TAKUMI TSUTAYA

INSTITUTION

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

ACADEMIC FIELD & RESEARCH

I use molecular techniques, such as stable isotope and proteomic analyses, to examine the life histories of people who were alive in the past and great apes who are currently living. I am particularly interested in how human reproductive behaviors, such as breastfeeding, weaning, childbirth and child-rearing, has evolved and how they change through influences from both natural and social environments.

RESEARCH FIELD (FIELD SITE, LOCATION OF RESEARCH)

・Laboratory
・Archaeological sites
・Malaysia
・Republic of Uganda etc.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

• Tsutaya T., Mackie M., Koenig C., Sato T., Weber A., Kato H., Olsen JV., Cappellini E. Palaeoproteomic identification of breast milk protein residues from the archaeological skeletal remains of a neonatal dog. Scientific Reports, 9: 12841, 2019.
• Tsutaya T. Post-weaning diet in archaeological human populations: a meta-analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of child skeletons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 164: 546-557, 2017.
• Tsutaya T., Miyamoto H., Uno H., Omori T., Gakuhari T., Inahara A., Nagaoka T., Abe M.,Yoneda M. From cradle to grave: multi-isotopic investigations on the life history of a higher-status female from Edo-period Japan. Anthropological Science, 124: 185-197, 2016.
• Tsutaya T., Yoneda M. Reconstruction of breastfeeding and weaning practices using stable isotope and trace element analyses: A review. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 156: 2-21, 2015.

COMMENTS

I like reading foreign literatures, but recently I haven’t had enough time to do it.

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