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Sasaki, Tomohiko
The Kyoto University Museum Associate Professor
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Research
Research Topics, Overview of the research
Research Topics
Evolution of the human lifespanOverview of the research
To investigate evolution of the human lifespan, which is uniquely long among promates, based on skeletal remains and fossils.
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Papers
- Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensisYousuke Kaifu; Iwan Kurniawan; Soichiro Mizushima; Junmei Sawada; Michael Lague; Ruly Setiawan; Indra Sutisna; Unggul P. Wibowo; Gen Suwa; Reiko T. Kono; Tomohiko Sasaki; Adam Brumm; Gerrit D. van den BerghNature Communications, 06 Aug. 2024, Peer-reviewed
- The Late Pleistocene “Ushikawa man” from central Japan: its identity and historical reflectionsGen Suwa; Aiko Saso; Tomohiko Sasaki; Kai Nakamura; Hideki Endo; Shuji Matsu’uraAnthropological Science (Japanese Series), 2024
- Estimating sexual size dimorphism in fossil species from posterior probability densitiesTomohiko Sasaki; Sileshi Semaw; Michael J. Rogers; Scott W. Simpson; Yonas Beyene; Berhane Asfaw; Tim D. White; Gen SuwaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 25 Oct. 2021
- Canine sexual dimorphism in Ardipithecus ramidus was nearly human-likeGen Suwa; Tomohiko Sasaki; Sileshi Semaw; Michael J. Rogers; Scott W. Simpson; Yutaka Kunimatsu; Masato Nakatsukasa; Reiko T. Kono; Yingqi Zhang; Yonas Beyene; Berhane Asfaw; Tim D. WhiteProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 07 Dec. 2021
- Variation of bony labyrinthine morphology in Mio−Plio−Pleistocene and modern anthropoidsNaoki Morimoto; Yutaka Kunimatsu; Masato Nakatsukasa; Marcia S. Ponce de León; Christoph P. E. Zollikofer; Hidemi Ishida; Tomohiko Sasaki; Gen SuwaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology, Oct. 2020, Peer-reviewed
- A 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso, Ethiopia, shows advanced tool technology in the early AcheuleanKatsuhiro Sano; Yonas Beyene; Shigehiro Katoh; Daisuke Koyabu; Hideki Endo; Tomohiko Sasaki; Berhane Asfaw; Gen SuwaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 04 Aug. 2020, Peer-reviewed
- Non destructive Visualization of Microstructures in Primate TeethTomohiko Sasaki; Daisuke ShimizuSPring8/SACLA利用研究成果集, Jan. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
- A quantification of calcaneal lateral plantar process position with implications for bipedal locomotion in AustralopithecusBoyle Eve K; McNutt Ellison J; Sasaki Tomohiko; Suwa Gen; Zipfel Bernhard; DeSilva Jeremy MJOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, Oct. 2018, Peer-reviewed
- Maximum likelihood estimate of life expectancy in the prehistoric Jomon: Canine pulp volume reduction suggests a longer life expectancy than previously thoughtTomohiko Sasaki; Osamu KondoAMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Sep. 2016, Peer-reviewed
- The first hominoid from the Maragheh Formation, IranGen Suwa; Yutaka Kunimatsu; Majid Mirzaie Ataabadi; Zahra Orak; Tomohiko Sasaki; Mikael ForteliusPALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS, Sep. 2016, Peer-reviewed
- An informative prior probability distribution of the gompertz parameters for bayesian approaches in paleodemographyTomohiko Sasaki; Osamu KondoAMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Mar. 2016, Peer-reviewed
- New geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla-human lineage splitShigehiro Katoh; Yonas Beyene; Tetsumaru Itaya; Hironobu Hyodo; Masayuki Hyodo; Koshi Yagi; Chitaro Gouzu; Giday WoldeGabriel; William K. Hart; Stanley H. Ambrose; Hideo Nakaya; Raymond L. Bernor; Jean-Renaud Boisserie; Faysal Bibi; Haruo Saegusa; Tomohiko Sasaki; Katsuhiro Sano; Berhane Asfaw; Gen SuwaNATURE, Feb. 2016, Peer-reviewed
- Human age estimation from lower-canine pulp volume ratio based on Bayes' theorem with modern Japanese population as prior distributionTomohiko Sasaki; Osamu KondoANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE, Apr. 2014, Peer-reviewed
- Life expectancy of Jomon people estimated from the dental pulp volumes by Bayesian approach.Tomohiko SasakiThe University of Tokyo, 2014
- 加曽利貝塚由来人骨資料の調査・登録―近年新たに検出された1962年から1968年発掘資料について―久保 大輔; 佐々木 智彦; 諏訪 元貝塚博物館紀要, Mar. 2013
Presentations
- 歯髄腔の狭窄に対して咬耗の強さはどの程度影響するか—年齢推定の視点から—佐々木智彦第78回日本人類学会大会, 12 Oct. 2024
- Adulthood longevity of males and females during a Japanese prehistoric period, Jomon, estimated from reduction of dental pulp cavity, with additional information from claviclesTomohiko Sasaki93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, 23 Mar. 2024
- Preliminary assessment on estimating life expectancy of Jomon people for males and females based on dental pulp reductionTomohiko Sasaki77th Annual Meeting of the Anthropological Sciety of Nippon, 08 Oct. 2023
- 廃屋墓事例における出土人骨の年齢構成佐々木智彦; 中村凱第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会 自由集会, 16 Sep. 2022
- 類人猿の寿命における雌雄差について佐々木 智彦第74回日本人類学会大会, 01 Nov. 2020
- 姥山B9および加曽利北II-29住居址出土人骨の年齢推定佐々木 智彦日本考古学協会第86回総会, Jun. 2020
- Evaluation of some methods for estimating size sexual dimorphism of fossil species.Tomohiko SasakiThe 73rd Anual Meeting of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, Oct. 2019
- Diversity and tendency in the adult lifespan of apesTomohiko SasakiThe 46th Naito Conference on “Mechanisms of Evolution and Biodiversity”, Oct. 2018
- 関東地方縄文時代人の犬歯頬舌径による性別推定佐々木 智彦第72回日本人類学会大会, Oct. 2018
- 類人猿各種における成熟後生存曲線の比較佐々木 智彦第71回日本人類学会大会, Nov. 2017
- シンクロトロン放射光を用いたセメント質層構造の非破壊的可視化：ニホンザル切歯における予備観察佐々木 智彦; 清水大輔第70回日本人類学会大会, Oct. 2016
- チンパンジー・ゴリラの年齢と歯髄腔の狭窄度合佐々木 智彦第69回日本人類学会大会, Oct. 2015
- 対象母集団の年齢分布によって変化する恥骨結合の推定年齢佐々木 智彦第68回日本人類学会大会, Nov. 2014
- Life expectancy of Jomon people at age 15 estimated from the dental pulp volumes and by the Bayesian approachTomohiko SasakiInternational Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, May 2014
- 歯髄腔体積比を用いた年齢推定法と古人口学への応用佐々木 智彦第67回日本人類学会大会, Nov. 2013
- 縄文人の生存曲線を推定する試み―歯髄腔狭窄現象と最尤法を用いた手法の検討―佐々木 智彦第66回日本人類学会大会, Nov. 2012
- 下顎犬歯歯髄腔体積を用いたヒトの年齢推定佐々木 智彦第65回日本人類学会大会, Nov. 2011
Books and Other Publications
- 霊長類学の百科事典 = The encyclopedia of primatology日本霊長類学会, Contributor, 霊長類の性的二型 (pp. 156–157)丸善出版, Jul. 2023
- 史跡加曽利貝塚総括報告書久保 大輔; 佐々木 智彦; 諏訪 元, Joint work, 第6章 第4節 人骨ー明治・大正・昭和期に収集された加曽利貝塚出土縄文時代人骨資料の全容調査ー千葉市教育委員会, Mar. 2017, Not refereed
External funds: Kakenhi
- 古人骨から新規手法により読み解く先史時代の人々の寿命Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career ScientistsBasic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-relatedKyoto University佐々木 智彦From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted古人口学;先史時代;寿命
- Elucidating human prehistory from the South African fossil and osteology recordFund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))Medium-sized Section 45:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fieldsThe University of Tokyo諏訪 元From 27 Oct. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted人類進化;古人口学;南アフリカ
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Education
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- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Museum education : Concept and practiceW303, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Museum education : Concept and practiceW303, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023Museum education : Concept and practiceW303, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
- From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021Museum Education : Concept and PracticeSpring, 全学共通科目
- From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022Museum Education : Concept and PracticeSpring, 全学共通科目
