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$1,871,889 John Templeton Foundation11 projects to investigate the evolutionary foundations of human uniqueness through a novel program integrating paleoanthropological, ethnographical, and theoretical research. First year distribution of a three-year grant. PIs: William Kimbel (lead), Rob Boyd, Chris Campisano, Kim Hill, Curtis Marean, Sarah Mathew, Kaye Reed, Gary Schwartz, Joan Silk.
$100,000Hyde Family Foundation The Mossel Bay Archaeology Project (MAP): A long-term plan for research into the origins of modern human behavior. PI: Curtis Marean. *Second year of a $500,000, 5-year commitment.
$83,749XSEDE: Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery EnvironmentXSEDE High Performance Computing Grant. Simulating glacial climate in coastal South Africa: Developing the climate parameters to model a paleoscape during modern human origins. PI: Curtis Marean. $14,251 University of British Columbia The emergence of prosocial religions. PI: Sarah Mathew
institute of human origins2014 Highlights
480.727.6580 iho.asu.edu2014 Highlights INSTITUTE OF HUMAN ORIGINS ASU
Evolutionary Foundations of Human Uniqueness Grant
This $4.9 million, three-year grant—the largest of its type for human-origins research—will support a broad, multidisciplinary investigation of where, when, and how unique human capacities for complex cognition, cumulative culture, and large-scale cooperation emerged. The grant also supports a new, permanent state-of-the-art 2- and 3-D imaging lab at ASU and development of innovative new teaching and learning tools about human origins for use in the primary and secondary school classrooms. Learn more about the research at iho.asu.edu/research/ iho-templeton-research-program.
$2,069,889Research Grants ReceivedRead more about this research at iho.asu.edu/research/research
Stone Age People in a Changing South African Greater Cape Floristic Region. In Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region2014. Curtis W. Marean, Hayley C. Cawthra,
Richard M. Cowling, Karen J. Esler, Erich Fisher, Antoni Milewski, Alastair J. Potts, Elzanne Singels,
Jan De Vynck. (Nicky Allsopp, Jonathan F. Colville,
and Tony Verboom, eds.) Oxford University Press,
Oxford. 164–199.
Pinnacle Point: Excavation and Survey Methods. In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology2014. Simen Oestmo and Curtis W. Marean.
(C. Smith, ed.) New York, Springer-Verlag.
Books/ChaptersSee more books by IHO scientists
at iho.asu.edu/publications/books
Faculty Honors and Awards
Kaye Reed was named as a “President’s Professor” for her leadership in transforming teaching methods and as an inspirational teacher and mentor.
Curtis Marean received an honorary professorship from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University for his efforts to create a transdisciplinary paleosciences program in collaboration with this South African university.
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publications and media appearances
IHO-affiliated researchers in bold
Sexually coercive male chimpanzees sire more offspringCurrent BiologyDecember 1, 2014. 24 (23): 2855–2860.Joseph T. Feldblum et al.; Ian Gilby coauthor
The origins and significance of coastal resource use in Africa and Western EurasiaJournal of Human EvolutionDecember 2014. 77: 17–40.Curtis Marean
A Middle Stone Age paleoscape near the Pinnacle Point caves, Vleesbaai, South AfricaQuaternary InternationalNovember 6, 2014. 350: 147–168S. Oestmo, B.J. Schoville, J. Wilkins, C.W. Marean Diurnal variation in salivary cortisol across age classes in Ache Amerindian males of ParaguayAmerican Journal of Human BiologyOctober 18, 2014.DOI=10.1002/ajhb.22645D. Amir, P.T. Ellison, K.R. Hill, and R.G. Bribiesca
The Omo Mursi Formation: A window into the East African PlioceneJournal of Human EvolutionOctober 2014. 75: 64–79.Michelle S.M. Drapeau, Rene Bobe, Jonathan G.
Wynn, Christopher Campisano, Laurence Dumouchel, Denis Geraads
Relatedness, co-residence, and shared fatherhood among Ache foragers of ParaguayCurrent AnthropologyOctober 2014. 55 (5): 647–653.Ryan M. Ellsworth, Drew H. Bailey, Kim R. Hill, A. Magdalena Hurtado, Robert S. Walker
Lethal aggression in Pan is better explained by adaptive strategies than human impactsNatureSeptember 18, 2014. 513 (7518): 414–417.Michael Wilson et al.; Ian Gilby coauthor
Covered widely by national and international press.
News & Views: Animal behavior: The evolutionary roots of lethal conflictNatureSeptember 18, 2014. 513 (7518): 321–322.Joan B. Silk
An experimental investigation of the functional hypothesis and evolutionary advantage of stone-tipped spearsPLOS ONEAugust 27, 2014. DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0104514.Jayne Wilkins, Benjamin J. Schoville, Kyle S. Brown
Benefits from grouping and cooperative hunting among Ache hunter-gatherers: Insights from an agent-based foraging modelJournal of Human EcologyAugust 23, 2014. 42 (6): 823–835.Marco A. Janssen, Kim Hill
Causes, consequences, and kin bias of human group fissionsHuman NatureJuly 24, 2014. 25 (4): 465–475.Robert S. Walker, Kim R. Hill
Inter-band interaction among hunter-gatherers may explain cumulative culturePLOS ONEJuly 21, 2014. DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0102806.Kim Hill, B. Wood, J. Baggio, A. Magdalena
Hurtado, Rob Boyd.
Geochronological and taxonomic revisions of the Middle Eocene Whistler Squat Quarry (Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Texas) and implications for the Early Uintan in Trans-Peco TexasPLOS ONEJuly 2, 2014. DOI=10.371/journal.pone0101516.Chris Campisano, E. Christopher Kirk,
K.E. Beth Townsend, Alan L. Deino
Fitness consequences of spousal relatedness in 46 small-scale societiesBiology LettersMay 21, 2014. DOI=10.1098/rsbl.2014.0160.Drew H. Bailey, Kim R. Hill, Robert S. Walker
African primate assemblages exhibit a latitudinal gradient in dispersal limitationInternational Journal of PrimatologyApril 24, 2014. 35 (6): 1088–1104.L. Beaudrot, J.M. Kamilar, A.J. Marshall,
K.E. Reed
Ardipithecus ramidus and the evolution of the human cranial baseProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJanuary 6, 2014. 111 (3): 948–953.William Kimbel, Gena Suwa, Berhane Asfaw,
Yoel Rak, Tim White
High-Ranking JournalsFind the links to these articles online at iho.asu.edu/publications/science
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publications and media appearances
Inquiring Minds PodcastDonald Johanson–Lucy’s
Legacy, 40 Years Later
December 5, 2014
NewsweekLucy’s 40th ‘birthday’: Looking
back on the impact of the
AustralopithecusNovember 30, 2014
BBC.comThe “Lucy” fossil rewrote
the story of humanity
November 27, 2014
Audio interview
NBC News40 years later, Lucy
discoverer Donald Johanson
adds to human origin story
November 24, 2014
Scientific American (online)The fossil that revolutionized
the search for human origins:
A Q&A with Lucy discoverer
Donald Johanson
November 24, 2014
Tadias (Ethiopia)Forty years after Lucy’s
Ethiopia discovery: A
conversation with Donald
Johanson
November 24, 2014
Tages Anzeiger (Switzerland)Lucy’s Father
November 24, 2014
Videnskab (Denmark)The superstar Lucy fills 3.2
million years
November 24, 2014
Viten (Norway)Ape who stood up
November 24, 2014
La Terercera (Chile)A 40 anos del descubrimiento
de Lucy
November 23, 2014
Herald Live (South Africa)Paleoscience professor for
Bay varsity
November 21, 2014
Curtis Marean awarded honorary professorship at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
Nature.comLucy discoverer on the
ancestor people relate to
November 21, 2014
National MonitorMale aggression in
chimpanzees leads to
more mating success
November 17, 2014
LiveScience.comMale sexual aggression:
What chimps can reveal
about people
November 13, 2014
Minneapolis Star-TribuneHow Lucy changed science
November 6, 2014
Sci-Tech TodayDiscoverer of Lucy skeleton
talks impact, future
November 5, 2014
KPCC 89.3/Southern California Public RadioScientist who discovered
‘Lucy’ 40 years ago: Turning
point in our ‘common origin’
November 3, 2014
Los Angeles TimesQ&A Discoverer of Lucy
skeleton hopes to find
what made us human
November 1, 2014
Le Monde (France)Lucy, une icône toujours
secrète/Lucy: Inclassable
ancêtre/Lucy: Unclassifiable
ancestor
October 21, 2014
Arizona Horizon—PBS/Channel 8 KAETChimpanzee Aggression
Study
October 15, 2014
Ian Gilby broadcast interview
African Human Fossil Record ConferenceToulouse, France (online)
September 26–27, 2014
William Kimbel conference presentation: Ardipithecus,
Australopithecus, and human ancestry
Inside PhilanthropyA $5 million question:
How’d we become human?
September 24, 2014
Coverage of John Templeton Foundation grant
Boston GlobeIs war innate or a modern
human invention?
September 17, 2014
Daily MailStone age spears were as
lethal as bullets: Stone-tipped
weapons made large wounds
to bring down big game
August 27, 2014
Popular ArchaeologyStudy shows advantage
of stone-tipped spears for
prehistoric humans
August 27, 2014
Scientific AmericanArchaeologists assess
killing power of stone-aged
weapons
August 27, 2014
BBC.comAnthropology: The sad truth
about uncontacted tribes
August 4, 2014
Sunday Argus (South Africa)Archaeological treasure
chest: Pinnacle Point
July 20, 2014
ScienceUncontacted tribe in Brazil
emerges from isolation
July 11, 2014
Visit Mossel Bay (South Africa)Science spurs tourism
to Mossel Bay
June 18, 2014
Academic Minute/WAMC Northeast Public RadioDr. Curtis Marean, Arizona
State University—Early Human
Weapons
January 27, 2014
Online interview
Popular ArchaeologyArdi has some human-like
skull traits, say researchers
January 6, 2014
Science Daily‘Ardi’ skull reveals links to
human lineage
January 6, 2014
Appearances in High-Level and Multi-Media OutletsFind the links to these articles online at iho.asu.edu/news-events/2014-news
Contacts William Kimbel, DirectorInstitute of Human Originswkimbel.iho@asu.edu480.727.6582
Julie Russ, Assistant DirectorCommunications and External Relationsjruss@asu.edu480.727.6571
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