Researching wild chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains National Park, Republic of Tanzania.
The paper was published.
Takuya Matsumoto, Itsuki Iwata, Takuya Sakamoto, Satoshi Hirata. First noncontact millimeter-wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology 86(8): e23633, 2024Japon : le spectacle fascinant des "singes des neiges" barbotant dans les sources d'eau chaude
Our research at Jigokudani Yaen-koen was introduced on French TV station TF1.
The paper conducted by a joint research group has been published.
Itsuki Iwata, Takuya Sakamoto, Takuya Matsumoto, Satoshi Hirata. Noncontact Measurement of Heartbeat of Humans and Chimpanzees Using Millimeter-Wave Radar with Topology Method. IEEE Sensors Letters 2023A new laboratory called the field of Evolutionary Anthropology has been established at Shinshu University. I have joined this laboratory as an assistant professor.
The paper was published.
"Female chimpanzees giving first birth in their natal group in Mahale: attention to incest between brothers and sisters."
My field work in FY2019
The paper was published.
"Opportunistic feeding strategy in wild immature chimpanzees: Implications for children as active foragers in human evolution"