Atsushi Nobayashi is a professor in the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan, and the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan. His research focuses on the ethnicity of Formosan indigenous people, the history of human–animal relationships, and food civilization. His recent research has focused on tool making and cooking as a characteristic of Homo sapiens. He has also been involved in exhibitions at museums in Japan and abroad. He has published several books in the field of the Formosan study and culture of food.