The new study, published in the Journal of Human Genetics, analysed the genome of a person dating to the Yayoi period whose ...

YOSHINOGARI, Saga Prefecture--The lids of a stone coffin that may contain the remains of a powerful person from the latter part of the Yayoi Period (c. 1000 B.C.-250 A.D.) were lifted here on June 5.

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 ...

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 ...

Chicken breeding in Japan dates back to fourth century BCE Date: April 20, 2023 Source: Hokkaido University Summary: Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been ...

TOKYO -- A piece of Japan's ancient past has run up against the realities of the present after remains of a Yayoi period (between about the 9th centur ...

Human remains from Yayoi period about 2,300 years ago (Kim et al 2024) More than 80 per cent of the genomes of modern Japanese people consist of ancestries related to east and northeast Asia.

Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Karako-Kagi site. The chicken is one of the most common domesticated animals, with a current ...