Monkeys, Apes, and Humans Primatology in Japan /

• Main Authors: Huffman, Michael A. (Author), Nakagawa, Naofumi. (Author), Go, Yasuhiro. (Author), Imai, Hiroo. (Author), Tomonaga, Masaki. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal behavior.; Evolution (Biology).; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Behavioural Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54153-0

This book introduces to the reader unfamiliar with primatology in Japan three research projects representative of the unique multidisciplinary approach carried out by scientists at Kyoto University, the countrys premier institution for primate studies. The projects are all aimed at understanding th...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Cultural Diversity of Social Behaviors in Japanese Macaques
• 1.1 Cultural Behaviors That Have Shed Light on Non-human Primates.-1.2 Forgotten Cultures of Social Behaviors
• 1.3 Culture for Embracing Behaviors in Japanese Macaques: Prologue
• 1.4 Inter-population Differences in Behavioral Patterns and Presence or Absence of Hug-Hug
• 1.5 Social Cultures Among Non-human Primates References
• 2 Primate Self-medication and the Treatment of Parasite Infection
• 2.1 The Field of Primate Self-medication
• 2.2 Primate Self-medication and the Parasite Predicament
• 2.3 Behavioral Strategies of Health Maintenance and Parasite Control
• 2.4 Dietary Selection or Disease Prevention?
• 2.4.1 Medicinal Foods
• 2.4.2 Nutrient Poor Items
• 2.4.3 Hallucinogens and Stimulants
• 2.4.4 Antibiotic Properties
• 2.5 Therapeutic Self-medicative Behavior in Great Apes
• 2.5.1 Great Ape Parasites
• 2.5.2 Bitter Pith Chewing, a Chemical Mode of Parasite Control
• 2.5.3 Leaf-Swallowing, a Physical Mode of Parasite Control
• 2.6 Future Directions of Self-medication Research for the Health of Humans
• References
• 3 From Genes to the Mind: Comparative Genomics and Cognitive Science Elucidating Aspects of the Apes That Make Us Human
• 3.1 Exploring the Chimpanzee Mind: Thirty Five Years of Comparative-Cognitive Studies of Chimpanzees at the Primate Research Institute (PRI)
• 3.1.1 Comparative Cognitive Science
• 3.1.2 Teaching Visual Symbols to Chimpanzees: The Initiation of the Ai Project
• 3.1.3 How Do Chimpanzees See the World?
• 3.1.4 ComparativeCognitiveDevelopmental Perspective
• 3.1.5 Step Toward the Next Decade of the Twenty-First Century
• 3.2 Primate Genome Database
• 3.2.1 Introduction
• 3.2.2 Geographical Information
• 3.2.3 Family Tree
• 3.2.4 Gallery
• 3.2.5 Genotype Comparison
• 3.2.6 Chromosome Image
• 3.2.7 Microarray
• 3.2.8 Personality Comparison
• 3.2.9 GenotypePhenotype Relationship
• 3.3 Chimpanzee Genome Studies at an Individual Level at PRI
• 3.3.1 Advances in Genome Science in the Last Ten years
• 3.3.2 Application of NGS Technologies to Comparative Genomics Studies
• 3.3.3 Chimpanzee Genomics at an Individual Level to Understand Their Variations
• 3.3.4 Further Perspective for Linking the Genome and Phenome
• References.