The bloodlines of modern Japanese lie with immigrants from the Korean Peninsula who arrived in the archipelago during the Yayoi Pottery Culture Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 250), new research suggests.

By analyzing the DNA of a 2,300-year-old skeleton, the team was able to learn that Japanese ancestry is a mix of two people groups that integrated during the Yayoi period (around 300 B.C. to 300 A ...

The new study, published in the Journal of Human Genetics, analysed the genome of a person dating to the Yayoi period whose remains were uncovered at the Doigahama archaeological site in Yamaguchi ...

We analyzed the mitochondrial DNA extracted from 14 human skeletal remains from the Doigahama site in Japan to clarify the genetic structure of the Doigahama Yayoi population and the relationship ...

Shirakihara has said that in the Yayoi Period, red pigment was used for graves of influential people. “We don’t know the level of power of the person (buried in the coffin), but we believe the ...

Human remains from the Yayoi period, approximately 2,300 years ago, from which DNA was extracted. Today, Japan is an international hub for both business and pleasure. However, this was not always the ...

Genetic analysis of a Yayoi individual from the Doigahama site provides insights into the origins of immigrants to the Japanese Archipelago. Journal of Human Genetics , 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s10038 ...

Hokkaido Jomon cultures continued during the Yayoi period long after the Jomon ended in southwestern Japan, but these continuing (or Epi-Jomon) sites developed a new character. Most sites consist ...

The Yayoi Period (about 300 B.C.-A.D. 300) was Japan's Iron Age, an era when agricultural techniques significantly progressed. During that time, farming expertise, much influenced by the ...