2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analytic Study on African Middle Miocene Hominoid Fossils and Reconstraction of Models of a Common Ancestor of Human and Apes
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20247033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Physical anthropology
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| Research Institution | Seisen University (2010-2011)
The University of Shiga Prefecture (2008-2009) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKATSUKASA Masato 京都大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (00227828)
KUNIMATSU Yutaka 京都大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 准教授 (80243111)
OGIHARA Naomichi 慶応義塾大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (70324605)
SHIMIZU Daisuke 財)日本モンキーセンター, 主任学芸員 (60432332)
TAKANO Tomo 財)日本モンキーセンター, 研究員 (90370197)
NAKAYA Hideo 鹿児島大学, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (20180424)
TSUJIKAWA Hiroshi 東北大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 助教 (11130188)
SAWADA Yoshihiro 島根大学, 総合理工学部, 教授 (80196328)
KIKUIKE Yasuhiro 佐賀大学, 医学部, 助教 (70325596)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | ナチョラピテクス / 中新世類人猿 / 東アフリカ / 化石分析と統合 / 現生類人猿 / ヒト / 共通祖先モデル |
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| Research Abstract |
Preparations and morphological studies have been done on the large number, more than 800, of Middle Miocene hominoid fossils including two almost complete skeletons, which excavated at Nachola region in northern Kenya, East Africa. Based on the studies, it have been designed that a common ancestor of human and extant great apes might not have specialized to a brachiation, but still arboreal quadrupedal climbers whose main foods was hard nuts.
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Research Products
(10 results)
