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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Hokkaido Jomon skeletons: remnants of archaic maternal lineages at the southwestern edge of former Beringia.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Nov 2011
Adachi Noboru, Shinoda Ken-ichi, Umetsu Kazuo, Kitano Takashi, Matsumura Hirofumi, Fujiyama Ryuzo, Sawada Junmei, Tanaka Masashi
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the colonizing process of East/Northeast Asia as well as the peopling of the Americas, identifying the genetic characteristics of Paleolithic Siberians is indispensable. However, no genetic information on the Paleolithic Siberians has hitherto been reported. In the present study, we analyzed ancient DNA recovered from Jomon skeletons excavated from the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido, which was...
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