Hosted by Prof. Junichiro Itani, Prof. Kosei Izawa, and Akisato Nishimura
(Translation and voice over by Michael A Huffman)

This is a documentary from a multipart special series called “Human In Search of the Roots of Humankind". This was originally produced by the University of the Air in Japanese as borrowed video course material. Later the scripts were translated into and narrated by Michael A Huffman (Kyoto University) in collaboration with Professor Itani to share the information with an international audience. The species presented in this series represent some of the many important field sites featuring a diverse range of primates species around the world pioneered by Japanese primatologists of Kyoto University. Prof Itani, featured here toward the end of his career introduces each site and sets the stage for the onsite presenter, a primatologist responsible for the longterm work conducted at each site by his students over the years.

This video has been uploaded for educational purposes only and with the intent to publicly archive its valuable information.