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Physiological Anthropology Lab (Takayuki Nishimura)
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The lab studies human adaptation to cold and high altitude through physiological anthropology.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how humans adapt to cold and high altitude
Associate Professor Takayuki Nishimura studies the environmental adaptability of modern humans from the standpoint of physiological anthropology.
The research theme is "the environmental adaptability of modern humans," and the keywords are environmental adaptation, cold, high altitude, and physiological diversity.
According to an academic society's introduction of an award, the lab investigates the relationship between physiological diversity and genetic factors in evolution and adaptation, through studies of cold adaptation and high-altitude adaptation.
The lab is also described as working on joint research with companies, aimed at improving the lives and promoting the health of people living today.
Key terms
- physiological anthropology
- A field that studies how the human body functions from the perspective of adaptation to the environment and evolution
- physiological diversity
- Differences in how the body functions from one person or population to another
- high-altitude adaptation
- The process by which the body comes to function in a way suited to the environment at high elevation
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates, from the standpoint of physiological anthropology, how humans adapt to environments such as cold and high altitude. Its research theme is the environmental adaptability of modern humans, and it also looks at the relationship between physiological diversity and genetic factors.
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- Associate ProfessorTakayuki Nishimura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Tibetan Plateau landscape” Jan Kranendonk (https://www.jankranendonk.nl) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Environmental Adaptability of Modern Humans: “Elderly Woman Resting in a Himalayan Village Field” SkandalicznyOrzeszek / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Physiological Anthropology Lab): “Inuit sculpture, Canada - Arctic Museum” Fanny Schertzer / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Physiological Anthropology Lab): “Sleeping cat on her back” Umberto Salvagnin / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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