Morita Wataru 森田航

Researcher Number	20737358
Other IDs	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5100-1765
Affiliation (Current)	2025: 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 生命史研究部, 研究員
Affiliation (based on the past Project Information) *help	2020 – 2024: 独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 人類研究部, 研究員 2017 – 2019: 北海道大学, 歯学研究院, 助教 2016: 北海道大学, 歯学研究科, 助教 2015: 北海道大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 助教
Review Section/Research Field	Principal Investigator Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related / Physical anthropology Except Principal Investigator Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related / Sections That Are Subject to Joint Review: Basic Section45050:Physical anthropology-related , Basic Section45060:Applied anthropology-related / Basic Section 45060:Applied anthropology-related / Physical anthropology / Medium-sized Section 45:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fields
Keywords	Principal Investigator 形態解析 / 人類進化 / 歯種 / 量的形質遺伝子座（QTL）解析 / GWAS / QTL解析 / スンクス / 遺伝子型-表現型マッピング / 歯 / 人類学 … More / 中新世 / 大臼歯 / エナメル象牙境 / 進化 / 類人猿 / 大臼歯形態 / ヒトの進化 … More Except Principal Investigator 人類進化 / 骨格形態 / 類人猿 / ヒト上科 / 化石霊長類 / 中新世 / 大脳化 / 二足歩行 / 古環境 / 咀嚼 / ロコモ－ション / ニッチ分割 / オナガザル上科 / 歯の形態 / 形態地図法 / 相同モデル / 幾何学的形態測定学 / 転移学習 / 抜去歯 / 下顎小臼歯 / 歯種鑑別 / ディープラーニング / 人工知能 / 人類 / 後期中新世 / 中期更新世 / 人類化石 / 後期更新世 / アナトリア半島 / 東アフリカ / 人類学 / 競合 / 霊長類 / 化石 / 古人類学 / 運動適応 / オナガザル科 / ナカリピテクス / アフリカ / 進化 / 江戸 / 齲蝕 / 未成人骨 / 生活復元 / 中世 / 生物考古学 Less

Study of primate diversity in East Africa during the period of cladogenesis of the humans and extant African apes
- Principal Investigator
  
  中務真人
- Project Period (FY)
  2023 – 2025
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
  Basic Section 45060:Applied anthropology-related
  Sections That Are Subject to Joint Review: Basic Section45050:Physical anthropology-related , Basic Section45060:Applied anthropology-related
- Research Institution
  Kyoto University
二足歩行と大脳化の進化における協調：頭蓋骨と骨盤形態の共変異分析
- Principal Investigator
  
  森本直記
- Project Period (FY)
  2023 – 2027
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
  Basic Section 45060:Applied anthropology-related
  Sections That Are Subject to Joint Review: Basic Section45050:Physical anthropology-related , Basic Section45060:Applied anthropology-related
- Research Institution
  Kyoto University
Development of tooth morphology identification method: collaboration between deep learning and geometric morphometrics
- Principal Investigator
  
  五十嵐由里子
- Project Period (FY)
  2022 – 2026
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
- Research Institution
  Nihon University
Tracing the origin of morphological change in tooth class during human evolution ~ QTL analysis with Suncus murinus ~Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
  
  森田航
- Project Period (FY)
  2022 – 2024
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Review Section
  
  Basic Section 45050:Physical anthropology-related
- Research Institution
  National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Evolutionary history of human dispersal: paleo-anthropological research at Anatolia
- Principal Investigator
  
  Morimoto Naoki
- Project Period (FY)
  2019 – 2023
- Research Category
  
  Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
- Review Section
  
  Medium-sized Section 45:Biology at organismal to population levels and anthropology, and related fields
- Research Institution
  Kyoto University
Exploring evolutionary history of great apes and humans by means of metameric variation in molarsPrincipal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
  
  Morita Wataru
- Project Period (FY)
  2017 – 2020
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
- Research Field
  
  Physical anthropology
- Research Institution
  National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
  Hokkaido University
Competitive evolution of the human-African ape clade and cercopithecid revealed from fossil excavation
- Principal Investigator
  
  Nakatsukasa Masato
- Project Period (FY)
  2016 – 2019
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
- Research Field
  
  Physical anthropology
- Research Institution
  Kyoto University
Bioarchaeological study of life history patterns of the Medieval and Early Modern Japanese
- Principal Investigator
  
  NAGAOKA TOMOHITO
- Project Period (FY)
  2015 – 2019
- Research Category
  
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Research Field
  
  Physical anthropology
- Research Institution
  St. Marianna University School of Medicine

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All Journal Article Presentation

[Journal Article] Orta Paleolitik Donem Insanlarinin Akdeniz Kiyi Seridine Adaptasyonu - Ucagzli II Magaarasi Kazisi / Hatay2024
- Author(s)
  BAYKARA Ismail、EREN KURAL Ece、TURAN Didem、A?IKKOL Ay?en、MORIMOTO Naoki、MORITA Wataru、AGRAS Mustafa Kenan
- Journal Title
  
  Colloquium Anatolicum
  
  Volume: 22 Issue: 22 Pages: 1-28
- DOI
  10.58488/collan.1132495
- Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0188
[Journal Article] Developmental process of the modern house shrew’s molars: implications for the evolution of the tribosphenic molar in Mesozoic mammals2023
- Author(s)
  Yamanaka Atsushi、Haider Yasin、Morita Wataru、Corfe Ian、Nakamura Norifumi、Goto Tetsuya
- Journal Title
  
  Evolution
  
  Volume: 78 Issue: 3 Pages: 463-479
- DOI
  10.1093/evolut/qpad228
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Journal Article] The biological significance of tooth identification based on developmental and evolutional viewpoints.2022
- Author(s)
  Kondo S, Morita W, Ohshima H
- Journal Title
  
  J Oral Biosci
  
  Volume: 64 Issue: 3 Pages: 287-302
- DOI
  10.1016/j.job.2022.05.004
- Peer Reviewed / Open Access
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K07589, KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416, KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K21672
[Journal Article] Stripe and spot selection in cusp patterning of mammalian molar formation2022
- Author(s)
  Morita W, Morimoto N, Otsu K, Miura T
- Journal Title
  
  Scientific Reports
  
  Volume: 41598 Issue: 1 Pages: 13539-13539
- DOI
  10.1038/s41598-022-13539-w
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Journal Article] Metameric variation of upper molars in hominoids and its implications for the diversification of molar morphogenesis2020
- Author(s)
  Morita Wataru、Morimoto Naoki、Kono Reiko T.、Suwa Gen
- Journal Title
  
  Journal of Human Evolution
  
  Volume: 138 Pages: 102706-102706
- DOI
  10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102706
- NAID
  120006950867
- Peer Reviewed
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Journal Article] A morphometric mapping analysis of lower fourth deciduous premolar in hominoids: Implications for phylogenetic relationship between Nakalipithecus and Ouranopithecus.2017
- Author(s)
  W. Morita, N. Morimoto, Y. Kunimatsu, A. Mazurier, C. Zanolli, M. Nakatsukasa
- Journal Title
  
  Comptes Rendus Palevol
  
  Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 5-6 Pages: 655-669
- DOI
  10.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.004
- NAID
  120006504387
- Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant / Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-16H02757, KAKENHI-PROJECT-24000015, KAKENHI-PROJECT-15H05609, KAKENHI-PROJECT-17F17394
[Journal Article] Morphological comparison of the enamel–dentine junction and outer enamel surface of molars using a micro-computed tomography technique2016
- Author(s)
  Morita W
- Journal Title
  
  J Oral Biosci
  
  Volume: in press
- Peer Reviewed
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-15K07241
[Journal Article] Exploring metameric variation in human molars: a morphological study using morphometric mapping2016
- Author(s)
  Morita W, Morimoto N, Ohshima H
- Journal Title
  
  J Anat
  
  Volume: in press
- NAID
  120006414207
- Peer Reviewed
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-15K07241
[Presentation] ウチュアズリ洞窟出土の後期更新世人類歯化石の形態解析2023
- Author(s)
  森田航, Clement Zanolli, Ismail Baykara, 森本直記
- Organizer
  第77回日本人類学会大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0188
[Presentation] アナトリア半島南部における後期更新世洞窟遺跡の発掘調査の予報2023
- Author(s)
  森本直記, 森田航, Ismail Baykara
- Organizer
  第77回日本人類学会大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0188
[Presentation] Identification of candidate genes for tooth loss in mammals2022
- Author(s)
  森田航
- Organizer
  14th Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0188
[Presentation] ４つの歯種それぞれの形態変異に関わるゲノム領域の同定とその人類進化史上の意義2022
- Author(s)
  森田航
- Organizer
  第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Presentation] 歯の発生メカニズムに基づく小臼歯と大臼歯の咬頭の相同性2022
- Author(s)
  山中淳之, Haider Y, 森田航, 後藤哲哉
- Organizer
  第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Presentation] Developmental assessment of cusp formation in the modern shrew’s molar: an implication for the evolution of the tribosphenic molar in Mesozoic mammals2022
- Author(s)
  Yamanaka A, Morita W, Haider Y, Goto T
- Organizer
  The 14th Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentation 2022
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Presentation] Identification of candidate genes for tooth loss in mammals2022
- Author(s)
  Morita W, Mekada K, Kawada S, Nagata N, Yamanaka A
- Organizer
  The 14th Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentation 2022
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K06416
[Presentation] An introduction to morphometric mapping: its application to hominoid molars2021
- Author(s)
  Wataru Morita
- Organizer
  Turkey-Japan exchange 2020: featuring the paleoanthropological excavations in Turkey and recent works from Japan
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Presentation] An introduction to morphometric mapping: its application to hominoid molars2021
- Author(s)
  Wataru MORITA
- Organizer
  日本人類学会進化人類学分科会第45回シンポジウム
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-19KK0188
[Presentation] 中新世後期ナカリ出土の未記載類人猿大臼歯化石の形態解析.2020
- Author(s)
  森田航, 森本直記, 國松豊, 河野礼子, 諏訪元, 中務真人.
- Organizer
  第74回日本人類学会大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Presentation] 現生ヒトと類人猿における大臼歯間変異から見る発生パターンの進化2019
- Author(s)
  森田航, 森本直記, 河野礼子, 諏訪元.
- Organizer
  第73回日本人類学会大会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Presentation] Metameric variation of upper molars in extant hominoids2019
- Author(s)
  Morita, W., Morimoto, N.,Kono, R.T., Suwa, G.
- Organizer
  The 2019 AAPA meetings
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Presentation] Exploring the origin of African apes and humans: Phylogenetic relationship between Nakalipithecus and Ouranopithecus2018
- Author(s)
  Wataru Morita
- Organizer
  Bjorn Kurten Club meeting
- Int'l Joint Research
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-16H02757
[Presentation] ヒトと現生類人猿における大臼歯間変異の定量化2017
- Author(s)
  森田航、森本直記、河野礼子、諏訪元
- Organizer
  第122回日本解剖学会総会・全国学術集会
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K15202
[Presentation] ナカリピテクスとウーラノピテクスの系統関係：形態地図法による下顎第2乳臼歯の形態解析2016
- Author(s)
  森田航、森本直記、國松豊、Mazurier Arnaud、Zanoli Clement、中務真人
- Organizer
  第70回日本人類学会大会
- Place of Presentation
  学生総合プラザSTEP（新潟県新潟市）
- Year and Date
  2016-10-08
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-16H02757
[Presentation] ペルー，パコパンパ遺跡から出土した人骨の生老病死の復元2015
- Author(s)
  長岡朋人，森田航，関雄二，鵜澤和宏，フアン・パブロ・ビジャヌエバ，マウロ・オルドーニェス，ディアナ・アレマン，ダニエル・モラーレス
- Organizer
  第20回古代アメリカ学会研究大会
- Place of Presentation
  東京
- Year and Date
  2015-12-05
- Data Source
  KAKENHI-PROJECT-15K07241

1. Nakatsukasa Masato (00227828)

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2. Morimoto Naoki (70722966)

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Morita Wataru 森田 航

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Study of primate diversity in East Africa during the period of cladogenesis of the humans and extant African apes

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二足歩行と大脳化の進化における協調：頭蓋骨と骨盤形態の共変異分析

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Development of tooth morphology identification method: collaboration between deep learning and geometric morphometrics

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Tracing the origin of morphological change in tooth class during human evolution ~ QTL analysis with Suncus murinus ~Principal Investigator

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Evolutionary history of human dispersal: paleo-anthropological research at Anatolia

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Exploring evolutionary history of great apes and humans by means of metameric variation in molarsPrincipal Investigator

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Competitive evolution of the human-African ape clade and cercopithecid revealed from fossil excavation

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Bioarchaeological study of life history patterns of the Medieval and Early Modern Japanese

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[Journal Article] Orta Paleolitik Donem Insanlarinin Akdeniz Kiyi Seridine Adaptasyonu - Ucagzli II Magaarasi Kazisi / Hatay2024

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[Journal Article] Developmental process of the modern house shrew’s molars: implications for the evolution of the tribosphenic molar in Mesozoic mammals2023

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[Journal Article] The biological significance of tooth identification based on developmental and evolutional viewpoints.2022

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[Journal Article] Stripe and spot selection in cusp patterning of mammalian molar formation2022

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[Journal Article] Metameric variation of upper molars in hominoids and its implications for the diversification of molar morphogenesis2020

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[Journal Article] A morphometric mapping analysis of lower fourth deciduous premolar in hominoids: Implications for phylogenetic relationship between Nakalipithecus and Ouranopithecus.2017

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Morita Wataru 森田航

[Journal Article] Morphological comparison of the enamel–dentine junction and outer enamel surface of molars using a micro-computed tomography technique2016