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201301050165513531
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- 2017/03 - Today 北海道大学 大学院医学研究院 連携医学系部門 人類進化学教室 准教授
- 2016/04 - 2017/03 Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2014/06 - 2016/03 University of Tsukuba Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
- 2011/04 - 2014/06 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Education
- 2003/04 - 2011/03 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Biological Sciences
- 2001/04 - 2003/03 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Science Department of Biological Sciences
- 1998/04 - 2001/03 The University of Tokyo College of Arts and Sciences
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- Daisuke Kubo, Tomohiro Komagino, Hirofumi MatsumuraAsian Journal of Paleopathology 6 17 - 23 2024/06 [Refereed]
- Izumi Braddick, Daisuke Kubo, Hirofumi Matsumura, Rick J. SchultingAsian Journal of Paleopathology 6 1 - 5 2024/06 [Refereed]
- 久保大輔, 米田穣, 石田肇Anthropological Science (Japanese Series) 131 (2) 43 - 82 2023 [Refereed][Not invited]
- Rick J. Schulting, Daisuke Kubo, Kiyonori Nishida, Izumi Braddick, Minoru Yoneda, Hirofumi Kato, Hajime IshidaInternational Journal of Paleopathology 38 107 - 114 1879-9817 2022/09 [Refereed]
Objectives: We report here a stingray spine (Dasyatidae) found embedded in the femur of a male skeleton from the archaeological site of Uedomari-5, Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan. Materials: A single well-preserved but incomplete human skeleton. Methods: Macroscopic observation and low power magnification, CT imaging, radiocarbon dating and stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen) analysis. Results: The stingray spine is tentatively identified as Bathytoshia brevicaudata. CT imaging shows no healing, indicating that death occurred shortly afterwards. The skeleton has been directly radiocarbon dated to the Okhotsk period (cal AD 429–827), with δ13C (−13.7‰) and δ15N (19.3‰) values indicating a diet focused on marine foods. Conclusions: The absence of healing in what would have been a non-lethal injury strongly suggests that the spine tipped an arrowhead, rather than being the result of an accidental encounter with a living stingray. It is possible that the injury reflects a period of increased conflict coinciding with, or following on from, the expansion of the Okhotsk culture from Sakhalin into northern Hokkaido. Significance: Uedomari-5 provides the first example, to our knowledge, of a stingray spine directly embedded in human bone at an archaeological site. More widely, the finding contributes to our knowledge of conflict in northern hunter-gatherer communities. Limitations: Given the early excavation date (1949–50), there is little contextual information available for the burials. Suggestions for further research: ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry) may be able to identify the stingray species. Archival research may provide more information concerning the excavations at Uedomari-5. - Daisuke KuboAnthropological Science 130 (2) 107 - 119 0918-7960 2022 [Refereed]
- Angela R. Lieverse, Daisuke Kubo, Rebecca L. Bourgeois, Hirofumi Matsumura, Minoru Yoneda, Hajime IshidaAnthropological Science 130 (1) 47 - 57 0918-7960 2022 [Refereed]
This paper discusses a probable case of pediatric mandibular osteomyelitis (OM) from the east Hokkaido Okhotsk (5th–13th century AD) site of Moyoro, Japan. The remains of a young child present an unusual mandibular lesion exhibiting two main features: (1) cortical thickening reflecting periosteal new bone formation, and (2) lytic alveolar destruction with associated antemortem tooth loss. The lesion was examined macroscopically, microscopically, and via computed tomography imaging. A differential diagnosis—considering lesion appearance, location, and the age of the child—is most consistent with OM, while alveolar and dental involvement suggest an odontogenic source such as an infected tooth germ. The infection appears to have been active at the time of death and chronic (i.e. of 4+ weeks) in duration, an interpretation supported by enamel hypoplastic evidence of physiological stress in the preceding 12–18 months. The lesion’s unique appearance highlights the diverse manifestation of OM, especially in the jaws and in the absence of modern therapeutic treatment. Despite being considered a relatively common condition among non-adult individuals in the past, surprisingly few cases of pediatric OM have been reported from archaeological contexts. This case, only the second documented on a mandible, contributes to the general paucity of paleopathological literature on OM. - Hiroki C. Tanabe, Daisuke Kubo, Kunihiro Hasegawa, Takanori Kochiyama, Osamu KondoIn: Bruner E, Ogihara N, Tanabe HC (eds.), Digital Endocasts from Skulls and Brains. Springer Japan KK 275 - 289 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
- Yousuke Kaifu, Iwan Kurniawan, Daisuke Kubo, Erick Sudiyabudi, Gunawan Pontjo Putro, Endang Prasanti, Fachroel Aziz, Hisao BabaAnthropological Science 123 (3) 161 - 176 0918-7960 2015/12 [Refereed][Not invited]
Ngawi 1 is an undated but well-preserved Homo erectus calvaria from Java. Previous craniometric and morphological studies have shown its similarities to late Javanese H. erectus from Ngandong as well as Sambungmacan (Sm 1 [and Sm 3]). Some researchers emphasize their morphological homogeneity, and suggest that this 'Ngandong/Sambungmacan/Ngawi group' is morphologically distinct from H. erectus from the Early Pleistocene of Sangiran and Trinil, possibly at a species-level. In this study, we reinvestigated Ngawi 1 based on the newly cleaned original specimen and using micro computed tomography with the aim of testing if such morphological discontinuity really exists within the Javanese fossil record. We metrically and non-metrically examined 33 cranial characters that are useful to distinguish earlier and later Javanese H. erectus. We also evaluated the morphology of the three Sambungmacan crania (Sm 1, 3, and 4) in the same way. The results of these and multivariate analyses support previous studies that Ngawi 1 exhibits many characteristic features of Ngandong H. erectus. However, Ngawi 1 is more or less similar to earlier Javanese H. erectus in smaller cranial size, a weak but distinct supraglabellar depression, a relatively short temporal bone, limited posterior projection of the middle part of the occipital torus, a shallower and 'roofed' mandibular fossa, and a smaller mastoid process. The three Sambungmacan crania also show general affinities to Ngandong, but are similar to earlier Javanese H. erectus in a few or more characters. Such slightly shifted character distribution is at least consistent with the hypothesis of continuous evolution of H. erectus through the Pleistocene of Java. This minor but potentially meaningful pattern of morphological variation should not be overlooked when a morphological group is defined for the specimens from Ngandong, Sambungmacan, and Ngawi. We also determined the endocranial volume of Ngawi 1 to be 959 cm(3). - Osamu Kondo, Daisuke Kubo, Hiromasa Suzuki, Naomichi OgiharaDynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives 183 - 190 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
- Daisuke Kubo, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Osamu Kondo, Naomichi Ogihara, Akira Yogi, Sadayuki Murayama, Hajime IshidaDynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives 209 - 215 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
- Kinya Yasui, James D. Reimer, Yunhuan Liu, Xiaoyong Yao, Daisuke Kubo, Degan Shu, Yong LiPLOS ONE 8 (6) e65890 1932-6203 2013/06 [Refereed][Not invited]
Background: Microfossils of the genus Punctatus include developmental stages such as blastula, gastrula, and hatchlings, and represent the most complete developmental sequence of animals available from the earliest Cambrian. Despite the extremely well-preserved specimens, the evolutionary position of Punctatus has relied only on their conical remains and they have been tentatively assigned to cnidarians. We present a new interpretation of the Punctatus body plan based on the developmental reconstruction aided by recent advances in developmental biology. Results: Punctatus developed from a rather large egg, gastrulated in a mode of invagination from a coeloblastura, and then formed a mouth directly from the blastopore. Spiny benthic hatchlings were distinguishable from swimming or crawling ciliate larvae found in cnidarians and sponges. A mouth appeared at the perihatching embryonic stage and was renewed periodically during growth, and old mouths transformed into the body wall, thus elongating the body. Growing animals retained a small blind gut in a large body cavity without partitioning by septa and did not form tentacles, pedal discs or holdfasts externally. A growth center at the oral pole was sufficient for body patterning throughout life, and the body patterning did not show any bias from radial symmetry. Conclusions: Contrary to proposed cnidarian affinity, the Punctatus body plan has basic differences from that of cnidarians, especially concerning a spacious body cavity separating ectoderm from endoderm. The lack of many basic cnidarian characters in the body patterning of Punctatus leads us to consider its own taxonomic group, potentially outside of Cnidaria. - Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. Kono, Yousuke KaifuProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1760) 20130338 0962-8452 2013/06 [Refereed][Not invited]
The extremely small endocranial volume (ECV) of LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis, poses a challenge in our understanding of human brain evolution. Some researchers hypothesize dramatic dwarfing of relative brain size from Homo erectus presumably without significant decrease in intellectual function, whereas others expect a lesser degree of brain diminution from a more primitive, small-brained form of hominin currently undocumented in eastern Asia. However, inconsistency in the published ECVs for LB1 (380-430 cc), unclear human intraspecific brain-body size scaling and other uncertainties have hampered elaborative modelling of its brain size reduction. In this study, we accurately determine the ECV of LB1 using high-resolution micro-CT scan. The ECV of LB1 thus measured, 426 cc, is larger than the commonly cited figure in previous studies (400 cc). Coupled with brain-body size correlation in Homo sapiens calculated based on a sample from 20 worldwide modern human populations, we construct new models of the brain size reduction in the evolution of H. floresiensis. The results show a more significant contribution of scaling effect than previously claimed. - Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. Kono, Gen SuwaAnthropological Science 120 (2) 179 - 194 0918-7960 2012/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the endocranial and postorbital morphologies of the terminal Pleistocene Minatogawa people, and obtain insights into their evolutionary background and genealogical relationships. The Minatogawa I and IV crania were compared with 83 Homo sapiens specimens (including 19 prehistoric Jomon). Metric comparative analyses and observational evaluations revealed that the two Minatogawa endocrania are characterized by a common suite of features (or tendency), including a small endocranial volume, relatively low endocranial shape, distinctly broad temporal region (qualitatively associated with the strong temporal bulge), weak parietal boss, and weakly swollen frontal bulge. Postorbital constriction was confirmed to be strong, relative to both upper facial breadth and maximum cranial breadth. Partial correlation analysis and bivariate comparisons were performed to examine the possible associations of Minatogawa's strong postorbital constriction. The results suggest that constriction relative to the face is predominantly due to a large facial breadth (frontal endocranium not so narrow in Minatogawa I), and also in part to strong neuro-orbital disjunction, while constriction relative to the posterior cranium is largely attributable to endocranial shape. Comparisons with modern/recent H. sapiens materials and limited but informative outgroup specimens (Skhul V, and an example of Homo erectus, Daka) suggests that some of the features characteristic of Minatogawa are possibly ancestral retentions of early H. sapiens (e.g. strong temporal bulge, marked postorbital constriction relative to the face), while others are probably derived population features (e.g. a small endocranial volume, weakly swollen frontal bulge, marked postorbital constriction relative to the posterior cranium). In overall endocranial proportions, the Jomon tend to lie closer to Minatogawa than does the modem Japanese, but such morphologies were also found in individuals of other populations, and thus the similarity does not necessarily support the hypothesis of Minatogawa-Jomon genealogical closeness. - Yousuke Kaifu, Hisao Baba, Thomas Sutikna, Michael J. Morwood, Daisuke Kubo, E. Wahyu Saptomo, Jatmiko, Rokhus Due Awe, Tony DjubiantonoJournal of Human Evolution 61 (6) 644 - 682 0047-2484 2011/12 [Refereed][Not invited]
This paper describes in detail the external morphology of LB1/1, the nearly complete and only known cranium of Homo floresiensis. Comparisons were made with a large sample of early groups of the genus Homo to assess primitive, derived, and unique craniofacial traits of LB1 and discuss its evolution. Principal cranial shape differences between H. floresiensis and Homo sapiens are also explored metrically. The LB1 specimen exhibits a marked reductive trend in its facial skeleton, which is comparable to the H. sapiens condition and is probably associated with reduced masticatory stresses. However, LB1 is craniometrically different from H. sapiens showing an extremely small overall cranial size, and the combination of a primitive low and anteriorly narrow vault shape, a relatively prognathic face, a rounded oval foramen that is greatly separated anteriorly from the carotid canal/jugular foramen, and a unique, tall orbital shape. Whereas the neurocranium of LB1 is as small as that of some Homo habilis specimens, it exhibits laterally expanded parietals, a weak suprameatal crest, a moderately flexed occipital, a marked facial reduction, and many other derived features that characterize post-habilis Homo. Other craniofacial characteristics of LB1 include, for example, a relatively narrow frontal squama with flattened right and left sides, a marked frontal keel, posteriorly divergent temporal lines, a posteriorly flexed anteromedial corner of the mandibular fossa, a bulbous lateral end of the supraorbital torus, and a forward protruding maxillary body with a distinct infraorbital sulcus. LB1 is most similar to early Javanese Homo erectus from Sangiran and Trinil in these and other aspects. We conclude that the craniofacial morphology of LB1 is consistent with the hypothesis that H. floresiensis evolved from early Javanese H. erectus with dramatic island dwarfism. However, further field discoveries of early hominin skeletal remains from Flores and detailed analyses of the finds are needed to understand the evolutionary history of this endemic hominin species. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. - Yousuke Kaifu, Yandi Zaim, Hisao Baba, Iwan Kurniawan, Daisuke Kubo, Yan Rizal, Johan Arif, Fachroel AzizJournal of Human Evolution 61 (3) 270 - 294 0047-2484 2011/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
Skull IX (Tjg-1993.05) was unearthed from the upper stratigraphic zone (Bapang-AG levels) of the hominin-bearing sequence in Sangiran. This remarkably complete cranial specimen of Homo erectus from the early Pleistocene of Java preserves substantial portions of the vault and face. However, the distortion present in the original reconstruction has hampered detailed documentation of its morphological characteristics. We here report a new reconstruction of Skull IX that successfully recovers the original morphology and significantly differs from previous reconstructions. Detailed morphological description and the results of initial comparative analyses based on this new reconstruction are provided. The endocranial volume of Skull IX was measured as 870 cc using micro-CT data. The neurocranium of Skull IX is slightly smaller than the so far recorded smallest cranium from this zone, suggesting this individual was female. In most, but not all, aspects of the cranial vault form, details of the external surface structures, and facial morphology, Skull IX exhibits numerous similarities to the other Bapang-AG H. erectus specimens, indicating that it belonged to the Bapang-AG H. erectus population. Drawing on the expanded fossil sample of this chronoregional H. erectus group, we discuss their evolutionary status, degree of sexual dimorphism, and facial morphological variation in Afro-Asian earlier Homo specimens. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. - Gen Suwa, Hitoshi Fukase, Reiko T. Kono, Daisuke Kubo, Masaki FujitaAnthropological Science 119 (2) 159 - 171 0918-7960 2011/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
Although dental size and morphology have contributed to population history studies in Japan, little attention has been paid to root size and dimensions. We report here computer tomography (CT)-based metrics of mandibular tooth roots in modern Japanese, Holocene Jomon, and Late Pleistocene Minatogawa human fossils (15000-20000 BP). Our results confirmed that, in terms of both mesiodistal cervical diameters and root lengths, the Jomon is overall smaller-toothed, with summed mesiodistal cervical diameters 4% smaller than in the modern Japanese. However, no significant differences were found in the M-1, in both cervical diameter and root length. These results are comparable to the crown size differences reported in the two populations. There were no significant differences in root proportions (root length relative to cervical diameter) between the Jomon and the modern Japanese in each tooth element from I-1 to M-1, while an allometric root length reduction was observed in the M-2 and M-3 of the modern Japanese. This reflects distinct patterns of dental reduction in the two populations. The Late Pleistocene Minatogawa fossils were found to have larger cervical diameters and root lengths than either the modern Japanese or the Jomon, in some respects approximating the large-toothed Australian and/or earlier Late Pleistocene Homo sapiens conditions. This indicates a largely conservative dental system retained in the Minatogawa fossils, distinct from the Jomon condition. - Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. KonoAnthropological Science 119 (2) 203 - 209 0918-7960 2011/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
The Minatogawa IV cranium is one of three well-preserved Late Pleistocene Homo sapiens crania from the Minatogawa fissure site, Okinawa Island. This cranium is more damaged than Minatogawa I and exhibits some clear post-mortem distortion. We reconstructed the endocranium of this specimen after correcting the distortion and breakage by combining digital and manual restoration procedures, and established a reliable estimate for its endocranial volume (ECV) to be around 1170 cc. As with the case of Minatogawa I, this result confirmed the suggestion of previous work that the Minatogawa series has small ECVs compared with modern Japanese and Jomon populations. Some dental and osteological conditions, such as heavy tooth wear as well as Harris's lines of the long bones, suggest a possibility that the small ECV of the Minatogawa people as well as their short stature might have been caused in part by a stunting of growth due to undernutrition and possibly a microevolutionary adaptation to the food-limited insular environments. - Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. Kono, Gen SuwaAnthropological Science 119 (2) 123 - 135 0918-7960 2011/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
The Late Pleistocene fossil human remains (individuals I-IV) of Minatogawa, Okinawa Island are important in addressing the population history of the Japanese archipelago and in understanding evolution of Homo sapiens in eastern Asia. This study is the first on Minatogawa I's endocranial morphology, based on micro-computed tomography (micro-CT). We digitally reconstructed the Minatogawa I endocast, and created its physical model using a three-dimensional printer system. We compared the Minatogawa I endocast with available H. sapiens and archaic Homo endocasts. We found that Minatogawa I exhibits key derived endocranial features of H. sapiens, such as a highly elevated parietal, endocranial widening confined to a relatively anterior position, and a narrow internal occipital crest. The short, wide, and low proportioned Minatogawa I endocranium lies metrically at the margins of the modern human ranges of variation of this study. The Minatogawa I endocast exhibits a slightly underdeveloped frontal region with marked parasagittal ridges, a weak endocranial parietal boss, and a strong temporal bulge. It differs from Liujiang in the strong expression of these features as well as in overall metric proportions. A weak endocranial parietal boss and a strong temporal bulge are shared by Skhul V and Qafzeh 9, and may represent a primitive condition for H. sapiens in general. - Gen Suwa, Berhane Asfaw, Reiko T. Kono, Daisuke Kubo, C. Owen Lovejoy, Tim D. WhiteScience 326 (5949) 68e1 - 68e7 0036-8075 2009/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
The highly fragmented and distorted skull of the adult skeleton ARA-VP-6/500 includes most of the dentition and preserves substantial parts of the face, vault, and base. Anatomical comparisons and micro-computed tomography-based analysis of this and other remains reveal pre-Australopithecus hominid craniofacial morphology and structure. The Ardipithecus ramidus skull exhibits a small endocranial capacity (300 to 350 cubic centimeters), small cranial size relative to body size, considerable midfacial projection, and a lack of modern African ape-like extreme lower facial prognathism. Its short posterior cranial base differs from that of both Pan troglodytes and P. paniscus. Ar. ramidus lacks the broad, anteriorly situated zygomaxillary facial skeleton developed in later Australopithecus. This combination of features is apparently shared by Sahelanthropus, showing that the Mio-Pliocene hominid cranium differed substantially from those of both extant apes and Australopithecus. - Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. Kono, Aiko Saso, Souichiro Mizushima, Gen SuwaAnthropological Science 116 (1) 77 - 85 0918-7960 2008/04 [Refereed][Not invited]
An increasing number of studies determine endocranial capacity (ECC) digitally using serial computed tomographic (CT) scan data. However, the multiple causes of errors inherent in such measurements and the resulting degree of accuracy have not yet been fully examined. In the present study, five observers estimated the ECCs of two modern human crania by segmentation of CT data (voxel size 0.380 mm) and by means of the conventional millet seed method. The ECC estimations were much more consistent in the CT-based (technical error, TEM = 1.4 cc) than the millet seed (TEM = 11.8 cc) methods. The estimated capacities also tended to be larger in the latter, suggesting possible systematic bias. Next, the causes and degree of error in the CT-based method were examined. Error due to size calibration of the CT images was no more than 3 cc (+/- 1.5 cc) per 1000 cc. Errors involved in delineating the endocranial cavity were evaluated as follows. First, we adopted a segmentation routine in which a single global threshold value was applied to most of the volume, and then supplemented locally by more appropriate values in the regions where the global value was insufficient. We then estimated the potential error introduced by choosing a global threshold value. We found this to be within 5 cc (per 1000 cc). This error range increased to 7.5 cc (per 1000 cc), when using a lower resolution data set (slice thickness 1.14 mm). Another source of interobserver error involves the blocking of foramina and canals, which we estimated to be less than 2 cc (per 1000 cc). Adding these various effects, our investigations indicate that ECC estimations based on high-resolution CT data are accurate to within 5 cc per 1000 cc. Finally, we reevaluated the ECC of the Minatogawa 1 skull to be 1335 cc (with a probable range of 1327-1343 +/- 5 cc), considerably smaller than the originally reported value of 1390 cc obtained by the millet seed method. - W. Henry Gilbert, Ralph L. Holloway, Daisuke Kubo, Reiko T. Kono, Gen SuwaIn: Gilbert WH and Asfaw B (eds.), Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press 329 - 347 2008 [Not refereed][Not invited]
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- 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久保 大輔, 佐々木 智彦, 諏訪 元 史跡加曽利貝塚総括報告書（第2分冊 第6章 第4節） 786 -856 2017/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- カフゼー9号（解剖学的現代人）頭蓋の左右歪み評価とエンドキャスト作成近藤 修, 久保 大輔, 鈴木 宏正, 荻原 直道 ネアンデルタールとサピエンス交替劇の真相:学習能力の進化に基づく実証的研究 研究項目C01研究報告書 3次元モデリング技術に基づく化石頭蓋の高精度復元 41 -56 2015/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- エンドキャストから小脳・大脳容積を推定する手法の開発と旧人・新人化石への応用久保 大輔, 田邊 宏樹, 近藤 修, 天野 英輝, 與儀 彰, 村山 貞之, 石田 肇, 荻原 直道 ネアンデルタールとサピエンス交替劇の真相:学習能力の進化に基づく実証的研究 研究項目C01研究報告書 3次元モデリング技術に基づく化石頭蓋の高精度復元 57 -76 2015/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- 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 40- 1 -14 2013/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- 河野 礼子, 久保 大輔, 諏訪 元 季刊考古学 (118) 57 -60 2012/02 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- 加曽利貝塚博物館所蔵、荒屋敷貝塚ならびに緑町小学校古人骨の保存状況久保 大輔, 諏訪 元 貝塚博物館紀要 (35) 1 -14 2008/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- 縄文時代人骨データベース 4) 千葉県の遺跡（向ノ台，矢作，余山など）水嶋 崇一郎, 久保 大輔 東京大学総合研究博物館標本資料報告 (69) 2007 [Not refereed][Not invited]
- 縄文時代人骨データベース 3) 千葉県の遺跡 （堀之内，加曽利，曽谷など）水嶋 崇一郎, 佐宗 亜衣子, 久保 大輔, 諏訪 元 東京大学総合研究博物館標本資料報告 (61) 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
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- 日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業Date (from‐to) : 2024/04 -2029/03Author : 久保 大輔, 髙村 敬子, 遠藤 大輔
- ヒトの中硬膜動静脈の系統発生を記述・解明するための評価枠組みの確立日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業Date (from‐to) : 2018/04 -2021/03Author : 久保 大輔
- ジャワ原人を中心としたホモ・エレクトスの頭蓋腔形態に関する古神経学的研究日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業Date (from‐to) : 2014/04 -2017/03Author : 久保 大輔
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ResearchDate (from‐to) : 2012/04 -2017/03Author : KAIFU Yousuke, SANO Takashi, KONO Reiko, MOCHIMARU Masaaki, KOUCHI Makiko, KUBO Daisuke, CHANG Chun-Hsiang, Azizi F., Djubiantoto T., Morwood M., Grün R.This 5-years project have revealed previously unrecognized, high-level of evolutionary diversity in Asian archaic Homo, through morphological analyses of a number of newly discovered fossil specimens from three peripheral regions of Asia: Java (Indonesia), Flores (Indonesia), and Taiwan. During the Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations, Taiwan/Java had repeated connection and disconnection from the Asian continent, whereas Flores had been an isolated island throughout. Such contrasting geographic settings may have been at least one of the causes that affected the evolutionary diversity observed here. The results were published in Nature, Nature Communications, and other academic journals.