Research field (2)：
Museology
, Cultural properties
Research keywords (7)：
イヌ
, ニホンオオカミ
, palaeoenvironment
, Southwest Asia
, subsistence
, domestication
, zooarchaeology
Research theme for competitive and other funds (62)：
2023 - 2028 Exploration of the impact of prehistoric human activities on animal communities and environmental conditions
2022 - 2026 Paradigm shift by liberal arts on the establishment of human-livestock relationships based on the view of life
2021 - 2026 Exploring the Northern Adaptation Process of Early Agriculture in the Armenian Highlands
2022 - 2025 Investigation of dog domestication in East Asia and their introduction to the Japanese Archipelago, based on Ancient DNA and skeletal morphology.
2020 - 2025 東南アジア大陸部における後期更新世人類の環境適応の解明
2021 - 2024 A study of lions in Ancient Near East
2019 - 2024 The Origin of the Tribal Society in the Near East: Comprehensive Study of the Pre- and Proto-historic Nomadic Cultures in the Arabian Peninsula
2020 - 2023 絶滅したニホンオオカミの遺伝的変遷と移動を探る動物考古学的研究
2019 - 2023 Interdisciplinary innovation of the concept of domestication in the period of post-ancient genome analysis
2018 - 2023 Subsistence and social structure in the prehistoric southwest Asia
2018 - 2022 Social complexity in the Neolithic West Asia
2018 - 2021 Sedentary hunter-gatherers to agro-pastoralists: Four thousand years process of transition to food production in the upper Tigris Basin
2017 - 2021 Osteological and genetic analysis of Jamainu specimens from the point of view of the crossbreed events between Japanese wolves and domestic dogs
2015 - 2020 Domestication Processes in Continental Southeast Asia
2015 - 2020 Archaeological research aimed at elucidating the foundation of the formation of the Mongol empire
2014 - 2019 Ecohistory of Iraq reconstructed through the analysis of clay tablets
2013 - 2018 Beyond the Fertile Crescent: Tracing the Formation Process of the Nomadic Near East
2012 - 2017 Archaeological studies on early sedentary settlements in southwest Asia
2012 - 2017 Subsistence Basis and Environment of West-Asian Civilization
2012 - 2017 Facilitating the Study of West Asian Civilization
2013 - 2016 Establishment of the model of relationships between human and livestock in Asia and Indian Ocean Regions
2013 - 2016 Environmental Archaeology at Tengu-iwa Rock Shelter in Nagano- High Resolution Reconstruction of Subsistence and Palaeoenvironment
2011 - 2015 Genetic and morphologic studies of two extinct wolves (Ezo wolf and Japanese wolf) to know their origin and lineages
2011 - 2015 Ecohistory of salinization and aridification in Iraq
2010 - 2015 An environmental archaeological study on the establishment of the Mongol empire
2010 - 2012 Establishment of the domestication model of the multiple-originallivestock and the specimen storage system in the multidisciplinary studies.
2010 - 2012 古代東アジアと西アジアへの家畜馬の拡散に関する研究
2010 - 2012 Comparative study on early agriculture and pasturage in Afro-Eurasia
2010 - 2011 岩陰遺跡の生物考古学的研究-長野県北相木村ノンコ岩1遺跡の学際的調査
2008 - 2011 Clarification of milk cultural sphere in the Asian continent and establishment of those data as digital archive
2008 - 2011 The Environmental Changes of Water Resources at the Ancient Archaeological Sites by the Global Climatic Events after the Last Glacial Maximum
2008 - 2010 Collapse and Realignment of the Social Systems in Neolithic West Asia
2006 - 2009 Genetic Study on the Evolutional Origin of East-Asian Sus scrofa in Indonedia
2006 - 2009 Environmental Archaeological Researches on the Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire
2005 - 2009 Zooarchaeological and ethnoarchaeobotanical research on changes in subsistence from prehistory to the period of urbanization.
2007 - 2008 The interdisciplinary studies and the establishment of storage system of the museum specimens on the animal domestication and the history of hunting in the Regions of the Asia and Indian Ocean
2006 - 2008 Introduction and breeding of pigs and horses in Japan: an zooarchaeological investigation
2004 - 2007 Paleontological Study on the Evolution of Cermpithecine Monkeys in Asia
2004 - 2007 A Study of the Facade-side Cairn Burial A Key to the Pastoral Nomadizalion in the Near East
2003 - 2006 The Origin and Development of Pyrotechnology in Prehistoric Western Asia
2004 - 2005 Secular changes of the native Japanese dog and its relation to the Japanese origin
2003 - 2005 Researches into the Origin of the Mounted Nomads in the Eastern Eurasian Steppes
2003 - 2005 Collaborative Research on Cut Injuries and the Agents in Ancient Human Skeletons
2003 - 2005 Investigation of the Process of Neolithization in Southwest Asia Using Zooarchaeological Data : Process of Animal Domestication and the Beginning of Nomadic Pastoralism
2002 - 2005 Evolutionary Study of the Tertiary Primates in South East Asia
2003 - 2004 中国の古代ブタの形質とその起源について
2002 - 2004 GENETICAL RESEARCH OF ORIGIN OF ASIAN SUSPOPULATIONS IN VIETNAM
2000 - 2002 The history of domestic animals in Japan and adjoining areas : A zooarchaeological approach.
2000 - 2002 MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ORIGIN OF JAPANESE DOMESTIC DOGS BY ANCIENT DNA
2000 - 2002 Reconsideration of the Prehistory of West Asia Using Zooarchaeological Data: From Domestication to the Beginning of Nomadic Pastoralism
1998 - Zooarchaeological and genetic studies of Japanese dogs and pigs.
1996 - 中東地域における動物考古学的研究
1996 - Zooarchaeology in the Middle East
家畜の起源と系統に関する総合的研究
Studies on Origin and Spread of domestic animals
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Papers (70)：
Jun Gojobori, Nami Arakawa, Xiayire Xiaokaiti, Yuki Matsumoto, Shuichi Matsumura, Hitomi Hongo, Naotaka Ishiguro, Yohey Terai. Japanese wolves are most closely related to dogs and share DNA with East Eurasian dogs. Nature Communications. 2024. 15. 1
Yohey Terai, Xiayire Xiaokaiti, Jun Gojobori, Nami Arakawa, Takao Sato, Kenji Kasai, Kenichi Machida, Kyomi Yamazaki, Naomitsu Yamaji, Hitomi Hongo, et al. Genome analysis of the Jomon dogs reveals the oldest domestic dog lineage in Eastern Eurasia. 2023
Hongo,H, Arai,S, Gündem,C.Y, Öksüz B, Miyake, Y. Faunal remains from Salat Cami Yanı: An Early Pottery Neolithic site in the Upper Tigris Valley. Documenta Archaeobiologiae. 2023. 16. 201-211
Xiayire Xiaokaiti, Takao Sato, Kenji Kasai, Kenichi Machida, Kyomi Yamazaki, Naomitsu Yamaji, Hiroki Kikuchi, Jun Gojobori, Hitomi Hongo, Yohey Terai, et al. The history of ancient Japanese dogs revealed by mitogenomes. Anthropological Science. 2023
Yuichiro Nishioka, Masanaru Takai, Hitomi Hongo, Tomoko Anezaki. Fossil and Archaeological Remain Records of Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata). World Archaeoprimatology. 2022. 516-532
- 1996 Harvard University Department of Anthropology Archaeology
- 1991 University of Tsukuba
- 1991 University of Tsukuba Graduate School, Division of History and Anthropology Prehistory and Archaeology
- 1984 International Christian University
- 1984 International Christian University Faculty of Liberal Arts (Humanities) Humanities
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Professional career (3)：
Ph. D (ハーバード大学 人類学部)
MA (筑波大学 歴史・人類学研究科)
MA (ハーバード大学 人類学部)
Work history (3)：
2007 - 現在 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Advanced Sciences
2006 - 2007 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
1998/12 - 2006/03 Kyoto University Primate Research Institute
Committee career (10)：
2023 - 現在 International Council for Archaeozoology Vice President
2022 - 現在 Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology Vice President
2022 - 現在 Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology Vice President
2019 - 現在 生き物文化誌学会 監事
2014 - 現在 International Council for Archaeozoology, International Committee Executive Committee member
2006 - 現在 International Council for Archaeozoology International Committee member
2020 - 2022 日本西アジア考古学会 監事
2018 - 2019 生き物文化誌学会 理事
2011 - 2017 生き物文化誌学会 評議員
1999 - 2002 日本人類学会 国外渉外幹事
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Association Membership(s) (9)：
The Society for Ecological Anthropology
, International Council for Archaeozoology
, 生き物文化誌学会
, 在来家畜研究会
, Japan Association for Quatemary Research
, JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR WEST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
, Japan Society for Scientific Studies on Cultural Priperties
, Anthropological Society of Nippon
, 日本動物考古学会
