The Jomon era is one of the oldest known periods of civilization in Japan. Discover how these early people expressed their ...

Studies of ancient Jomon sites in separate areas of Japan show that lifestyles of the people varied from region to region, contrary to the common belief that they were almost uniformly similar ...

For years, many believed that the First Peoples came from Japan, tracing their ancestry to the Jomon, a group that lived around 15,000 years ago. New study challenges where Native Americans ...

A new study challenges the idea that these early populations, often referred to as First Peoples, descended from the Jomon people, who lived in Japan 15,000 years ago.

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 ...

Using X-rays, a researcher has imaged 28 impressions of maize weevils on pottery shards from the late Jomon period (around 3,600 years ago) excavated from the Yakushoden site in Miyazaki Prefecture.

The term Jomon refers to the entire prehistory of Japan, when indigenous people lived as hunter-gatherers across the region.However, the relics of the middle Jomon period (2,500 BCE to 1,500 BCE ...

Jomon pots are the oldest pots in the world. Pottery was invented by people living in Japan, China and Korea during the last Ice Age about 14,000 years ago. Pots allowed people to boil foods such ...

The genetic information of the Jomon woman tells us that her ancestors descended from continental Eurasian people between 38,000 and 18,000 years ago. That means they had a longer period of ...

Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into its design. The vessel was discovered ...

Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into its design. The vessel was discovered ...