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Physical Anthropology Lab
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A lab that explores human evolution and adaptation through the shapes of human bones and teeth.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring past humans through fieldwork and osteology.
The Morphological Anthropology Lab studies human evolution, as well as variation and adaptation among human populations, based on the shapes of human bones and teeth.
In addition to traditional methods, the lab incorporates new approaches such as CT scanning, three-dimensional morphometrics, simulation, and statistical methods.
At the same time, the lab places great importance on collecting and organizing human skeletal collections and on carrying out their conservation treatment and description reliably.
Graduate students working in macroscopic morphological anthropology can pursue their own research themes without being tied to a fixed topic.
Key terms
- Morphometrics
- A method of measuring the shape of bones and other structures as lengths, angles, and three-dimensional coordinates so that they can be compared numerically
- Neanderthals
- A human group distinct from modern humans that once lived from Europe to Western Asia. They disappeared tens of thousands of years ago
- Osteoarchaeology
- The study of human skeletal remains excavated from archaeological sites to reveal the lives, health, diets, and other aspects of people in the past
- Microevolution
- Relatively small-scale evolution within a single species, in which the characteristics of a population change gradually over generations
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies human evolution, as well as variation and adaptation among human populations, based on the shapes of human bones and teeth. Through prehistoric anthropological fieldwork in Western Asia and analysis of Jomon skeletal remains, it explores what past humans were like.
*Illustrative imageReplacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans
By comparing prehistoric anthropological survey data from Western Asia with the skeletal morphology of fossil hominins, the lab approaches the mystery of how Neanderthals and anatomically modern Homo sapiens replaced one another.
*Illustrative imageGrowth of Fossil Hominins
By describing the skeletons of Neanderthal infants and comparing them with those of other hominins, the lab investigates how the growth pattern unique to humans evolved.
*Illustrative imageAnthropology of the Jomon People and the Hokkaido Ainu
Using osteoarchaeological methods, the lab analyzes how the Jomon people and the Hokkaido Ainu are positioned within microevolution, and what kinds of lifestyles and subsistence they practiced.
*Illustrative imageSkeletons of Neolithic People in Western Asia
From the skeletal morphology of Neolithic people in Western Asia, the lab examines what characteristics the first settled communities had.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Morphological Anthropology Lab consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral students.
- Associate ProfessorOsamu KondoPublications ↗
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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: “Shanidar Cave5” Khoshhat / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans: “Shanidar skull” James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Growth of Fossil Hominins: “Skull of Teshik-Tash Boy” Stanislav Kozlovskiy / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Anthropology of the Jomon People and the Hokkaido Ainu: “Horinouchi Woman (Detail)” Fred Cherrygarden / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Skeletons of Neolithic People in Western Asia: “Catal Hüyük 8” Stipich Béla / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Human Genome Diversity Lab): “Japan (MODIS )” Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
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