Scientific Program

Monday, September 24
Room Subaru
09:00 - 12:00 / 13:00 - 15:00 IS3: Causes for Chronological Changes in Craniofacial Morphology
Organizer: Yuji Mizoguchi, National Science Museum, Japan
   
Chairperson: Torstein Sjovold, Stockholm University, Sweden
09:00 Masanori Nakajima, National Science Museum, Japan
Secular Changes in Craniofacial Morphology of Early Modern Urban Japanese
09:20 Fumio Ohtsuki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan; and Pete E. Lestrel, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Size and Shape Changes in Japanese Skull: Microevolutionary Changes over Time
09:40 Nancy Ossenberg, Queen's University, Canada; and Yukio Dodo, Tohoku University, Japan
Nonmetric Traits Reflect Craniofacial Change Due to Demic Diffusion in Northern Japan
10:00 Coffee break
   
Chairperson: Torstein Sjovold, Stockholm University, Sweden
10:20 Makiko Kouchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Secular Changes in Japanese Head Viewed from Somatometric Data
10:40 Peter Brown, University of New England, Australia
Post-Pleistocene Diachronic Change in the Facial Skeleton: A Comparison and Testing of Models
11:00 Discussion
Chairperson: Torstein Sjovold, Stockholm University, Sweden
11:30 Lunch
   
Chairperson: Peter Brown, University of New England, Australia
13:00 Pete E. Lestrel, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Roberto M. Cesar Jr., Celina M. Takemura, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Osamu Takahashi, Eisaku Kanazawa and Kazutaka Kasai, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan
Sexual Dimorphism in the Japanese Cranial Base: Comparison of Fourier Descriptors and Wavelets
13:20 Torstein Sjovold, Stockholm University, Sweden
Heritability of Traditional Cranial Measurements in Man
13:40 Ikuo Kageyama, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan; Shuji Takeuchi and Susumu Kato, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
Correlation Between the Measurements of the Cranial Bones and the Volume of the Maxillary Sinus
14:00 Coffee break
 
Chairperson: Peter Brown, University of New England, Australia
14:20 Yuji Mizoguchi, National Science Museum, Japan
A Cause of Brachycephalization Inferred from the Differential Relations of Cranial Length with Measurements of Upper Limb Bones
14:40 Discussion
Chairperson: Peter Brown, University of New England, Australia
   
Room 601
09:00 - 12:00 IS6: Prehistoric People and Culture in the Ryukyu Archipelago
Organizers: Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan
Naomi Doi, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
   
Chairperson: Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan
09:00 Hiroe Takamiya, Okinawa International University, Japan
Recent Findings in the Prehistory of the Ryukyu Archipelago
09:20 Takako Higa, University of the Ryukyus, Japan; Tsunehiko Hanihara, Saga Medical School, Japan; Hajime Sunakawa and Hajime Ishida, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Dental Variation of Ryukyu Islanders: A Comparative Study among Ryukyu, Ainu, and other Asian Populations
09:40 Yukio Dodo, Tohoku University, Japan; Naomi Doi, University of the Ryukyus, Japan; and Osamu Kondo, University of Tokyo, Japan
Metric and Nonmetric Characteristics of the Ainu and Ryukyu Crania
10:00 Naomi Doi, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Population History of the Ryukyuans as Viewed from Skeletal Morphology
10:20 Coffee break
Chairperson: Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan
10:35 Naotaka Ishiguro, Takuma Watanabe, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan; Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan; Akira Matsui, Nara Cultural Properties Research Institute Japan; and Hitomi Hongo, Kyoto University, Japan
Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Suggests Prehistoric Introduction of Domestic Pigs onto Okinawa Islands
10:55 Masao Minagawa, Hokkaido University, Japan; and Akira Matsui, Nara Cultural Properties Research Institute, Japan
Chemical Evidence of Domestication of Sus Scrofa in Ryukyu Islands and Its Implication with Prehistoric Inter-Islands Trade
10:15 Coffee break
11:25 Brian Chisholm, University of British Columbia, Canada; and Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan
Prehistoric Diet in Okinawa-Stable Isotopic Evidence
11:45

Hiroto Takamiya, Sapporo University, Japan
The Origins of the Modern Central Ryukyu Population-Population Dynamics in the Prehistory of Okinawa

12:05 Discussion
   
13:00 - 17:00 IS11: Human Birth - Evolutionary, Medical and Sociocultural Dimensions
Organizer: Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max Planck Institute, Germany
   
Chairperson: Etsuko Matsuoka, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
13:00 Introduction: Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max Planck Institute, Germany
13:05 Tokiko Oishi, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan; Masuko Saito and Humiko Shibata, Toho University, Japan
Unique Practices of Japanese Midwives Running Birth Homes to Help Women for a Lifetime in the Communities.
13:35 Chizuru Misago, National Institute of Public Health, Japan
Transforming Birthing Experiences(TBE) - A Key to a Dynamic Spiritual State of Their Body?
14:05 Etsuko Matsuoka, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan
Does Modern Hospital Birth Transform a Woman to a Mother?
14:35 Coffee break
14:50 Tadaharu Okano, Mie University, Japan
Trans-Cultural and Biological Aspect of Postpartum Psychiatric Illnesses among Japanese Women
15:10 Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Are Humans Defective Products of Evolution? - Natural Versus Medicalized Childbirth.
15:40 Coffee break
15:55 Discussion
Chairperson: Wulf Schiefenhovel, Max Planck Institute, Germany
   
Room 606
09:00 - 12:00 IS1: Biomathematical and Biophysical Methods Used in the Study of Human Being
Organizer: Sorin Baiculescu, "Stefan Odobleja" Cybernetics Academy, Romania
   
Chairperson: Sorin Baiculescu, "Stefan Odobleja" Cybernetics Academy, Romania
09:00 Sorin Baiculescu, "Stefan Odobleja" Cybernetics Academy, Romania
Biomathematical and Biophysical Methods Used in the Study of Human Being
09:20 Vivian RF. Linssen, International Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Research Center, Belgium
Consciouness, the Dynamic Plasticity of the Nervous System and Internal Homeostasis.
09:40 Gavril Acalugaritei, "Stefan Odobleja" Cybernetics Academy, Romania
Anthropogenetic Acalugaritei Networks
10:00 Coffee break
   
Chairperson: Sorin Baiculescu, "Stefan Odobleja" Cybernetics Academy, Romania
10:15 Valeria Lungu, "Horia hulubei" National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
Biomathematical Methods for Characterisation of Therapy 188-Rn Radiopharmaceutical
10:35 Ileana Turcu, "Ana Aslan" National Institute for Gerontology and Geriatrics, Romania
Relations among Foods and Anthropogenetic Acalugaritei Networks.
10:55 Adriana Godeanu, Bristol Meyers Sqibb International, Belgium.
Public Health in European Union.
11:15 Coffee Break
11:25 Discussion
   
13:00 - 17:00 CS2: Coevolution of Genes and Culture
Organizers: Kenichi Aoki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Marcus Feldman, Stanford University, USA
   
Chairperson: Kenichi Aoki, University of Tokyo, Japan
13:00 Marcus Feldman, Stanford University, USA
Brief Overview of Gene-Culture Coevolution
13:10 Maruska Vidovic, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia
Consanguinity in the Slovene Population
13:35 Marcus Feldman, Stanford University, USA
Sexual Selection and Gene-Culture Coevolution
14:00 Coffee Break
   
Chairperson: Marc Feldman, Stanford University, USA
14:15 Kenichi Aoki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Sexual Selection with Non-Genetic Transmission of Preference
14:40 Ichirou Tanaka, Yokkaichi University, Japan
Mother-infant Communication in Gesture for Social Learning of Grooming Behavior in Free-ranging Japanese Macaques
15:05 Kevin Laland, University of Cambridge, UK; F. John Odling-Smee, University of Oxford, UK; and Marcus W. Feldman, Stanford University, USA
Cultural Niche Construction and Cultural Evolution
15:30 Discussion
Chairperson: Kenichi Aoki, University of Tokyo, Japan
   
Room 701
9:00 - 12:00/ 13:00 - 17:00 OS1: Open Session 1
   
Chairperson: Eisei Kurimoto, Osaka University, Japan
09:00 Kazue Saito, Kansai Gaidai University, Japan
Gender and Performing Arts and Music in Japan
09:20 Ayano Yugeta, Ochanomizu University, Japan
The Originality of the Physical Expression in Hotoke-Mai which makes the Character of Bugaku a Clue
09:40 Haruko Sako, Ochanomizu University, Japan
"Fluid Body" in Erich Hawkins Dances
10:00 Coffee Break
11:00 Nepal Vinod Kumar, Sherpa Ang Babu, Sherpa Sonam and Lama Chhiring Palju, ESCOR, Nepal
An Assessment of Knowledge and Practice in Achieving the Rights of the Child from Nepal
11:20 Suresh Kumar Shrestha and Bharat Narayan Pradhan, Kalinchowk Youth Club Nepal, Nepal
Challenging Lives of the Chilldren inside the Carpet Factory of Kathmandu Vally
11:40 Lunch
   
Chairperson: Takashi Satake, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Japan
13:00 Eugene R. Wikramanayake, University of Paradeniya, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Concept of Race
13:20 Alok Chantia, Lucknow University, India
Utility of Human Body Measurment in the Search of Identity of an unnkown Group "Dhankut"of Bahraich District (U.P) of India
13:40 Jiro Kawakita, Kawakita Research Institute, Japan
The Original KJ Method
14:00 Chunling Wan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Feng Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Keiichi Omoto, St.AndrewÕs University, Japan
Ear-wax Type and Body Ordor: Discrimination by Physical Character in China?
14:20 Coffee break
   
Chairperson: Ikuo Kageyama, The Nippon Deutal University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan
14:40 Abdul Awwal Biswas, Shahajalal University, Bangladesh and Prasun Kr. Chattopadhyay, Civil Hospital, Panjab
Palmar Dermatoglyphics of the Rakhains of Bangladesh
15:00 Ikuo Kageyama, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan; Deepthi Nanayakkara, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Masashi Takahashi, Shinichi Goto, Yukio Miyagawa and Sen Nakahara, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Niigata, Japan
Comparison of the Histological Structure and the Elemental Composition of Enamel in the Third Molar between Modern Shinhala and Tamil People in Sir Lanka
15:20 Coffee Break
15:40 Traian D. Stanciulescu, Daniela M. Manu, Romanian Development Foundation, "Al. I. Cuza," University & National Inventics Institute, Iasi, Romania
An Integrative Model of the Human Body: Unconventional Hypotheses of the "Biological Lasers" Theory
16:00 Paul W. Dixon, Univertsity of Hawaii, USA
Culture and Knowing with Neurophysiological Correlates Related to Mathematical Ability
16:20 Shoji Kawamura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Y-chromosomal Red-green Visual Pigment genes of Nocturnal New World Monky, Aotus trivirgatus
   
Room 706
9:00 - 12:00 / 13:00 - 17:00 IS8: Socio-Economic Interactions Between Pastoralists and Other Groups
Organizers: Michael Bollig, University of Cologne, Germany
Kazunobu Ikeya, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
   

09:00

Elliot Fratkin , Smith College, USA
Herders, Farmers, and Townspeople: A Comparative Approach to Transition and Social Change among Livestock Pastoralists
09:20 Kazunobu Ikeya, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Socioeconomic Relationships between Herders and Hunters: A Comparison of the Kalahari Desert and the Northeastern Siberia
09:40 Tetsuya Inamura, Aichi Prefectural University, Japan
Pastoralists of Domestic Animals with Specialized Purposes and Their Socio-Economic Relationship with Other Groups: Cases of Andean Llama-Alpaca Herders and Northern Mongolian Reindeer Herders
10:00 Coffee Break
   
Chairperson: Purnendu Kavoori, Institute for Development Studies, India
10:30 Jorg Janzen, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
The Transformation Process in Rural Mongolia and the Formation of New Interactions between the Pastoral and Sedentary Population
10:50 Takahiro Ozaki, Kagoshima University, Japan
Essentiality and Variety of Interactions between Mongolian Pastoralists and Other People - Comparative Research of Contemporary North and South
   
Chairperson: Kazunobu Ikeya, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
11:10 Virginie Vate, University Paris X / Center of Mongolian and Siberian Studies, France
Of Tundra and Sea: Chukchis, A Reindeer Herders and Sea-Mammal Hunters People (Northeast Siberian Arctic)
11:30 Temur and Yu Du, China Urban Anthropology Association, China
"Small Grass Circle" and the Changing of Economic Mode of Pastoralists in Inter-Mongolia in China
   
Chairperson: Jorg Janzen, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
13:00 Kazuyuki Watanabe, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Socio-Economic Relationships Involving Trading of the Livestock Products: An Example of Mobile Sheep Herders in Eastern Nepal
13:20 Purnendu Kavoori, Institute for Development Studies, India
Legal Discrimination and Political Marginalization: A Sedentary Developmental State Undermines the Future of Rajasthani Pastoralists
Chairperson: Elliot Fratkin, Smith College, USA
13:40 Hiroshi Nawata, Kyoto University, Japan
Racing Camel Production and Its Trading Networks over the Red Sea: Socio-Economic Relationships between the Beja and the Rashayda in Eastern Sudan
14:00 Itaru Ohta, Kyoto University, Japan
How the Turkana Coped with the Emergence of a Refugee Camp in Kakuma, Northwestern Kenya
14:20 Michael Bollig and Heinemann Bollig, University of Cologne, Germany
Nomadic Savages, Ochre People and Heroic Herders - Visual Presentation of Bodies and Identities in NamibiaÕs Kaokoland
14:40 Coffee break
15:10 Discussion
Chairperson: Kazunobu Ikeya, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
  Michael Bollig, University of Cologne, Germany