2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Diversity of hominoids and cercopithecoids in Pleistocene Southeast Asia
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24570254
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Physical anthropology
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| Research Institution | Ryukoku University (2014)
Kyoto University (2012-2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 東南アジア / ベトナム / タイ / 更新世 / 中新世 / ヒト上科 / オナガザル上科 / 化石霊長類 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The extant catarrhines (apes and Old World monkeys) originally evolved in Africa and then expanded their distribution out of Africa to Eurasia during the Miocene. As a part of the long-term study to understand the evolution and diversity of the catarrhines, this study investigated the diversity of fossil catarrhines in Pleistocene Southeast Asia, with comparison to African fossils in mind. At the Archaeological Institute of Vietnam, Pleistocene primate fossils from limestone areas in northern Vietnam were sorted out and studied. In addition, as a new specimen of a large hominoid was discovered from northeastern Thailand, I carried out morphological study on the new specimen as well as a preliminary field survey.
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| Free Research Field |
自然人類学
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