According to current mainstream theory, Japanese have mixed origins in the Jomon people known for their distinctive pottery culture (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and the Yayoi people with their own ...

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 ...

Jomon is a unique Japanese culture that lasted approximately ... It was a time when pit-buildings, pottery, and bows and arrows started to be used. Jomon ruins found throughout Japan number ...

More information: Kenichi Yamamoto et al, Genetic legacy of ancient hunter-gatherer Jomon in Japanese populations, Nature ...