Editing Primatology (section)

===Theory===

The Japanese discipline of primatology tends to be more interested in the social aspects of primates.<ref name="BezeraDeMeloDaly2015"/> [[Evolution of eusociality|Social evolution]] and anthropology are of primary interest to them. The Japanese theory believes that studying primates will give us insight into the duality of human nature: individual self vs. social self.

One particular Japanese primatologist, [[Kawai Masao]], introduced the concept of ''[[kyokan]]''. This was the [[theory]] that the only way to attain reliable scientific knowledge was to attain a mutual relation, personal [[attachment (psychology)|attachment]] and shared life with the animal subjects. Though Kawai is the only Japanese primatologist associated with the use of this term, the underlying principle is part of the foundation of Japanese primate research.<ref name="Herzfeld2017">{{cite book |title=Great Apes: A Short History |first=C. |last=Herzfeld
|publisher=Yale University Press |year=2017 |pages=192}}</ref>