The core-to-core program of JSPS
The first HOPE International workshop
Evolutionary neighbors: from genes to mind
Date: March 6th 900-1230, 7th 900-1730
Place: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centenniel Hall
Host: HOPE "Primate Origins of Human
Evolution" project
The Joint project of Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI)
and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPIEVA)
in the collaboration with
21COE Formation of a strategic base of the multidisciplinary study of
biodiversity, Kyoto University
21COE Center of Excellence for Psychological studies, Kyoto University
21 COE Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences at the University of
Tokyo

March 6th (Saturday)
0900-0920 |
Opening remarks |
0900-0910 |
Nobuo Shigehara (Director, Primate Research Institute of Kyoto
University) |
0910-0915 |
Kazuo Oike (President, Kyoto University) |
0915-0920 |
Motoyuki Ono (President, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science) |
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0920-1050 |
Session 1: HOPE and the Future Perspective
(chaired by William McGrew) |
0920-0950 |
Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
On HOPE project: The core-to-core program by JSPS |
0950-1020 |
Frans de Waal (Living Links, Emory University)
On-going various studies in Living Links: Beyond the dichotomy of
human and animals |
1020-1050 |
Richard Wrangham (Department of Anthropology, Harvard University)
Kibare Forest Project: The present situation and future perspective |
1050-1100 |
Break |
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1100-1230 |
Session 2: Language and Cognition (chaired by
Kazuo Fujita) |
1100-1130 |
Takeshi Nishimura (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
Descent of the larynx in chimpanzees |
1130-1200 |
Misato Hayashi (Primate Research Institute,
Kyoto University)
Development of object manipulation in chimpanzees |
1200-1230 |
Toyomi Matsuno (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
Visual search for motion in chimpanzees |
1230-1400 |
(Lunch meeting: The clock tower restaurant) |
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March 7th (Sunday)
0900-1100 |
Session 3: Comparative Cognitive Science
(chaired by Masaki Tomonaga) |
0900-0930 |
Nicholas Mulcahy (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary
Anthropology)
An alternative approach to the trap-tube problem in great apes |
0930-1000 |
Juliane Brauer (Max Planck Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology)
Chimpanzees and domestic dogs can take the visual perspective of
others |
1000-1030 |
Sarah Dunphy-Lelii (Department of Psychology, University of
Michigan)
Theory of Mind in chimpanzees: Insights from comparative research |
1030-1100 |
Satoshi Hirata (Hayashibara Great Ape Research
Institute)
Experimental studies of cooperation in chimpanzees |
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1110-1210 |
Session 4: Genomics (chaired by Osamu
Takenaka) |
1110-1140 |
Asao Fujiyama (National Institute of Informatics)
Recent progress in chimpanzee genomics |
1140-1210 |
Naruya Saitoh (National Institute for Genetics)
Silver Project: Simultaneous analysis of human and ape genome
sequences |
1210-1320 |
(Lunch meeting: The clock tower restaurant) |
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1320-1450 |
Session 5: Physiology, Brain, and Fossils
(chaired by Motoharu Hayashi) |
1320-1350 |
Kazunari Ushida (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Molecular identification of vertically transmitted intestinal
bacteria |
1350-1420 |
Takao Oishi (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto
University)
Use for scientific research of brains retrieved from dead
chimpanzees |
1420-1450 |
Gen Suwa (University of Tokyo)
Recent progress of the study of fossil hominids |
1450-1500 |
break |
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1500-1700 |
Session 6: Field study and wildlife
conservation (chaired by Juichi Yamagiwa) |
1500-1530 |
Michael Huffman (Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
From self-medicative behavior in primates to traditional medicine in
humans |
1530-1600 |
Dora Biro (Department of Zoology, Oxford
University)
The death of infant chimpanzees and the care by the mothers at
Bossou, Guinea |
1600-1630 |
Elisabetta Visalberghi (Institute of Cognitive Sciences and
Technologies)
Tool use in capuchins: the solution of a dilemma |
1630-1700 |
Yuji Takenoshita (Department of Zoology, Kyoto University)
Current status of ecological research, habituation,
and conservation of the great apes in the Moukalaba- Doudou
National Park, Gabon. |
1700-1730 |
Gen Yamakoshi (Faculty of Area Studies, Kyoto
University)
Chimpanzee conservation in West African rural landscapes: A case
study in Bossou, Guinea. |
1730 |
Concluding remarks |
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Discussant: John Mitani, Shigeo Uehara, Chie Hashimoto, Kunio
Watanabe,
Yoshi Kawamoto, Takashi Kageyama, Masato Nakatsukasa |
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