China News Service, September 18. According to a report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), a Japanese research team recently published research results, claiming that the ancestors of modern Japanese people may include immigrants from the East Asian continent.
Recently, a Japanese research team published research results, claiming that the ancestors of modern Japanese may include immigrants from the East Asian continent.
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According to reports, a research team composed of Kanazawa University in Japan stated that they analyzed human bone DNA unearthed in ancient tombs in Toyama and Kanazawa, and compared it with human bones unearthed in the Jomon period, Yayoi period, and East Asia. After comparison, it was concluded that modern Japanese people are likely to contain the genetic characteristics of immigrants from East Asia.
Based on this, the research team believes that after the Jomon people arrived in the Japanese archipelago, the immigrants from Northeast Asia came to Japan during the Yayoi period (Yayoi). Later, the immigrants from East Asia arrived in Japan during the Kofun period. The ancestors of the modern Japanese were It was born during the long-term exchange of these three groups.
According to reports, in response to this issue, the general consensus in Japan is that the Jomon and Yayoi exchanges gave birth to the ancestors of modern Japanese.
However, the research team stated that it is necessary to conduct research in the direction of "at least three groups."
Kanazawa University Assistant Professor Takashi Kakui said, "We will continue to challenge the re-verification of various common sense together with archaeological researchers."