京大霊長類研を解体　研究費不正受け

　京都大は２６日、チンパンジー飼育施設をめぐる研究費の不正支出問題があった霊長類研究所（愛知県犬山市）を事実上解体し、一部の研究を引き継ぐ「ヒト行動進化研究センター」（仮称）を新設すると発表した。２０２２年４月に発足する。
　霊長類研の敷地は京大犬山キャンパスと位置付け、同センターを中心とした運営協議会が共同管理する。霊長類研の研究分野のうち、同センターは「高次脳機能」などを引き継ぐ。一方、不正会計に関わった松沢哲郎・元特別教授らが携わった「思考言語分野」などは廃止され、一部は他の研究機関に移る。（2021/10/26-21:19）

Kyoto University has announced a plan to effectively dissolve its Primate Research Institute, where primatologists were involved in inappropriate use of research funds.
   Some of the research sections at the institute in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, will be transferred to a new research center on human behavioral evolution to be launched in April 2022, according to the plan announced Tuesday.
   Over the Primate Research Institute, the national university said in June 2020 that researchers including former Director Tetsuro Matsuzawa were involved in the inappropriate spending of 506 million yen in research funds. In November that year, Matsuzawa, a leading primatologist, was dismissed.
   The new center will take over the institute's cognitive neuroscience and some other sections. The language and intelligence section, where Matsuzawa worked, will be scrapped, while many other sections will be transferred to other research organizations.
   At the Primate Research Institute, there was little cooperation among its sections in research activities and the management of the institute, university President Nagahiro Minato told a news conference Tuesday.