Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans Viewed from DNA Level and
Reconstructing the Image of Neanderthals
 

Inter-Congress Symposium (CS8)
at
Inter-Congress of IUAES 2002, Tokyo, Japan

(IUAES: International Union of Anthropological Ethnological Sciences)
 
 

== Organizers ==

Takeru Akazawa
International Research Center for 
Japanese Studies
Kyoto, Japan		 Jaume Bertranpetit
Unitat de Biologia Evolutiva
Facultat de Ciecies de la Salut i de la Vida 
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Doctor Aiguader, 80
08003 BARCELONA, Catalonia, Spain		 SAITOU Naruya
Division of Population Genetics
National Institute of Genetics
Mishima, 411-8540 JAPAN

 

==Objective of this Symposium==

When and where the modern humans originated and how they dispersed on the earth? This is an important question in anthropology, and this is focus of this one-day symposium. We first discuss on Reconstruction of the Image of Neanderthals using both classic methods and computer-aided modern methods. Neandelthals found from Near East, such as those from Dederiyeh and Amud, have special attention. Studies using genetic data started in the late 20th Century, and studies using DNA itself progressed significantly from 1980's. Nowadays, it is impossible to conduct phylogenetic study of modern humans without those DNA data. Ancient DNA research also helped this trend. Speakers were thus chosen from those specialized in various genetic systems such as mitochondrial DNA, autosomal DNA, Y chromosomal DNA, SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism), and ancient DNA of Neandelthals and modern humans.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

==Program ==
 

Time: Monday, September 23, 2002, 10:00 - 17:00

Room: Subaru (Toshi Center Hotel, 5F)
 

==Morning session==

Chairperson :Takeru Akazawa

10:00 - 10:25
Takeru Akazawa, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto
"Dederiyeh Neanderthal, Afrin, Syria"

10:25 - 10:50
Christoph P.E. Zollikofer, Dept. of Computer Science and Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland
"Reconstructing the development of Neanderthals: I. Tools and methods"

10:50 - 11:15
Marcia S. Ponce de Leon, Dept. of Computer Science and Anthropological Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
"Reconstructing the development of Neanderthals: II. Results and implications"

11:15 - 11:40
Christophe Griggo, C.N.R.S., Institut Dolomieu, Grenoble, France
"Mouterian fauna from Dederiyeh Cave and comparison with Douara Cave and Umm El Tlel"
 

11:40 - 13:00      Lunch
 

==Afternoon session ==

Chairperson before coffee break :Jaume Bertranpetit

13:00 - 13:25
Mamoru Yoneda, Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
"Age Determination of Neanderthal Sites and Recent Advances in AMS 14C Dating: A Case Study of the Dederyieh Cave, Syria"

13:25 - 13:40
David Lordkipanidze, Georgian State Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
Discussant talk

13:40 - 14:05
Erella Hovers, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
"Paleoenvironment and cultural ecology at the Neandertal site of Amud Cave, Israel"

14:05 - 14:30
General Discussion I (mainly on Neandelthals)
 

14:30 - 15:00      Coffee break
 

Chairperson after coffee break: Saitou Naruya

15:00 - 15:25
Jaume Bertranpetit, Facultat de Ciecies de la Salut i de la Vida, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia
"Worldwide variation in linkage disequilibrium and the origin of modern humans"

15:25 - 15:50
Stephen Sherry, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Bethesda, USA
"The structure of single-nucleotide variation in overlapping regions of human genome sequence"

15:50 - 16:15
Wang Li, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
"DNA Analysis of the Human Remains and Genetic Diversity of the Ancient Populations in China "

16:15 - 16:30
Shuhei Mano, Japan Biological Information Research Center, Tokyo, Japan
Discussant talk (on their new human Y chromosomal study)

16:30 - 17:00
General Discussion II (mainly on DNA data of modern humans)


Updated: August 30, 0002