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Evolutionary History of Cultural Evolution

Genetic inheritance and cultural transmission are the means through which organisms, including humans, transmit information to the next generation. I aim to comprehend biological and cultural diversity through their interaction., i.e., gene-culture coevolution. To this end, I utilize a wide variety of approaches, though currently with quantitative methods such as mathematical modelling and statistical analysis as a pivotal role in my research. Additionally, we are facing a challenging social situation against academic knowledge production, such as due to population decline, and the accumulated knowledge on human history is beyond the capacity of an individual scholar. Consequently, I also engage in developing research infrastructure towards a renewed way of understanding and knowledge accumulation.

Quantitative morphological analysis of archaeological artifacts

3D printed Yayoi pottery at the "Action without Destination" exhibition.

The results of simulations on subsistence complex, environmental fluctuation, and property inheritance.

Principal areas of interest

• Mathematical modeling of the evolution of human behavior
• Data analysis of cultural phenomena
• Developing research infrastructure for the study of human history
• Practice of conservation and exhibition of academic and local cultural heritage