Instructions for Authors
We welcome contributions from both researchers of the NMNS and outside. Submissions
from outside researchers are to be co-authored with the NMNS researchers or contain work
based on the collection of the NMNS. Other manuscripts will be considered for publication
if the relevant specimens are donated to the NMNS. Manuscripts are peer-reviewed byreferees for consideration of publication. The Editorial Committee reserves the right todecide acceptance or reject of the manuscript.

Full original papers are limited preferably to 30 printed pages in length includingtables and figures. Material reports on the collection of NMNS are also considered forpublication.
Preparation of Manuscript:
Manuscripts should be prepared in English. The title page, abstract, and figure legends
must be contained in a single Word file readable in Windows. Tables and figures may besent as separate files, or can be contained in the Word file. Please follow the style in recent
issues of the Bulletin. Type in double-space on one side of A4 size papers with margin atleast 2.5 cm wide.
Arrange the manuscript in the order listed below and number all pages consecutively.
Title page should contain 1) title, 2) author’s name(s) and address(es), 3) the corresponding
author’s name, complete address, phone and facsimile numbers, and e-mail address, 4)
number of figures and tables, and 5) running title not to exceed 50 characters including
spaces.
Abstract should be a lucid digest of the paper, not exceeding 200 words.
Key words not more than five.
Text normally including Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, andAcknowledgments.
References cited in the text should be arranged alphabetically according to the name(s) ofauthor(s). Text reference should be made by the author’s surname followed by the year ofpublication. [for example: Yamaguchi (1982), or (Yamaguchi, 1982)]. If the number ofauthor is three or more, use Akazawa et al. (1992), or (Akazawa et al., 1992). Eachreference should be given in the following form and neither journals nor books should beabbreviated:
Pearson, K., and A.G. Davin, 1924. On the biometric constants of the human skull.
Biometrika, 16: 328–363.
White T. M. (2000) Human Osteology. Second edition. Academic press, San Diego.

Ungar, P. S., 2006. Dental functional morphology: the known, the unknown, and theunknowable. In: Ungar, P.S. (Ed.), Evolution of the Human Diet: The Known,the Unknown, and the Unknowable. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 39–55.
Tables should include a lucid legend to explain the meaning of the content. Tables can besent in either Word or Excel files, readable in Windows.
Figures should be sent in jpeg format. Initially submitted figures do not need to be in highresolution, but the necessary details must be readable in screen size.
Submission:
Submit all manuscripts by e-mail to the Editor, Dr. Kazuhiro Sakaue, Department ofAnthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, at k-sakaue@kahaku.go.jp
Miscellaneous:Galley proof will be sent to the corresponding author. The authors are responsible forreading the first galley proof. No change of the content of the manuscript is permitted on thegalley proof. If the Editors recognize the necessity for a change, this change may be made at
the author’s expense.
The authors will receive free of charge 120 offprints. Additional copies can be obtained atauthor’s cost.
The articles published in the Bulletin are subject to copyright. All rights arereserved by the National Museum of Nature and Science. The authors should
submit the agreement that the copyright for their article is transferred to theNational Museum of Nature and Science when the article is accepted for
publication.