Scientific Program

Monday, September 23
Room Subaru
09:00 - 12:00/ 13:00 - 17:00 CS8: Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans Viewed from
DNA Level and Reconstructing the Image of Neanderthals
Organizers: Naruya Saitou, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Jaume Bertranpetit Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Takeru Akazawa, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan
   
Chairperson: Takeru Akazawa, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan
09:00 Takeru Akazawa, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan; Sultan Muhesen, Damascus University, Syria; Takashi Oguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan; Hajime Ishida, University of the Ryukyus, Japan; Osamu Kondo, University of Tokyo, Japan; Minoru Yoneda, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Christophe Griggo, Universite Joseph Fourier, France; Hiromasa Suzuki, University of Tokyo, Japan; Christoph P. E. Zollikofer, Marcia S. Ponce De Leon, Universitat Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland; and Yukio Dodo, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan
Dederiyeh Neanderthal, Afrin, Syria
09:20 Christophe Griggo France, E.S.E.P. U.M.R. 6636 du C.N.R.S, France
Mouterian Fauna from Dederiyeh Cave and Comparison with Douara Cave and Umm El Tele
09:50 M. Yoneda, Y. Shibata, M. Morita, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; M. Hirota, Environmental Research Center, Japan; O. Kondo, University of Tokyo; H. Ishida, University of the Ryukyus; and T. Akazawa, International Research Center of Japanese Studies, Japan
Age Determination of Neanderthal Sites and Recent Advances in AMS 14C Dating: A Case Study of the Dederyieh Cave, Syria
10:15 Christoph P.E. Zollikofer, Universitat Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland
Reconstructing the Development of Neanderthals: I. Tools and Methods
10:40 Marcia S. Ponce de Leon, Universitat Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland
Reconstructing the Development of Neanderthals: II. Results and Implications
11:05 Discussant talk (David Lordkipanidze)
11:20 Lunch
   
Chairperson: Jaume Bertranpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
13:00 Erella Hovers, Hebrew University, Israell
Paleoenvironment and Cultural Ecology at the Neanderthal Site of Amud Cave, Israel
13:25 David Serre
13:50 General Discussion I (mainly on Neanderthals)
14:20 G. Marth, National Institutes of Health, USA; G. Schuler, National Institutes of Health, USA; R. Yeh, Washington University, USA; R. Davenport, Washington University, USA; R. Agarwala, National Institutes of Health, USA; D. Church, National Institutes of Health, USA; S. Wheelan, National Institutes of Health, USA; J. Baker, National Institutes of Health, USA; M. Ward, National Institutes of Health, USA; M. Kholodov, National Institutes of Health, USA; L. Phan, National Institutes of Health, USA; E. Czabarka, National Institutes of Health, USA; J. Murvai, National Institutes of Health, USA; H. Harpending, University of Utah, USA; A. Chakravarti, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA; P. Kwok, Washington University, USA; and S. T. Sherry, National Institutes of Health, USA
The Structure of Single-Nucleotide Variation in Overlapping Regions of Human Genome Sequence
14:45 Coffee break
 
Chairperson: Naruya Saitou, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
15:15 Jaume Bertranpetit, Francesc Calafell, David Comas, and Carles Lalueza-Fox, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Worldwide Variation in Linkage Disequilibrium and the Origin of Modern Humans
15:40 Li Wang, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Hiroki Oota, University of Tokyo, Japan; Naruya Saitou, National Institute of Genetics, Japan; Feng Jin, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Takayuki Matsushita, Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum, Japan; and Shintaroh Ueda, University of Tokyo, Japan
DNA Analysis of the Human Remains and Genetic Diversity of the Ancient Populations in China
16:05 Shuhei Mano
16:20 General Discussion II (mainly on DNA data of modern humans)
Room 601
09:00 - 12:00 CM1: Body as a Medium of Meaning: A Mediator Between Nature, Culture and Society
Organizer: Soheila Shahshahani, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
   
Chairperson: Soheila Shahshahani, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
09:00 Joseph Bastien, University of Texas, USA
The Mountain Body Metaphor of Kallawaya Andeans: Ayllu, Ritual and Body
09:20 Eveline Durr, University of Freiburg, Germany
The Body and the Production of Culture in Urban Environment
09:40 Peter Nas, Leiden University, Netherlands
The Dancing House: An Essay in Anthropomorphic Architecture
10:00 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Joseph Bastien, University of Texas, USA
10:15 Asha Singh, Ranchi University, India
Socio-Cultural Projections of Women through Their Dresses, Ornaments and Cosmetics under Gupta Dynasty of Ancient History of India
10:35 Jeff Hester, Kansai Gaidai University, Japan
Ethnicizing the Body: Cultural Performance in the Embodiment of Koreanness among Resident Koreans in Japan
10:55 Michael Harris and Daniel E. Bauer, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Symbolic Consumption: Tattoing and Identity in the United States
11:15 Soheila Shahshahani, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
Body as a Medium of Meaning of Silent Communication in Iran
11:35 Coffee Break
11:45 Discussion
Chairperson: Peter Nas, Leiden University, Netherlands
Discussant: Eveline Durr, University of Freiburg, Germany
   
13:00 - 17:00 CS5: Modernization and Biocultural Adaptation among Populations of the Asia-Pacific Region
Organizer: Ryutaro Ohtsuka, University of Tokyo, Japan
   
Chairpersons: Ryutaro Ohtsuka, University of Tokyo, Japan
Stanley Ulijaszek, University of Oxford, UK
13:00 Ryutaro Ohtsuka, University of Tokyo, Japan
Asia-Pacific Connection of Human Populations in Biocultural Adaptation
13:20 Gary Ko, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong
Obesity in Hong Kong Chinese: We Need a Lower BMI Cutoff is Needed
13:50 Robert Attenborough, The Australian National University, Australia
Modernization, Adaptation and the Health Outlook for Papua New Guineans
14:20 Taro Yamauchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Modernization and Body Composition of Papua New Guinea Highlanders and Solomon Islanders
14:50 Coffee Break
Chairpersons: Ryutaro Ohtsuka, University of Tokyo, Japan
Stanley Ulijaszek, University of Oxford, UK
15:00 Stephen T. McGarvey, Brown University, USA
Nutrition and Health in Modernizing Samoans: Evolutionary and Adaptive Perspectives
15:30 Tsukasa Inaoka, Saga University, Japan
Tongan Obesity: History, Genetics and Environment
16:00 Stanley Ulijaszek, University of Oxford, UK
Transnationalism and Nutritional Health of Cook Islanders
16:30 Discussion
Chairpersons: University of Tokyo, Japan
Stanley Ulijaszek, University of Oxford, UK
   
Room 606
13:00 - 17:00 CS10: Racializing the Human Body: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Organizers: Yasuko Takezawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Audrey Smedley, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
   
Chairpersons: Yasuko Takezawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Audrey Smedley, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
13:00 Yasuko Takezawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Opening Remarks
13:15 C. Loring Brace, University of Michigan, USA; and Noriko Seguchi, University of Montana, USA
"Race" is not a Valid Biological Concept
13:40 Kazumichi Katayama, Kyoto University, Japan
What Is the 'Race' Concept for Japanese Biological Anthropologists?
14:05 Robert Moore, University of Liverpool, UK
Race and Inequality in Europe: The Socially Constructed Biology of Inequality
14:30 Audrey Smedley, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Racializing the Human Body in the United States
14:55 Ichiro Tomiyama, Osaka University, Japan
The Diffusion of the Idea of Race and Its Practice in Japan
15:20 Hiroko Sakamoto, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Historical View of Chinese Concept of Race
15:45 Subhadra Channa, University of Delhi, India
The Crafting of Human Bodies and the Racialization of Caste in India
16:10 Coffee break
16:25 Commentator: Eisei Kurimoto, Osaka University, Japan
16:40 Commentator: Akira Tagaya, Nagano College of Nursing, Japan
16:55 Discussion
   
Room 701
9:00 - 12:00 CM4: Embodying Human Diversity
Organizer: E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA
   
Chairperson: E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA
09:00 Ajit K. Danda, Indian Anthropological Society, India
 Embodying Human Diversity: Hindu Scriptural Views of Human Diversity
09:20 Noriko Seguchi, University of Michigan, USA
Race and Gender: Social and Political Constructs
09:40 Karen L. Ito, U.C.L.A., USA
"How You Gonna Come Like Us?" Body Imagery among Hawaiians
10:00 Coffee break
   
Chairperson: E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA
10:15 Akihiro Inoue, Hokkaido University, Japan
How Hawaiian Spirituality and Christian Faith are Embodied in Narratives: A Study of Diversity in Christian Hawaiian Identity
10:35 Yuki Hirano, University of British Columbia, Canada
Sexual Dimorphism and Sexual Orientation: The View from the Misuto Comics
10:55 E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Expressive Dimensions of Diversity: Exploring the ES
11:15 Coffee break
11:25 Discussion
  Chairperson: E.L. Cerroni-Long, Eastern Michigan University, USA
   
13:00 - 17:00 CS1: Advances in Dental Morphology - Genetic and Environmental Factors
Organizers: Eisaku Kanazawa, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan Grant C. Townsend, The University of Adelaide, Australia
   
Chairperson: Grant Townsend, The University of Adelaide, Australia
13:00 Yousuke Kaifu, National Science Museum, Japan
How Environmental Changes Have Affected the Japanese Dentition
13:20 Shintaro Kondo, Showa University, Japan; and Grant C. Townsend, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Sexual Dimorphism in the Crown Componens of Mandibular Molars in Australian Aborigines
13:40 Eisaku Kanazawa, Kayoko Sasaki and Masanobu Matsuno, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan
The Morphological Variation on the Curvature of the Labial Surface of the Central Incisor in Asian-Pacific Perspective
14:00 Roshan Peiris, University of Paradeniya, Sli Lanka; Ikuo Kageyama, Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan; and Deepthi Nanayakkara, University of Paradeniya, Sli Lanka
An Odontometric Study of the Maxillary and Mandibular Arches in Two Ethnic Groups in Sli Lanka
14:15 Deepthi Nanayakkara, Roshan Peiris, University of Paradeniya, Sli Lanka; Raj Somadeva, University of Kelaniya, Sli Lanka; Ikuo Kageyama, Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan
An Odontometric Study of the Permanent Molars of a Prehistoric Population Who Lived in a Coastal Region of Sli Lanka - Pallemalala
14:30 Coffee Break
   
Chairperson: Yousuke Kaifu, National Science Museum, Japan
14:50 Lassi Alvesalo, University of Oulu, Finland
The Expression of Sex Chromosome Regulation in Human Oral Growth
15:10 Grant Townsend, Toby Hughes and Lindsay Richards, The University of Adelaid, Australia
From Dental Crown Components to the Whole Dentition - Genetic and Environmental Influences
15:30 Kazutaka Kasai and Akira Kawamura, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan
Relationship Between Occlusion and the Internal Structure of Mandible
15:50 Reiko T. Kono and Gen Suwa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Comparison of Molar Enamel Distribution Pattern among Extant Large-Bodied Hominoids and Modern Humans
16:10 Discussion
Chairpersons:
Discussant: 		Lassi Alvesalo, University of Oulu, Finland
Yuji Mizoguchi, National Science Museum, Japan
Ikuo Kageyama, Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan
   
Room 706
9:00 - 12:00 IS10: Dancing Body or Dance & Body ?
Organizers: Setsuko Ishiguro, Ochanomizu University, Japan
Takako Kunieda, Ibaraki University, Japan
   
Chairperson: Takako Kunieda, Ibaraki University, Japan
9:00 Introduction
9:05 Yoko Kondo, International Christian University, Japan
The World of Traditional Folk Dance in Japan
9:25 Kayo Mikami, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
The Physical Concept in Butoh; From Tatsumi Hijikata's Ankoku Butoh Method
9:45 Takako Kunieda, Ibaraki University, Japan
Body of Jiuta Mai with Profound Japanese Culture
10:05 Discussion
10:15 Coffee Break
   
Chairperson: Keizo Miyasaka, Keio University, Japan
10:30 Introduction
10:35 Sho Suzuki, Hosei University, Japan
Nijinsky's Body: Breaking throuth the Systematized Body
10:55 Setsuko Ishiguro, Ochanomizu University, Japan
A report on the 'Hiten' (Flying Deities) Project
11:15 Junko Sakaba, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
The Use of the Body in Noh and Kyogen
11:35 Discussion
Chairperson: Keizo Miyasaka, Keio University, Japan
   
13:00 - 17:00 CM6: Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology - Biomedical and Sociocultural Dimensions
Organizers: Pavao Rudan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
   
Chairpersons: William A. Stini, University of Arizona, USA
Pavao Rudan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
13:00 Pavao Rudan, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Medical Anthropology and Epidemiology - Biomedical and Sociocultural Dimensions (Introduction to the Theme)
13:15 Norio Fujiki, Azuma and Hashimoto Kazo, Fukui Medical University, Japan
Predictive Medicine from International Biological Program (I.B.P) to Human Genome Diversity Project
13:30 William A. Stini, University of Arizona, USA
Sex Differences in Bone Density Loss and Body Composition Change in Old Age
13:45 Coffee break
   
Chairpersons: Nina Smolej-Narancic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Luis Alberto Vargas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
14:00 Nina Smolej-Narancic, Pavao Rudan, Stjepan Turek, Igor Rudan, Lajos Szirovicza and Branka Janicijevic, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Croatia: A Descriptive Analysis
14:15 Igor Rudan, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK; Diana Rudan, Branka Janicijevic, Nina Smolej-Narancic, Harry Campbell, Andrew Carothers and Alan Wright, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Inbreeding and Risk of Complex Chronic Diseases
14:30 Branka Janicijevic, Igor Rudan, Nina Smolej-Narancic, Harry Campbell, Andrew Carothers and Alan Wright, University of Zagreb, Croatia, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK
Effects of Inbreeding on Essential Hypertension
14:45 Coffee break
   
Chairpersons: Igor Rudan, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK
Ajai Pratap Singh, H.N.B. Garhwal University, India
15:00 Gertrude Hauser, Maria Sluga,Wielamd Kinz, Hanno Ulmer, Mitra Seiser, Felix Kabelka and Wilhelm Firbas, University of Vienna, Austria
Foot-Dimensions and Shoe-Size in European Children
15:15 Luis Alberto Vargas, Roberto Campos Navarro, Leticia E. Casillas and Adriana Ruiz-Llanos, Universidad Nacianal Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
An Appraisal of Hospitals for Indians in Latin America
15:30 Sanja M. Spoljar-Vrzina, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Forced Migrants in the Eyes of Medical Anthropologists - Testing the Capacity for Interdisciplinary Efforts
15:45 Ajai Pratap Singh, H.N.B. Garhwal University, India
Concepts of Disease and Healing among the Tribes of Uttaranchal Himalaya
16:00 Kandregula Suri Babu, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, India
Illness and Health Care Practices in Village of Andhra Pradesh
16:15 Coffee break
16:30 Discussion
Chairperson:
Discussant: 		Sanja M. Spoljar-Vrzina, University of Zagreb, Croatia
William A. Stini, University of Arizona, USA
Linking of the Final Conclusions and Ideas for Future Transdisciplinary Activities
(Concluding Remarks)