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Kyoto University Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior (Eishi Hirasaki) Lab
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The lab investigates the mechanisms and evolution of bipedal locomotion and hand movements.
AboutAbout the lab
How did uniquely human movement evolve?
The Division of Body Control Mechanisms (Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior) aims to clarify the body control mechanisms underlying movements and behaviors unique to humans, such as upright bipedal locomotion, spoken language, and fine manipulation with the hands, as well as their evolutionary origins.
The lab uses kinematic data, neural and biological signal data, morphological data, and simulation models based on them to explore the evolution and adaptation of body movement and its control mechanisms in humans and monkeys.
Key terms
- Upright bipedal locomotion
- Walking on two legs with the back held straight
- Kinematics
- The field that studies body movement by describing it in terms of position, speed, angle, and so on
- Simulation model
- A model built to reproduce the body and its movements inside a computer
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to clarify the body control mechanisms that underlie movements and behavioral traits unique to humans, and their evolutionary origins.
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- ProfessorEishi Hirasaki
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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: “Coquerel's sifaka lemur (Propithecus coquereli) terrestrial locomotion” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Evolution of body movement in humans and monkeys: “Primate skeleton (blue light)” Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kyoto University Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior (Katsuki Nakamura) Lab): “PSM V42 D022 Monkey brain displaying motor areas” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Theoretical Biophysics Lab): “Schematic of a single-tethered DNA curtain” Soyeong An, Youngseo Kim, and Ja Yil Lee / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kyoto University Institute for the Evolution of Human Behavior (Masayuki Matsumoto) Lab): “PSM V27 D081 Upper aspect of monkey brain” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Human Evolution Studies Lab): “Chimpanzee in the wild variation” D.G.Kulakov https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:D.G.Kulakov&action=edit&redlink=1 / CC0 (cropped)
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