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The evolution of cooperation: comparative studies with wild and captive bonobos and chimpanzees

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24700259
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionKobe University (2013-2014)
Kyoto University (2012)

Principal Investigator

YAMAMOTO Shinya  神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 准教授 (40585767)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords協力行動 / 利他行動 / 比較認知科学 / チンパンジー / ボノボ / 社会的知性 / 向社会性 / 進化 / 食物分配 / 集団協力 / 道具使用 / 協力 / 互恵性 / 利他性 / 実験心理学 / フィールドワーク
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I investigated the evolution of altruism and cooperation by comparatively studies with chimpanzees and bonobos. I established a very unique 2-by-2 research paradigm, i.e. studying chimpanzees and bonobos both in the wild and captivities, which enables us to discuss species differences from various viewpoints of individual- and group-levels. I found that food sharing is observed more frequently in bonobos than in chimpanzees. Meanwhile, group cooperation observed when the animals cross dangerous roads were more conspicuous in chimpanzees than in bonobos. These studies show that various social factors influence the evolution of altruism and cooperation.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (52 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 Other

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (32 results) (of which Invited: 13 results) Book (8 results) Remarks (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Non-reciprocal but peaceful fruit sharing in the wild bonobos of Wamba2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S.
    • Journal Title

      Behaviour

      Volume: 152 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 335-357

    • DOI

      10.1163/1568539x-00003257

    • NAID

      120005907083

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Moving bonobos off the scientifically endangered list2015

    • Author(s)
      Hare, B., & Yamamoto, S.
    • Journal Title

      Behaviour

      Volume: 152 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 247-285

    • DOI

      10.1163/1568539x-00003263

    • NAID

      120005907082

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Basis for Cumulative Cultural Evolution in Chimpanzees: Social Learning of a More Efficient Tool-Use Technique.2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S, Humle T, Tanaka M
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: e55768-e55768

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0055768

    • NAID

      120005241235

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ちびっこチンパンジーとその仲間たち(第136回)―技を盗むチンパンジー―2013

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Journal Title

      科学

      Volume: 83(4) Pages: 410-411

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Chimpanzees' flexible targeted helping based on an understanding of conspecifics' goals2012

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S., Humle, T., Tanaka, M
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA

      Volume: 109(9) Issue: 9 Pages: 3588-3592

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1108517109

    • NAID

      120003824937

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Empathy and fairness: psychological mechanisms for eliciting and maintaining prosociality and cooperation in primates.2012

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S. & Takimoto, A.
    • Journal Title

      Social Justice Research

      Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Pages: 233-255

    • DOI

      10.1007/s11211-012-0160-0

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ちびっこチンパンジーとその仲間たち(第127回)―果実を分け合うボノボ―2012

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Journal Title

      科学

      Volume: 82(7) Pages: 722-723

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Food sharing in wild bonobos: the evolution of empathy, prosociality, and cooperation.2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S.
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Annual Symposium of Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-07
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ワンバの野生ボノボにおける食物分配2015

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第59回プリマーテス研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本モンキーセンター(犬山市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-31
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 協力と共感の比較認知科学:協力社会の起源をチンパンジー・ボノボに求めて2014

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      関西学院大学応用心理科学インタラクション研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学(西宮市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 野生ボノボにおける「儀礼的食物分配」の検討2014

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第6回日本人間行動進化学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学(神戸市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 自制心は「目」の影響を受けるのか?2014

    • Author(s)
      篠原亜佐美, 山本真也
    • Organizer
      第6回日本人間行動進化学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学(神戸市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Evolution of Cooperation: Studies with Chimpanzees and Bonobos in the Wild and Laboratories.2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S.
    • Organizer
      China One Health Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Kunshan, China
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] When to learn from others: chimpanzees’ social learning of tool-use techniques.2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S.
    • Organizer
      The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnum
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Intergroup relationships in bonobos at Wamba: chronological variation in a long-term study2014

    • Author(s)
      Sakamaki T., Mulavwa M., Ryu H., Takemoto H., Tokuyama N., Yamamoto S., Yangozene K., & Furuichi T.
    • Organizer
      he 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnum
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mothers make alpha males: mother-dependent dominance changes among male bonobos at Wamba2014

    • Author(s)
      Ryu H., Sakamaki T., Yamamoto S., & Furuichi T
    • Organizer
      The 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnum
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Prosociality in chimpanzees and bonobos: its cognitive mechanisms and evolution.2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S.
    • Organizer
      A joint workshop of Social Psychology and Neuroethology “Making of Humanities: Biological Roots of Mathematics and Cooperation”
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Chimpanzees' sensitivity to other's outcomes and the evolution of cognition on altruism and reciprocity.2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S.
    • Organizer
      Chimpanzees' sensitivity to other's outcomes and the evolution of cognition on altruism and reciprocity.
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Chimpanzee skillful tool-makers transport their processed tools longer2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S.
    • Organizer
      The 74th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Psychology.
    • Place of Presentation
      フロイデ(犬山市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] チンパンジーとボノボ~進化の隣人の比較認知科学~2014

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第26回関西若手実験心理学研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      神戸大学(神戸市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Tool use technique in chimpanzees: basis for cumulative culture and cooperative society

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S
    • Organizer
      Workshop of International Institute of Advanced Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] チンパンジーとボノボを実験室と野外で研究する~2×2研究パラダイムの展開~.

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「心の先端研究の地平」(主催: 公益財団法人国際高等研究所, 日本学術会議、京都大学霊長類研究所)
    • Place of Presentation
      愛知県犬山市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 文化と協力行動~人間性の起源を類人猿に探る~

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第77回日本心理学会大会シンポジウム「つながるこころの学際的先端研究」
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道札幌市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] チンパンジーにおける道具使用の個体差 ~加工と運搬、交換の起源にかんする考察~

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第6回日本人間行動進化学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      広島県広島市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 進化の隣人にみる道徳性の起源

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第5回医学教育シンポジウム「医のプロフェッショナリズムの新たな展開」
    • Place of Presentation
      東京都中央区
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 協力する“心”にせまる -ヒト・チンパンジー・ボノボの比較から-

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      日本科学未来館「人間」常設展示1周年記念サイエンティストトーク
    • Place of Presentation
      東京都港区
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 進化の隣人、チンパンジーとボノボ ~人間性の起源を求めて~

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      奈良女子大学附属中学・高等学校スーパーサイエンスハイスクール講演(世界脳週間関連行事)
    • Place of Presentation
      奈良県奈良市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Evolution of cooperation: perspectives from bonobos and chimpanzees

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S.
    • Organizer
      The 4th meeting of International Institute of Advanced Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Plant food sharing in wild bonobos in Wamba.

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S.
    • Organizer
      The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society. Symposium “Food sharing in humans and non-human primates”
    • Place of Presentation
      Cancun, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Group cooperation in wild chimpanzees and bonobos.

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S., Matsuzawa T.
    • Organizer
      The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society. Symposium “Bonobos: the newly discovered ape”
    • Place of Presentation
      Cancun, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Flexible helping with understanding of conspecifics’ goals in chimpanzees

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S., Humle T., Tanaka M.
    • Organizer
      The 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Cancun, Mexico
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ヒト以外の霊長類における向社会行動の心理メカニズム

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第72回日本動物心理学会大会 自由集会「向社会性の進化と発達」
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学(西宮市)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 利他行動における他者理解の比較認知科学的検討

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第76回日本心理学会大会 ワークショップ「認知的メタプロセスの進化と発達(3)~他者理解への道」
    • Place of Presentation
      専修大学(川崎市)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 野生ボノボの非互恵的食物分配

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      第5回日本人間行動進化学会大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学(東京都目黒区)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 要求に応えるチンパンジー、自発的に助けるヒト~進化の隣人にみる協力行動の進化的基盤~

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      日本能率協会 企業人としての人間研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本能率協会(東京都港区)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 人はなぜ集団で働くことができるのか?~「人の本性」を科学的に考察することで「人と組織の本質」を探る.

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      The 32nd International HRD Conference & Expo: HRD JAPAN 2012 JMA70周年特別企画パネル討議
    • Place of Presentation
      品川プリンスホテル(東京都港区)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] チンパンジーとボノボのこころを探る

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      立教大学全学共通カリキュラム
    • Place of Presentation
      立教大学池袋キャンパス・新座キャンパス
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ヒト科3種比較からみる協力と文化のメカニズム・進化

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      「脳と心のメカニズム」第13回冬のワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      ルスツリゾートホテル(北海道留寿都村)
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] チンパンジーからみる教育と文化の起源

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Organizer
      九州大学大学院人間環境学研究院 学際シンポジウム「教えるということ:その起源を考える」
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学箱崎キャンパス
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] The special issue “Bonobo Cognition and Behaviour”2015

    • Author(s)
      Hare, B., & Yamamoto, S. Eds.
    • Total Pages
      316
    • Publisher
      Behaviour, Brill
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 霊長類の利他行動―協力社会を生み出すこころの進化. 山岸俊男、亀田達也(編):岩波講座コミュニケーションの認知科学4「社会のなかの共存」2014

    • Author(s)
      瀧本彩加、山本真也
    • Total Pages
      37
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 霊長類の利他行動―協力社会を生み出すこころの進化. In 山岸俊男、亀田達也(編):岩波講座コミュニケーションの認知科学4「社会のなかの共存」2014

    • Author(s)
      瀧本彩加、山本真也
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Invention and modification of new tool-use behavior. In E. G. Carayannis (ed.): Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto, S.
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ヒトはなぜ助け合うのか. In 五百部裕、小田亮(編): 心と行動の進化を探る~人間行動進化学入門~2013

    • Author(s)
      山本真也
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamamoto S. (E. G. Carayannis (ed.))
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 人間行動の進化を探る2013

    • Author(s)
      山本真也(五百部裕、小田亮(編))
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] WAKUWAKUときめきサイエンスシリーズ 3「日本のサル学──若手研究者の最前線」2012

    • Author(s)
      山本真也(中川尚史、友永雅己、山極壽一(編))
    • Publisher
      京都通信社
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 神戸大学内の個人ページ

    • URL

      http://web.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/teacher/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E7%9C%9F%E4%B9%9F

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 京都大学(兼任)内の個人ページ

    • URL

      http://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kumasan/ja/members/shinya-yamamoto.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 山本真也個人ページ@京都大学熊本サンクチュアリ

    • URL

      http://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kumasan/ja/members/shinya-yamamoto.html

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 山本真也個人ページ@神戸大学大学院国際文化学研究科

    • URL

      http://web.cla.kobe-u.ac.jp/teacher/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E7%9C%9F%E4%B9%9F

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 個人ページ(京都大学熊本サンクチュアリのHP内)

    • URL

      http://www.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kumasan/ja/members/shinya-yamamoto.html

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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