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Human genetic diversity in the Japanese Archipelago: dual structure and beyond.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jan 2015
Jinam Timothy A, Kanzawa-Kiriyama Hideaki, Saitou Naruya
Abstract excerpt
The Japanese Archipelago stretches approximately 3,000 kilometers from Hokkaido in the north to the Ryukyu Islands in the south, and has seen human activity since at least 30 thousand years ago (KYA). The Jomon period from 16 to 3 KYA is associated with cord-marked pottery and the people at that time, who were hunter-gatherers, occupied a range of locations across the Japanese Archipelago. The Yayoi period from 3...
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