Cultural variation in Japanese macaques
| Project/Area Number |
15H06307
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Claire Watson 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 研究員 (10639751)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| 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)
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| Keywords | culture / traditions / Japanese macaques / Macaca fuscata / intergroup variation / intraspecific variation / social learning / literature survey / survey / systematic survey |
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| 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.
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Research Products
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