The Jomon people living in prehistoric Japan had "little to no" Denisovan DNA, suggesting their ancestors may not have been in contact with this now-extinct group of Eurasian humans, a new study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artistic reconstruction of a Late Pleistocene cave lion overlooking Mount Fuji, Japan. “Our findings challenge the prevailing ...

New research into ancient Japanese rice farming suggests that significant technological development does not always mean ‘abandonment’ of cultural practices - particularly culinary traditions.

Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They ...

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A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods ...

Fossils found in a riverbed in Japan were revealed as a large, ancient ancestor of right whales. Tanaka, et al (2025) Palaeontologia Electronica The largest animal thought to ever live is swimming ...

Northwestern University Ph.D. student, Luca Podrecca takes a break from research in the field near Mount Ashibetsu in Japan. By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount ...