How we emerged as humans from the earliest forms of life on the planet has immediate, contemporary relevance.
ASU's efforts
ASU Institute of Human Origins
The institute brings together a diverse group of scientists in a multidisciplinary investigation of human evolution and its contemporary relevance.
Donald Johanson
Donald C. Johanson is the director of the Institute of Human Origins. For the past 30 years he has conducted field and laboratory research in paleoanthropology. Most notably, he discovered the 3.18 million year old hominid skeleton popularly known as "Lucy."
Ramon Arrowsmith
Ramon Arrowsmith and other ASU researchers collaborate with colleagues in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change to study the environments that shaped the early evolution and migration patterns of early hominids. He studies the geological framework for paleoanthropological research in the Middle Ledi area of the Afar Regional State, Ethiopia.
ASU Institute of Human Origins
The institute brings together a diverse group of scientists in a multidisciplinary investigation of human evolution and its contemporary relevance.
Donald Johanson
Donald C. Johanson is the director of the Institute of Human Origins. For the past 30 years he has conducted field and laboratory research in paleoanthropology. Most notably, he discovered the 3.18 million year old hominid skeleton popularly known as "Lucy."
Ramon Arrowsmith
Ramon Arrowsmith and other ASU researchers collaborate with colleagues in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change to study the environments that shaped the early evolution and migration patterns of early hominids. He studies the geological framework for paleoanthropological research in the Middle Ledi area of the Afar Regional State, Ethiopia.
