Anthropology PhD graduate makes an impact in the study of human origins (opens in new tab)

How did humans get to where we are today? What is our place in the natural world? Why do we seem so different from other species? These are questions Patrick Fahey, Arizona State University anthropology PhD graduate, has always found to be most compelling. After taking an introductory anthropology course as an undergraduate, he realized he could study these questions directly while simultaneously getting his hands dirty doing fieldwork all over the world.“Sign me up!” Fahey said.