$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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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

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