The marine gastropod is believed to have been a part of the diet during the Jomon Pottery Culture Period (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.). Broth extracted from ibokisago is reportedly “Japan’s ...

The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site. Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants of the Jomon ...

A new study challenges the idea that these early populations, often referred to as First Peoples, descended from the Jomon people, who lived in Japan 15,000 years ago. This research, published in ...

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 ...

In May 2019, the findings were published in the journal Anthropological Science in a paper titled, "Late Jomon male and female genome sequences from the Funadomari site in Hokkaido, Japan." ...

Jomon ruins found throughout Japan number up to 90,000 locations. We go on a journey all over Japan to discover Jomon culture that is still alive. Jomon: 10,000 Years of Nostalgia - Seasoning the ...

More information: Kenichi Yamamoto et al, Genetic legacy of ancient hunter-gatherer Jomon in Japanese populations, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54052-0 Provided by Trinity ...