Anne Stone, PhD

Anne Stone serves as Regents Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, where she leads groundbreaking research in anthropological genetics. Her academic journey includes a B.A. in Archaeology and Biology from the University of Virginia (1989), followed by M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology from Pennsylvania State University (1992, 1996). Her research focuses on three main areas: Native American population history, Great Ape evolutionary history, and the co-evolution of mycobacteria with human and non-human primates. Her pioneering work includes the largest genetic analysis of prehistoric Native American populations and breakthrough studies on tuberculosis and leprosy transmission between humans and primates. Her achievements have earned her numerous honors, including election to the National Academy of Sciences (2016), fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011), and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship (2022). As a Senior Editor for Molecular Biology and Evolution and through her laboratory's cross-disciplinary research combining bioarchaeological, molecular genetic, and genomic analyses, she continues to advance our understanding of human and primate evolution and adaptation.