School of Human Evolution and Social Change

People on a construction site

Local, national and global affairs

Study shows that trust drives successful market economies — but not in the way you may think

Collage of photos of covers of books by Professor Robert Boyd.

Science and technology

Pioneering professor of cultural evolution pens essays for leading academic journals

November 22, 2024

ASU School of Human Evolution and Social Change graduate student Alyson Shirley

Sun Devil community

Former Miss Navajo Nation continuing to serve community with global health degree

November 21, 2024

Man crouched in the dirt in a desert landscape.

Science and technology

Lucy's lasting legacy: Donald Johanson reflects on the discovery of a lifetime

November 21, 2024

Becky Stanton on location with the BLM

Sun Devil community

Anthropology undergraduate uses studies to propel career

November 15, 2024

School of Human Evolution and Social Change associate professor Christopher Campisano's young daughter, Noelle, examines a Lucy reproduction in the "Finding Lucy" exhibit.

"Finding Lucy" exhibit opens at Innovation Gallery

November 13, 2024

Human Mind, Getty Images

Health and medicine

What makes human culture unique?

November 07, 2024

Charles Redman congratulates the first School of Sustainability graduate, Brigitte Bavousett.

Environment and sustainability

Charles Redman, founder of the School of Sustainability, faces a new adventure: Retirement

October 30, 2024

A view of a traditional Tsimane home seen from a boat in a river

Health and medicine

Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal?

October 24, 2024

View of the sky through a deep granite underground well

Is AI the missing link connecting our past and future?

October 24, 2024

Group of reserchers gathered in a tent looking at bone fragments.

Science and technology

Lucy at 50: An auspicious year; not over yet

October 22, 2024