| 研究実績の概要 |
We reviewed the existing literature for behaviours reported as potential traditions. We present a comprehensive synthesis of potential traditions in the species. We categorised the potential traditions into food (foraging/processing behaviour or food choice) and non-food related (social/communicative, comfort/hygiene or other) behaviours. Each potential tradition was further categorised as either directly related, indirectly related or unrelated to human influence, including provisioning. We identified a total of 37 individual behavioural traditions from the existing literature; 16, about half, related to human influence, and 21 apparently unrelated to human influence. For research result dissemination, I have been accepted to give a talk at an international conference this August. I will also submit a paper for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Delineating traditions in wild and free-ranging monkeys may help us to better understand the phylogenetic origins of human culture. I have visited 10 different sites, across Japan, with free-ranging or wild populations of Japanese macaques (Arashiyama; Koshima Island; Jigokudani; Shimokita Penninsula; Kinkazan Island; Yakushima Island; Awajishima Island; Shodoshima Island; Takasakiyama; and Minooh). Photographs and video will be used to vreate an open access website on potential traditions in this species. I have built up a network of contacts; people across Japan who have carried out long-term research at each of these sites and will be able to publish the results of the questionnaire survey, across sites, in the future.
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