that documents the earliest evidence for early humans attaching a stone tip to a wooden shaft to use as a spear. The date, at 500,000 years ago, is 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. The research was widely covered in international and national media and was included in this "Top 10" both the Smithsonian Magazine online and in Scientific American's year end review of the most fascinating discoveries of 2012. The above Nature research was also included in Smithsonian's "Top 10" stories.

Science article at http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6109/942.full (subscription may be needed to view full article) 

ASU News (top)

Oldest spear points date to 500,000 years
11.15.2012
https://asunews.asu.edu/20121115_stonespears
ASU Homepage 11.16.2012
ASU News [Now] (Daily and Weekly issues) 11.16.2012
ASU Insight 11.16.2012
EurekAlert! 11.15.2012 
 

Small lethal tools have big implications for early modern human complexity
11.07.2012
https://asunews.asu.edu/20121107_marean_tools
ASU Homepage coverage
ASU News [Now] (Daily) 11.08.2012
ASU News [Now] (Weekly Update) 11.09.2012
CLAS ENews 11.2012 
EurekAlert! 11.07.2012 
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/asu-slt110512.php

In the baboon social network: “Nice” gals may finish first
10.16.2012
https://asunews.asu.edu/10162012_silk_baboons
ASU Homepage coverage
ASU [Insight] 10.19.2012
ASU News 10.19.2012

Events mark 30th anniversary of ASU’s scientific look into human origins
04.09.2012
https://asunews.asu.edu/20120409_IHOAprilevents
ASU Homepage coverage
ASU News coverage

External Media (top)

The most fascinating human evolution discoveries of 2012
ScientificAmerican.com
12.19.2012
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/12/19/the-most-fascinating-human-evolution-discoveries-of-2012/ 

Tree climbers, wood eaters, and more: The top 10 human evolution discoveries of 2012
Smithsonianmag.com
12.17. 2012
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/12/tree-climbers-wood-eaters-and-more-the-top-10-human-evolution-discoveries-of-2012/ 

A Hello to Arms: Early and enduring microlithic technology gave modern humans the edge
Nature (print edition, cover story)
11.22.2012 

Stone-tipped spear may have much earlier origin
Los Angeles Times
11.16.2012
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/16/science/la-sci-hafting-spears-20121116 

Stone spear tips surprisingly old—“Like finding iPods in ancient Rome”
NationalGeographic.com
11.16.2012
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121116-stone-spear-tips-science-human-neanderthal-hunting/ 

Oldest examples of hunting weapon uncovered in South Africa
ScienceNews.org
Web edition: 11.15.2012
Print edition: 12.15.2012
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346464/description/Oldest_examples_of_hunting_weapon_uncovered_in_South_Africa 

Nature podcast: Curtis Marean

Science 360 Radio show: Curtis Marean
http://www.science360.gov/radio 

The birth of weapons: Researchers discover man began hunting with stone-tipped spears 200,000 year earlier than previously thought
DailyMail.co.uk
11.15.2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2233557/The-birth-weapons-Man-began-hunting-stone-tipped-spears-200-000-year-earlier-previously-thought.html 

Stone me! Spears show early human species was sharper than we thought (Wilkins/Schoville)
TheGuardian.co.uk
11.15.2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/15/stone-spear-early-human-species 

Archaeologists identify spear tips used in hunting a half-million years ago
Phys.org
11.15.2012
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-archaeologists-spear-half-million-years.html 

Archaeologists identify oldest spear points
Science Codex
11.15.2012
http://www.sciencecodex.com/archaeologists_identify_oldest_spear_points-102218

Oldest examples of hunting weapon uncovered in South Africa
Science News
11.15.2012
12.15.2012, print edition Vol 182 (12): 5
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346464/description/Oldest_examples_of_hunting_weapon_uncovered_in_South_Africa

Stone-tipped tools older than thought
UPI.com
11.15.2012
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/11/15/Stone-tipped-weapons-older-than-thought/UPI-23981353027905/

Clear spearpoints found in South Africa
WhyFiles.org
11.15.2012
http://whyfiles.org/2012/making-spears/

Stone tools point to creative works by early humans in Africa
New York Times, Science
(print edition) 11.13.2012
(online 11.12.2012)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/science/evidence-of-persistent-modern-human-behavior-in-africa.html?_r=0

Habilidade milenar
Correio Braziliense.com (Brasil)
11.09.2012
http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/eu-estudante/me_gerais/2012/11/09/me_gerais_interna,332641/habilidade-milenar.shtml

Time’s arrows
The Economist
11.10.2012
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21565921-some-pieces-ancient-weapons-may-illuminate-modern-mans-evolution-times-arrows

В Южной Африке обнаружены древнейшие орудия труда
(In South Africa, found ancient tools)
Vesti (Russia)
11.09.2012
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=954652?cid=2161

Pilspetsar vittnar om manniskans ursprung
(Arrowheads testifies to man's origin)
Swedish Broadcasting Corporation (www.sr.se)
11.09.2012
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=415&artikel=5341184

Ancient tool use (Broadcast interview)
BBC Radio 4: Material World
11.08.2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nq7dd

African blades suggest complex early society
CBC News
11.08.2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/11/08/microliths-early-humans.html

Deadly tools discovered: Humans masters of technology 71,000 years ago
ForexTV.com
11.08.2012
http://www.forextv.com/forex-news-story/deadly-tools-discovered-humans-masters-of-technology-71-000-years-ago

Early man’s weapons give an insight into his skills and intelligence
French Tribune.com
11.08.2012
http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1214386-early-man-s-weapons-give-insight-his-skills-and-intelligence

Ancient stone tools suggest early humans showed ingenuity earlier than previously thought
Huffington Post
11.08.2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/ancient-stone-tools-early-humans_n_2089661.html

‘Bladelets’ excavated from prehistoric SA site
Independent Online (South Africa)
11.08.2012
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/discovery/bladelet-find-at-prehistoric-sa-site-1.1419605#.UPiZz78eWbI

Scientists: Humans had advanced tools 71,000 yrs ago
Latino Fox News
11.08.2012
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/11/08/scientists-humans-had-advanced-tools-71000-yrs-ago/

‘Hi tech’ projectile weapons made humans dominant species
Moneycontrol.com (India)
11.08.2012
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/hi-tech-projectile-weapons-made-humans-dominant-species_779865.html

SA find shows cavemen weren’t thick
News24.com (South Africa)
11.08.2012
http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Caveman-was-not-thick-skulled-study-20121107-2

What made us human? Being ARMED with lethal ranged weapons
The Register (London)
11.08.2012
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/08/early_human_weapons_tools_vs_neanderthals_africa/

Early humans made weapons
Science Alert/Australia and New Zealand
11.08.2012
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20120811-23843.html

Caveman was not thick-skulled: Study
Straits Times (Singapore)
11.08.2012
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/technology/story/caveman-was-not-thick-skulled-study-20121108

Humans made projectile weapons 71,000 years ago
TG Daily
11.08.2012
http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/67368-humans-made-projectile-weapons-71000-years-ago

Humans made advanced stone tools 71,000 years ago
Times of India/ ZeeNews.com (India)
11.08.2012
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/science/34993951_1_stone-age-human-evolution-technology
http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/humans-made-advanced-stone-tools-71-000-years-ago_810034.html

Homens da caverna produziam ‘armas’ antes do que se imaginava
VEJA.com (Brazil)
11.08.2012
http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/ciencia/homens-da-caverna-produziam-artefatos-complexos-antes-do-que-se-imaginava

Complex tool discovery argues for early human smarts
CBS News
11.07.2012
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57546517/complex-tool-discovery-argues-for-early-human-smarts/

When did humans get smart? Maybe a lot earlier than some thought
Christian Science Monitor
11.07.2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/1107/When-did-humans-get-smart-Maybe-a-lot-earlier-than-some-thought

El ‘arma letal’ de los primeros humanos modernos
ElMundo.com (Spain)
11.07.2012
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/11/07/ciencia/1352305362.html

Complex tools show off intelligence of early humans, says study
GlobalPost.com
11.07.2012
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/121107/complex-tools-show-intelligence-early-humans-says-study

Lethal weapons may have given early humans edge over Neanderthals
The Guardian (UK)
11.07.2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/nov/07/lethal-weapons-early-humans-neanderthals

Scientists discover humans made sophisticated tools 71,000 years ago
Hispanically Speaking
11.07.2012
http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/scientists-discover-humans-made-sophisticated-tools-71000-years-ago/19715/

Stone-age humans began using lethal technology 71,000 years ago to fight Neanderthals
The Independent (UK)
11.07.2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stoneage-humans-began-using-lethal-technology-71000-years-ago-to-fight-neanderthals-8294599.html

The modern human may have emerged 71,000 years ago early tools suggest
Latinos Post
11.07.2012
http://www.latinospost.com/articles/6596/20121107/modern-human-emerged-71-000-years-ago.htm

Complex tool discovery argues for early human smarts
LiveScience.com
11.07.2012
http://www.livescience.com/24607-complex-tool-discovery-early-human-brain.html

Early humans tooled up
Nature.com
11.07.2012
http://www.nature.com/news/early-humans-tooled-up-1.11765

Sharpening the mind
Nature: News & Views
11.07.2012
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7425/full/nature11751.html
(commentary on Marean et al research)

Small lethal tools have big implications for early modern human complexity
Science Codex
11.07.2012
www.sciencecodex.com/small_lethal_tools_have_big_implications_for_early_modern_human_complexity-101600

Early humans handed down toolmaking tech
Science Now
11.07.2012
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/11/early-humans-handed-down-toolmak.html?ref=hp

Oldest arrowheads hint at how modern humans overtook Neandertals
ScientificAmerican.com
11.07.2012
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/11/07/oldest-arrowheads-hint-at-how-modern-humans-overtook-neandertals/

Tools hint at earlier start for human smarts
The Wall Street Journal
11.07.2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578105004000070778.html

Prehistoric Autopsy
BBC2
Television broadcast 10–22, 23, 24, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nlzsh
Episode concentrating on interview with Johanson and Australopithecus afarensis on October 24.

NOVA Science Now: What makes us human?
Broadcast on national PBS stations
10.10.2012
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/what-makes-us-human-pro.html
Donald Johanson and Zeresany Alemseged interviews featured; watch complete episode online

For some primates, survival of the nicest
Science
10.01.2012
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/10/for-some-primates-survival-of-th.html?ref=em

Social ties and innovative thinking help humankind survive
Stellenbosch University News, South Africa
06.15.2012
http://blogs.sun.ac.za/news/2012/06/15/social-ties-and-innovative-thinking-help-humankind-survive/
Curtis Marean lecture at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies

UN names ASU sustainability dean a ‘Champion of the Earth’
ASU News
06.04.2012
https://asunews.asu.edu/20120604_UNchampionlaureate
Sander van der Leeuw among the six winners of the 2012 United Nations Champions of the Earth award.

National Geographic Weekend (Johanson interviewed)
Episode 1223
06.03.2012
http://radio.nationalgeographic.com/radio/ng-weekend-archives/1223/

New light on revolutions that weren’t (Schoville research)
Science
05.2012
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/05/new-light-on-revolutions-that-we.html

How Homo sapiens became masters of the planet (Tattersall Science Friday interview)
NPR: Science Friday
04.06.2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/06/150123937/how-homo-sapiens-became-masters-of-the-planet

Noted + Quoted (top)

How ancient Africans were the first nerds: Birth of technology traced back 70,000 (Marean quoted)
Mail Online
12.06.2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2243946/How-ancient-Africans-nerds-Birth-technology-traced-70-000-years-continents-southern-tip.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Meet the family: The models that claim to reveal our ancestors in unprecedented detail
Mail Online
10.22.2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2221516/Meet-family-The-models-reveal-ancestors-unprecedented-detail.html
Detailed full-size reproduction of Lucy.