2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Human Learning Behavior Based on Fieldwork Among Hunter-Gatherers
| Project Area | Replacement of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens: testing evolutionary models of learning |
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| Project/Area Number |
22101003
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | Kobe Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OMURA Keiichi 大阪大学大学院, 言語文化研究科, 准教授 (40261250)
IMAMURA Kaoru 名古屋学院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (40288444)
YAMAGAMI Eiko 神戸学院大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (40517380)
KOYAMA Tadashi 神戸学院大学, 人文学部, 教授 (50242889)
KUBOTA Sachiko 神戸大学大学院, 国際文化学研究科, 教授 (80268507)
KAMAI Nobutaka 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50388724)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
ANDO Juko 慶応義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (30193105)
ICHIKAWA Mitsuo 京都大学, 名誉教授 (50115789)
HAYAKI Hitoshige 神戸学院大学, 人文学部, 教授 (60228559)
TAKADA Akira 京都大学大学院, アジアアフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (70378826)
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| Research Collaborator |
HAYASHI Koji 京都大学, アフリカ地域研究資料センター, 特任助教
HAGINO Izumi 北海道大学大学院, 保健科学研究院
HEWLETT Barry S. 米国・ワシントン州立大学, 人類学部, 教授
HEWLETT Bonnie L. 米国・ワシントン州立大学, 人類学部, 客員教授
MUSHARBASH Yasmine オーストラリア・シドニー大学, 政治科学社会学部, 准教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 文化人類学 / 狩猟採集民 / 子ども / 学習 / 遊び / 創造性 / 社会進化 / 遊び集団 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Anthropological and psychological investigations were conducted among contemporary hunter-gatherers to understand modern humans’ learning behavior. It has become clear that characteristics of learning behavior mentioned hereafter make innovative human learning ability: 1) development pattern with long childhood and adolescence, 2) extended social networks for innovative individual learning, 3) active learning with observation and imitation through participation in communal activities, 4) a whole copy of body movements as an effective method, 5) high cognitive abilities like theory of mind and meta-learning, 6) ability to learn from wild animals and plants and things made by other people, 7) ability to rebuild behavioral system at a higher level after once objectifying and deconstructing it. Those points seem to have much to do with the difference of learning ability between modern humans and the Neanderthals.
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| Free Research Field |
文化人類学
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