霊長類における任意慣習と意思疎通ジェスチャーの文化的伝達

在上个财政年度，我进行了一项完整的实验研究，利用群体扩散范式研究了日本猕猴任意手势的文化传播。我还收集了关于观察到一只日本猕猴怀着她死去的婴儿异常长时间的数据，然后是母婴相食。我将在今年夏天的一次国际会议上介绍这两项研究的结果，并将它们分别作为原创研究文章和观察性案例研究撰写，提交给期刊。JSPS的拨款使我能够与日本研究人员合作。我计划对日本猕猴的潜在文化行为进行一项调查。

Within the last fiscal year I have carried out a complete experimental study investigating cultural transmission of an arbitrary gesture in Japanese macaques using the group diffusion paradigm. I also collected data regarding the observation of a Japanese macaque carrying her dead infant for an unusually long period, followed by mother-infant cannibalism. I will present the findings of both studies at an International conference, this summer, and will write them up as an original research article and an observational case study, respectively, for submission to journals. The JSPS grant has enabled me to collaborate with Japanese researchers. I plan to attempt to carry out a survey of potentially cultural behaviours across Japanese macaques in Japan.