Research Topics

• The evolution of language and speech: the anatomy-physiology and bioengineering experiments of vocalizations in primates
• The evolution of bipedal locomotion: the biomechanical experiments of locomotion in primates
• Functional morphological studies with the anatomy and kinematics in primates

Biological anthropology is the study of ‘where we come from, who we are and where we are going’. We are a biological species of humans, but we are also a cultural people. From the time human beings began to walk upright and on two legs, they used their hands to make tools, acquired language, and built cultures and civilisations. Humans have changed their habitat environment with their own hands and then evolved anew in the environment created. It was a rare evolutionary path for any animal. The unique biological characteristics that resulted from this process live on in our behaviour and minds. Our laboratory continues to challenge us to understand how these biological traits, which are part of our nature, have evolved over time, how they work in our present lives and how they conflict with the environment of modern society, through a comparative approach with nonhuman primates.