| Budget Amount *help |
¥105,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥81,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥24,420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥21,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥21,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥23,660,000 (Direct Cost: ¥18,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,460,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥21,580,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,980,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “RNMH” had as its goal the explication of the extinction of Neanderthals and their replacement by modern humans in terms of a difference in the cultural levels of the two species (learning hypothesis). The cultural level attained by a society depends on cultural evolutionary processes. With this in mind, our research group conducted theoretical research on the determinants of cultural evolution and on the genetic evolution of learning strategies supportive of cultural evolution. The many fruits of our research have been published in referred international journals and in books, and have contributed significantly to advancing this rapidly growing field. In addition, we conducted exploratory studies in molecular anthropology with the aim of identifying genes that may have contributed to cognitive differences between the two species.
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