KURODA, Suehisa, Dr. Science
Professor, Department of Regional Studies,
School of Human Cultures,
The University of Shiga Prefecture
2500 Hassaka-cho, Hikone-shi, 522-8533 JAPAN
Born in 1947. Obtained a doctorate of Science from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University. After serving as an assistant and an associate professor in the Faculty at the university, from 1994, he holds his current position.
His curiosity in the root of the human society moved him into comparative study of the societies of anthropoids and mankind. He is pursuing the origin of rules and systems in human societies and the emerging processes of symbols, by studying food-sharing, cooperative behaviors and dependent relations in chimpanzees and bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees; Pan paniscus). He is stressing the importance of socio-psychological aspect and role of paedomorphism to understand above issues.
At the same time, he is involved in research on farmers' culture and various local community revitalization programs in Shiga Prefecture.
His books include:
The Pygmy Chimpanzee; the Unknown Ape. (Chikuma Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd., 1982; Ibunsha Co., Ltd. 1999).
A Reconsideration on Human Evolution; an Archeology of Mankind Society Emerging. (Ibunsha Co., Ltd. 1999).
Future of Nature Study; Empathy with Nature. (Koubundou Publishers Inc. 2001).
Walking in Africa. (Ibunsha Co., Ltd., co-written, co-edited, 2002).
The Climate in Regions around the Lake Biwa. (Shibunkaku Co., Ltd., co-written, 2002, Kuroda's chapter; A Scene with Thousands Reservoirs; People and Climate in the special heavy clay region.).
On the Scientific Method (Chuokoron Co., Ltd., co-written, 1987, Kuroda's chapter; From the Whole.), and others.
Papers on Primatology and Anthropology
Kuroda, S. Grouping of the pygmy chimpanzees. Primates 20(2) 1979: 161-183.
Kuroda, S. Social behavior of the pygmy chimpanzees. Primates 21(2) 1980: 181-197.
Kuroda, S. Interaction over food among pygmy chimpanzees. Susman, R.l. [Ed.] The Pygmy Chimpanzee Evolutionary Biology and Behavior. Plenum Press, New York & London. 1984:301-324.
Kuroda, S. Developmental retardation in the Pygmy Chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) . In: P.G. Heltne and L. A. Marquardt eds., Understanding Chimpanzees. Harvard Univ. Press, 1989: 184-193.
Kuroda, S. Ecological interspecies relationships between gorillas and chimpanzees in the Ndoki-Nouabale Reserve, northern Congo: Itoigawa, N., Sugiyama, Y., Sackett, G.p. & Thompson, R.k.r. [Eds]. Topics in Primatology. Volume 2. Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. 1992: 385-394.
Kuroda, Suehisa, Takayoshi Kano, and K. Muhindo. Further information on the new monkey species, Cercopithecus salongo Thys van den Audenaerde 1987. Primates 26(3) 1985: 325-333.
Kuroda, Suehisa, T Nishihara, Sigeru Suzuki, and Rufin A Oko. Sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas in the Ndoki Forest, Congo: Mcgrew, William C.; Marchant, Linda F. & Nishida, Toshisada [Eds]. Great Ape Societies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York & Melbourne. 1996: 71-81.
Kuroda, Suehisa, Sigeru Suzuki, and T. Nishihara. Preliminary report on predatory behavior and meat sharing in Tschego chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in the Ndoki Forest, Northern Congo: Primates 37(3), July 1996: 253-259.
Kuroda, Suehisa, and Tutin, Caroline E. G. Field Studies of African Apes in Tropical Rain Forest: Methods to Increase the Scope and Accuracy of Intersite Comparisons. Kagoshima, Japan: Japan Society of Tropical Ecology, 1993: 96.
Furuichi, Takeshi, Gen'ichi Idani, Hiroshi Ihobe, Suehisa Kuroda, Koji Kitamura, Akio Mori, Tomoo Enomoto, Naobi Okayasu, Chie Hashimoto, and Takayoshi Kano. 1998. Population Dynamics of Wild Bonobos (Pan Paniscus) at Wamba. International Journal of Primatology 19, no. 6: 1029-43.
Idani, Gen'ichi, Suehisa Kuroda, Takayoshi Kano, and R. Asato. Flora and vegetation of Wamba forest, central Zaire with reference to bonobo (Pan paniscus) foods: Tropics 3(3-4), March 1994: 309-332.
Malenky, R. K., Suehisa Kuroda, E. Vineburg, and R. W. Wrangham. The significance of terrestrial herbaceous foods for bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas: Wrangham, R.w., Mcgrew, W.c., De Waal, F.b.m. & Heltne, P.g. [Eds]. Chimpanzee Cultures. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England. 1994: 59-75.
Moutsambote, J., T. Yumoto, M. Mitani, T. Nishihara, Sigeru Suzuki, and Suehisa Kuroda. Vegetation and list of plant species identified in the Nouabale-Ndoki Forest, Congo: Tropics 3(3-4), March 1994: 277-293.
Nishihara, T., and Suehisa Kuroda. Soil-scratching behaviour by western lowland gorillas: Folia Primatologica 57(1) 1991: 48-51.
Suzuki, Sigeru, Suehisa Kuroda, and T Nishihara. 1995. Tool-set for termite-fishing by chimpanzees in the Ndoki Forest, Congo. Behaviour 132, no. (3-4), March 1995: 219-35.
Kuroda S., Kano T., Oko R.A., Mitani M., Furuichi T. & G. Idani . On the necessity of full protection of great apes in Zaire and Congo. XIIIth Congress of the International Primatological Society. 1990.
Kano T., Furuichi T., Idani G., Ihobe H., Kuroda S., Kitamura K., Mori A., Enomoto T., Okayasu N. & C. Hashimoto. Population dynamics and seasonality in birth of wild groups of bonobos at Wamba, Zaire. XVIth Congress of the International Primatological Society. 1996.
Papers and Essays in Japanese (from 1996)
Kuroda, S. 2003. Implications of bonobos’ communication for our owns. Journal of Zentai Kouzouhou ９：１〜6.
Kuroda, S. 2003. Can Humans Stop Meat-earting? Journal of Human and Animal Interation July：10〜36.
Kuroda, S. 2004. The Body; My view to Imanishi's "Shizen-gaku", Kagaku 73(12):1349-1350.
Asou, T., Kuroda, S., Y. Kameyama 2003. Letting children do by themselves. RONRON, Journal of Sociology, Ryukoku University：12〜36
Kuroda, S. 2002. Microevolution in the skull of the Japanese Monkey after Wurm, Asian Primatplogy 2：115-125.
Kuroda, S. 2002. Reconsideration on Rocking Gesture; "Come" in Pygmy Cimpanzees (Pan paniscus) in Wamba. Primate Research 17（3）:277〜282.
Kuroda, S. 1998. "Courtesies" in Primate Societies. Bulletin of Life Style Research Institute, Mukogawa Women’s Collage 7:19-28.
Kuroda, S. 1998. People interact each other through daily life skills. Human Cultures 4: 84-91.
Kuroda, S. 1998. A child grown in liberalism education. Aurora 12: 22-30.
Kuroda, S. 1999. Between the Research and Life; What we learn in communities? Human Cultures 5:615-30.
Kuroda, S. 1999. Renewing a Local Community and Governership, Making a Model in Minakuchi Town. Human Cultures 5: 694-111.
Kuroda, S. 1999. Bonobos’ dependency to their mother implies their linguistic ability. Hattatu 79(20): 66-73.
Kuroda, S. 1998. Primate interspecies relationships, In: T. Nhishida and S. Uehara eds., For The Begginers of Primatology, Sekaisisousha, pp. 114〜137.
Kuroda, Suehisa 1997. The Critical Step Preparing Hominization: revaluation of food “sharing” in Pan：Primate Research
Kuroda, S. 1996. Issues on Developmental Psycology of Primates, Hattatsu （Supplimental Issue）20：196〜209.
Kuroda, S. 1997. Norms and Social Conciousness in Chimpanzee Societies, In: Kawakami and Takemura eds., The Bases of Low, Huhkousha, pp. 239〜256.
Kuroda, S. 2002. Photos of acculturation: Japanese Canadian from Shiga Prefecture before the World War II, In: J．F. Kess ed., Changing Japanese Identities in Multicultural Canada：275-288.
