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Children's Books
[Introduction to Contents]
Where the Japanese people come from, what kind of faces they have, what kind of lifestyle they have, and how they came to the present.
This is an illustrated book where you can learn from a scientific point of view about the path that the ancestors of the Japanese people who began to live in the Japanese Islands about 38000 years ago.
It contains many photos and restoration drawings of ruins, excavated human bones and relics from various places, as well as interviews with five researchers who were involved in excavations and research at the forefront.
This book allows children to feel close to Japanese people from a far distant age.
[Author's brief history]
Tomomi AKIDO
Born in Kyoto in 1946.
After serving as Director of National Museum of Ethnology and Deputy Director of Institute of Earth and Environmental Studies, the current position is Director of Yamanashi Prefectural Fujisan World Heritage Conservation Center.
Doctor of Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo.
Specializes in Ecological Anthropology.
Main research areas include Japan, South-East Asia and Oceania.
Written by Reiho 『 in 』 of Cultural History (Bensei Publishing), 『 Meiji? Showa's two volumes of research and materials on fishery rights in the first half period (Rinsen Shoten), 『 Tataki's 』 of Human History (Tamagawa University Publishing Department), 『 Whale belongs to 』 (Tsukama Shobo), 『 Whale and Japanese 』 』