Excellence + Research = Impact

Groundbreaking Institute of Human Origins research and discovery have brought us to the beginning of a tantalizing new chapter in the quest for our origins.

External Grants Awarded (2005–2021)

Total: $16,636,888

One "leg" of the mission of the Institute of Human Origins is public outreach—so visits to the institute offices are available to the general public and educators. To discuss outreach, contact:

The Institute of Human Origins is a research center in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, with faculty embedded within ASU’s transdisciplinary School of Human Evolution and Social Change.

Physical location

Walton Center for Planetary Health (ISTB7)
777 East University Drive, Second Floor #200L1
Tempe AZ 85287-8404
Phone 480.727.6580
Fax 480.727.6570
Email iho@asu.edu

Mailing address

Institute of Human Origins
PO Box 878404
Tempe, AZ 85287-8404

The Institute of Human Origins communicates its research findings and significant news to the scientific and academic communities and general public through high-level scientific journals and books, mainstream media, and IHO newsletters and enews.

From its very beginnings as an organization, the Institute of Human Origins focused one "leg" of its mission toward public outreach. Its founding members believed that the scientists are the best interpreters of their research for the public. We believe that sharing the story of how we "became human" with the public is as important as sharing the science. 

Our core strength lies in field and lab research on key questions and time periods in the emergence of humankind

The Institute of Human Origins is one of the world’s leading centers for research, education, and public outreach on the scientific mission to understand what it means to be human. Now in its fourth decade of research and discovery, the institute remains at the forefront of the creation of knowledge about our origins.