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 ...

Impressions of cockroach egg cases from 4,300-year-old Japanese potsherds (broken pottery fragments) have been found in southern Japan. X-ray, computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy ...

Humans haven't always been violent warmongers: Japanese hunter-gatherers lived peacefully together for 5,000 years Archaeologists examined 2,500 human remains from the Jomon culture This ...

Have you ever been making instant ramen, looked down at your cup, and thought something like "if only this cup was instead a faithful recreation of the Kaengata Doki pottery found during Japan's ...

Pottery triggered the beginning of a sedentary way of life and the development of bows and arrows (3), giving rise to the Jomon culture that has served as the foundation of Japanese society up to ...

This research also revealed that the Jomon population was probably maintained at about 1,000 people over several millennia. Divergence on the islands from populations on the Asian continent coincided ...