During Japan's Jomon period from about 16,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago, people lived as hunter-gatherers. As some of their DNA was passed down to modern Japanese, unraveling their genome is ...

Toward the end of the early Jomon Period around 5,500 to 5,400 years ago, people started rebuilding their homes on the original sites, Daikuhara said. “The dwellings were relatively large and ...

During the Yayoi period, immigrants from the Korean Peninsula admixed with the Jomon people, leading to the formation of the ancestral population of modern Japanese people. These immigrants ...

A study has reported that the genetic characteristics of the Jomon people, a hunter-gatherer population living in ancient Japan, are associated with a high body mass index (BMI). The study also ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which flies in the face of the ... It said the Jomon people, who are the ...

Despite an incredibly rich prehistory covering nearly ten thousand years, modern coverage of complex hunter-gatherer societies has tended to overlook the Jomon of Japan. This text presents an overview ...

Japan's Jomon period was a time of peace that persisted for over 10,000 years. As the world moves towards implementing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, the sustainable practices ...

It was the Jomon people living in what is now northern Japan, who created the world's first pots. Simon Kaner, of the University of East Anglia, is a specialist in ancient Japanese culture ...

Japan may be an international travel hub for business and pleasure today, but the islands were relatively isolated until ...

It was the Jomon people living in what is now northern Japan, who created the world's first pots. Simon Kaner, of the University of East Anglia, is a specialist in ancient Japanese culture ...