Nippon No Jinrui Gaku (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Anthropology at the University of Tokyo, which has traced human evolution by introducing genetic research, and primatology at Kyoto University, which has developed its own primate research. Japanese anthropology has been leading the world through their friendly rivalry. Keiichi Omoto, a leading figure in molecular anthropology at the University of Tokyo, and Juichi Yamakawa, a leading primatologist at Kyoto University, discuss the past and future of anthropology. Where did humans come from? Why are humans unique? What are the problems of human society that arise from our uniqueness? This book sharply discusses these questions from the viewpoint of seeking a new anthropology.

遺伝子研究を導入して人類の進化をたどってきた東大の人類学と、独自の霊長類研究を展開してきた京大の霊長類学。日本の人類学は、彼らの切磋琢磨によって世界をリードしてきた。東大分子人類学の泰斗である尾本恵市と、京大霊長類学を代表する研究者である山極寿一が、人類学のこれまでの歩みと未来を語り尽くす。人類はどこからやってきたのか。ヒトはなぜユニークなのか。ユニークさゆえに生じる人間社会の問題とはなにか。新しい人類学を求める視点から鋭く論じる。