Junichiro Itani | |
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伊谷 純一郎 | |
| Born | 9 May 1926 Tottori, Japan |
| Died | 19 August 2001 (aged 75) Kyoto, Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| Children | Genichi Itani (Anthropologist) |
| Father | Kenzo Itani (Yōga painter) |
| Awards | Huxley Award in Anthropology (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | primatology |
| Institutions | Kyoto University |
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| Kanji | 伊谷 純一郎 | ||||||||||
| Hiragana | いたにじゅんいちろう | ||||||||||
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Junichiro Itani (伊谷 純一郎, Itani Jun'ichirō, May 9, 1926 – August 19, 2001) was a Japanese anthropologist who served as a professor emeritus at Kyoto University and as president of the Primate Society of Japan. He is considered a founder of the discipline of Japanese primatology.