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Cultural variation in Japanese macaques

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H06307
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Claire Watson  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 研究員 (10639751)

Project Period (FY) 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsculture / traditions / Japanese macaques / Macaca fuscata / intergroup variation / intraspecific variation / social learning / literature survey / survey / systematic survey
Outline of Final Research Achievements

For the literature survey, I categorized potential traditions into food (foraging/processing; food choice) and non-food related (social/communicative, comfort/hygiene; other). Each possible tradition as then further categorized according to human influence: directly influenced; indirectly influenced; or unrelated to human influence. I found that at least half of the potential traditions reported in the literature were related to human influence. Delineating traditions in wild and free-ranging monkeys may help us to better understand the phylogenetic origins of human culture. I also visited 10 different field sites to make contacts with researchers and observe potential traditions directly. Photographs and videos will be used to create an open-access website. In the future, I will publish the results of a questionnaire survey - to assess variation across sites.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(10 results)

All 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Lincoln Park Zoo(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Vienna(オーストリア)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Literature Survey of Potential Cultural Variants in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata).2017

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI, Matsuzawa, T
    • Journal Title

      Folia Primatologica

      Volume: not yet assigned

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Literature Survey of Potential Cultural Variants in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata).2017

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI and Matsuzawa, T
    • Organizer
      Joint 7th European Federation for Primatology Meeting and the 30th French Society of Primatology Congress, Strasbourg, France
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Strasbourg, France.
    • Year and Date
      2017-08-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How do Japanese macaque mothers behave towards their dead infants?2017

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI
    • Organizer
      First Kyoto Workshop on Evolutionary Thanatology: An integrative approach to the study of death and dying, Interdisciplinary Workshop, Kyoto University.
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Japan.
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cultural variation in Japanese macaques.2017

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI and Matsuzawa, T
    • Organizer
      Seventh International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science, Kyoto, Japan.
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Japan.
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-02
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An overview of cultural variation in Japanese macaques.2017

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI and Matsuzawa, T
    • Organizer
      The 61st Primates Conference, Japan Monkey Centre, Inuyama, Japan.
    • Place of Presentation
      Japan Monkey Center, Japan.
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Cultural Behaviours in Japanese Snow Monkeys.2016

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI
    • Organizer
      Explore Lifelong Learning, Commercial Union House, Newcastle, UK.
    • Place of Presentation
      Commercial Union House, Newcastle, UK
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Exhibition of photographs: Cultural diversity in Japanese macaques.2016

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI
    • Organizer
      50th Anniversary Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology Opening Ceremony
    • Place of Presentation
      Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, UK.
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Culture in Japanese ‘snow’ monkeys.2016

    • Author(s)
      Watson, CFI
    • Organizer
      Changeworks
    • Place of Presentation
      Changeworks, Edinburgh, UK.
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2015-08-26   Modified: 2022-02-16  

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