2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comprehensive Clarification of the Transition from Neanderthals to Modern Humans in the Dead Sea Rift Valley of West Asia
| Project/Area Number |
17102002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kochi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
AKAZAWA Takeru Kochi University of Technology, 総合研究所, 教授 (70013753)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NISHIAKI Yoshihiro 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (70256197)
KONNDO Osamu 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 准教授 (40244347)
SADATO Norihiro 生理学研究所, 心理生理学研究部門, 教授 (00273003)
AOKI Kenichi 東京大学, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (30150056)
YONEDA Minoru 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (30280712)
SUZUKI Hiromasa 東京大学, 先端科学技術研究センター, 教授 (40187761)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
OGIHARA Naomichi 慶応義塾大学, 理工学部, 講師 (70324605)
ISHIDA Hajime 琉球大学, 医学部, 教授 (70145225)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2009
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| Keywords | ヒトの進化 / ネアンデルタール / 現生人類の起源 / ネアンデルタール・サピエンス交替劇 / 西アジア / デデリエ洞窟 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Neanderthals persisted until 30,000 years ago, and possibly somewhat later ; however, they eventually disappeared. The question arises : what happened to the Neanderthals? Many hypotheses as to what extent are currently available. In that regard, our project has focused the transition from Neanderthal to modern humans in the Dead Sea Rift of West Asia and succeeded in providing differences in the social and individual learning abilities between Neanderthal and modern humans, and developed a new hypothetical model designated as "learning hypothesis" that the demise of Neanderthals was accelerated by modern humans characterized by having higher individual learning strategies.
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