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Short stature of African pygmies: the meaning of adolescent from the view point of human evolution

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25650151
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Physical anthropology
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Yamauchi Taro  北海道大学, 大学院保健科学研究院, 教授 (70345049)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords狩猟採集民 / 成長 / 思春期スパート / 子ども期 / アフリカ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We were able to add anthropometric data for infants and younger children of an African pygmy hunter-gatherer population to baseline data (N = 626), although it was difficult to conduct follow up measurements for the large sample due to their predominantly mobile lifestyle.
Detailed observations on childcare revealed that children, particularly elderly girls spent longer time providing childcare than adults except for the infants’ mothers. Time allocation surveys further revealed that the daily travel (walking) distance and radius for children increased with age. For adolescents, individual variations of these variables expanded, especially in boys. The children had unexpectedly large step counts that exceeded 20,000 steps per day on average.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (35 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 2013 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Presentation (24 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 10 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ヤウンデ大学/バトゥリ市保健局(カメルーン)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Factors associated with nutritional status in children aged 5-24 months in Cameroon2015

    • Author(s)
      Nagahori C, Tchuani JP, Yamauchi T
    • Journal Title

      Nursing and Health Sciences

      Volume: in press Issue: 2 Pages: 229-235

    • DOI

      10.1111/nhs.12176

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report 2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Flow experience during attentional training improves cognitive functions in patients with traumatic brain injury: An exploratory case study2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida K, Sawamura D, Ogawa K, Ikoma K, Asakawa K, Yamauchi T, Sakai S
    • Journal Title

      Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy

      Volume: in press Issue: 2 Pages: 81-87

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.hkjot.2015.01.001

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Yamauchi T , Sato H, Kawamura K Nutritional status and physical fitness of Pygmy hunter-gatherers living in the African rainforests. African Study Monographs 47 Suppl. 2014 25-342014

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T , Sato H, Kawamura K
    • Journal Title

      African Study Monographs

      Volume: 47 Suppl. Pages: 25-34

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A controlled foraging trip in a communal forest of southeastern Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Sato H, Hayashi K, Inai H, Yamaguchi R, Kawamura K, Yamauchi T
    • Journal Title

      African Study Monographs

      Volume: 47 Suppl. Pages: 5-24

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Blood pressure of Baka Pygmies living in southeastern Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Kawamura K, Yamauchi T , Hayashi K, Sato H
    • Journal Title

      African Study Monographs

      Volume: 47 Suppl. Pages: 35-44

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The demographic characteristics and nutritional status for a hunter-gatherer society with social transitions in southeastern Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Hagino I, Sato H, Yamauchi T
    • Journal Title

      African Study Monographs

      Volume: 47 Suppl. Pages: 45-57

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children under the age of five in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Cameroon2015

    • Author(s)
      Nagahori C, Tchuani JP, Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Third International Conference on Global Public Health 2015 (GPH 2015)
    • Place of Presentation
      Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Health and Happiness of Children in Finland and Japan. Session 2: Population in the Arctic2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Hokkaido University - Finnish Universities Joint Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Hokkaido University, Sapporo
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Developing a new sanitation program, improving health and QOL: action research by children2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      5th Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition (ZAWAFE)
    • Place of Presentation
      Government Complex, Lusaka, Zambia
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Body growth and life history of modern humans and Neanderthals from the perspective of human evolution2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      The 12th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall, Chiba
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Cooperative Infant Care among the Baka Hunter-Gatherers2015

    • Author(s)
      Ito S and Yamauchi Y
    • Organizer
      11th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS11)
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 狩猟採集民を生理と生態の視座から再考する~理想か幻想か~2015

    • Author(s)
      山内太郎
    • Organizer
      日本生理人類学会第72回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学,札幌
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] アグロ・サニテーションは地域住民の健康と幸福にどう貢献できるか2015

    • Author(s)
      山内太郎
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会第52回学術大会
    • Place of Presentation
      犬山国際観光センター「フロイデ」,犬山
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ネアンデルタールのライフステージと栄養生態―現代の狩猟採集民のフィールド調査とネアンデルタールのエネルギー適応戦略仮説2015

    • Author(s)
      山内太郎・萩野泉・伊藤早織
    • Organizer
      交替劇プロジェクト第10回研究大会
    • Place of Presentation
      高知会館、高知
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-07 – 2015-03-08
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Child undernutrition and associated factors in the republic of Cameroon2015

    • Author(s)
      Nagahori C, Tchuani JP, Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      1st International Conference on Nursing
    • Place of Presentation
      Malang, Indonesia
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-28 – 2015-03-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Global health field research: bottom-up approach in developing countries2015

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Modern Health Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ネアンデルタール人の成長・発達と栄養生態2015

    • Author(s)
      山内太郎
    • Organizer
      公開講演会「ネアンデルタール人の絶滅の謎に迫る」
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学、東京
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-07
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Fertility and population dynamics of Baka hunter-gatherers in southeast Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Hagino I, Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      2nd International Conference Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning
    • Place of Presentation
      Date, Hokkaido, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-30 – 2014-12-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Evolution of learning capacity and acquired behaviors of modern humans from the perspectives of life history and brain development2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      2nd International Conference Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: Testing Evolutionary Models of Learning
    • Place of Presentation
      Date, Hokkaido, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-30 – 2014-12-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] アフリカ熱帯雨林に居住するピグミー系狩猟採集民における乳幼児の健康と育児2014

    • Author(s)
      伊藤早織・山内太郎
    • Organizer
      第29回日本国際保健医療学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-01 – 2014-11-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] カメルーン熱帯雨林狩猟採集民Bakaの子どもにおける時間利用と食物獲得2014

    • Author(s)
      萩野泉・山内太郎
    • Organizer
      第29回日本国際保健医療学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-01 – 2014-11-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Fieldwork in small societies: adaptation of local population to the living environment2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Special Lecture of China Medical University
    • Place of Presentation
      Shenyang, China
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Growth status and anthropometric characteristics of Baka Pygmies in southeast Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Hagino I, Hayashi K, Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      XIII International Congress of Human Growth and Clinical Auxology
    • Place of Presentation
      Maribor, Slovenia
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-17 – 2014-09-20
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Assessing the impact of improved sanitation on health and QOL2014

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Africa Water Forum 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-12 – 2014-06-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] カメルーン南東部のBakaピグミーにおける出生力と時代変化2014

    • Author(s)
      萩野泉・山内太郎
    • Organizer
      第51回日本アフリカ学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学、京都
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-23 – 2014-05-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The transition of demographic characteristics and nutritional status for hunter-gatherer society in southeast Cameroon2014

    • Author(s)
      Hagino I, K Hayashi, K Kawamura, H Sato and T Yamauchi
    • Organizer
      2nd International Conference on Nutrition and Growth
    • Place of Presentation
      Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB), Barcelona, Spain
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Research methods and case studies in Health and Human Ecology2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Lecture exchange and scientific meeting “The role of rehabilitation on improving health and quality of life”
    • Place of Presentation
      Deponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] カメルーン共和国南東部における狩猟採集民Bakaの人口構造と出生力2013

    • Author(s)
      萩野泉・山内太郎
    • Organizer
      第28回国際保健医療学会
    • Place of Presentation
      名桜大学,名護市
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Human ecological fieldwork: methods and case studies2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Organizer
      Invited lecture for graduate school students, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kobe University
    • Place of Presentation
      Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Nutritional status of rural children in sub-Saharan Africa: Secular changes in child growth in Southern Province, Zambia2013

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T, A Mitsunaga, H Kubo, C Umetsu
    • Organizer
      4th Lusaka Resilience Workshop: "Towards Comprehensive Food Security: Bridging Climate Resilience and Disaster Resilience"
    • Place of Presentation
      Golfview Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Body growth and life history of modern humans and Neanderthals from the perspective of human evolution, in Terashima H and Hewlett BS eds., Social Learning and Innovation in Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers2016

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Dynamics of social-ecological systems: the case of farmers' food security in semi-arid Tropics, in Shoko Sakai and Chieko Umetsu eds., Social-Ecological Systems in Transition2014

    • Author(s)
      Chieko Umetsu, Thamana Lekprichakul, Takeshi Sakurai, Taro Yamauchi, Yudai Ishimoto, Hidetoshi Miyazaki
    • Total Pages
      194
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Estimation of the period of childhood and child growth characteristics of Pygmy hunter-gatherers in southeast Cameroon In: T Akazawa, N Ogihara, HC Tanabe, H Terashima (eds.), Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans, Vol. 2 Cognitive and Physical Perspectives, pp.99-1032014

    • Author(s)
      Yamauchi T, Hagino I
    • Total Pages
      243
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Daily physical activity and time-space using of Pygmy hunter-gatherers' children in southeast Cameroon In: T Akazawa, N Ogihara, HC Tanabe, H Terashima (eds.), Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans, Vol. 2 Cognitive and Physical Perspectives, pp.91-982014

    • Author(s)
      Hagino I, Yamauchi T
    • Total Pages
      243
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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