Akiko Uchida

Akiko Uchida is a Professor at Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies, with a Ph.D. from Harvard University and extensive contributions to evolutionary anthropology, focusing on human evolution, dental morphology, and endocrinology. Her research bridges biological anthropology and cognitive evolution, analyzing primate teeth, testosterone variation, and language origins.

• Education: Ph.D. (Harvard University), AM (Harvard), M.Sc./B.Sc. (University of Tokyo)
• Research Themes: Human evolutionary patterns, intra-species variation in primates, hormonal studies in aging, symbolic behavior in evolution, and interdisciplinary approaches to language origins.
• Article Trends: Recent work examines testosterone dynamics in aging males, dental adaptations in great apes, and evolutionary perspectives on language and cognition. Her studies often integrate cross-disciplinary data from endocrinology, genetics, and primate behavior.

Additional Activities: She has led research projects on salivary hormone variation and behavioral genetics, collaborated internationally at Harvard and UC Berkeley, and organized public lectures such as Dr. Jane Goodall's 2007 event. Her teaching includes courses on evolutionary biology and human evolution at Waseda University.