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2022/2/16 The paper about hyenas has been published. An open access version will be available soon.
Matsumoto-Oda A. Bathing Behaviour in Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in Laikipia, Kenya: Two Observational Cases. History 110 (2), 87-92, (15 February 2022) https://doi.org/10.2982/028.110.0202
2020/12/18 The co-authored paper was published in the American Journal of Primatology.
Alexandre Suire Lynne A. Isbell Laura R. Bidner Yushin Shinoda Munemitsu Akasaka Akiko Matsumoto‐Oda
Influence of rainfall on sleeping site choice by a group of anubis baboons (Papio anubis)
2020/2/1 Alexandre Suire, a postdoc from France, has joined the lab.
2019/10/19
A short-term researcher recruitment (4-5 months)
This area of job-seeking is for a person interested in communication.
2019/6/5
A postdoct researcher recruitment (2 years)
The field of search is people who is interested in data analysis and computational modeling of swarm behaviors.
2019/5/15 HP is renewed.
2019/5/13 The co-authored paper was accepted.
Isbell LA, Bidner LR, Omondi G, Mutinda M, Matsumoto-Oda A. in press. Capture, immobilization, and GPS collaring of olive baboons (Papio anubis) and vervets (Chlorocebus pygerythrus): lessons learned and suggested best practices. Am J Primatol
2019/4/1 A new research fund has been adopted. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B). Principal Investigator.
Investigate primate behaviors and explore routes to human societies.
What is Biological Anthropology?
Biological anthropology is an interdisciplinary study area that combines biological studies and sociological studies. The two primary concepts connecting the two are "human evolution" and "biosocial diversity in humans".
To study humans biologically, representative research subjects are fossils, genes, and primates. Fossils are a suitable subject for understanding shapes and/or movements of bodies, and genes are for finding out relatives. The origin of humans traces back to seven-million-years ago, and many human ancestors existed on the earth once, but now they had been extinct except us, Homo sapiens. Therefore, it is effective a method that comparing with non-human primates to us, in order to understand how human behaviors or societies, having no physical form, have evolved. Also, many primates are endangered animals, and knowledge about their behaviors and environment brought from wild or captivity may help them and us to survive in the future.