Assist. Professor Takumi Tsutaya
Biological anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Primatology
Takumi Tsutaya
Assist. Professor
| Research Area | Biological anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Primatology |
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In the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, we reconstruct the lived experiences, life histories, and evolutionary processes of Hominidae (Homo sapiens and evolutionarily related primates) using various cross-disciplinary approaches.
How were human and primate individuals born, grew up, reproduce (or not), and died? By revealing these lived experiences, we can investigate the impact of cultural and natural environmental differences on the evolutionary process over long time scales in human evolution. Specifically, data are obtained by applying stable isotope analysis, (palaeo)proteomics, and ancient DNA analysis to specimens and materials from the fields of archaeology, paleontology, and primate ecology. Such data are interpreted and discussed within the framework of ecology, history, and evolution. This allows us to reconstruct, for example, how chimpanzees and orangutans live in tropical rainforests, childrearing practices in past human populations from the Jomon to the Edo period, and how extant Hominidae had evolved.
Selected Publications, Books etc.
- 1.Tsutaya T, Mizushima N. (2023) Evolutionary biological perspectives on current social issues of breastfeeding and weaning. Yearbook of Biological Anthropology DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24710.
- 2.Tsutaya T, Wong A, Malim PT, Bernard H, Ogawa NO, Ohkouchi N, Hongo S, Tajima T, Kanamori T, Kuze N. (2022) Stable isotopic investigation of the feeding ecology of wild Bornean orangutans. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 179: 276–290.
- 3.Tsutaya T, Mackie M, Sawafuji R, Miyabe‐Nishiwaki T, Olsen JV, Cappellini E. (2021) Faecal proteomics as a novel method to study mammalian behaviour and physiology. Molecular Ecology Resources 21: 1808–1819.
- 4.Tsutaya T, Meaghan M, Koenig C, Sato T, Weber AW, Kato H, Olsen JV, Cappellini E. (2019) Palaeoproteomic identification of breast milk protein residues from the archaeological skeletal remains of a neonatal dog. Scientific Reports 9: 12841.