In a surprising twist, Japan's so-called oldest human fossil, 'Ushikawa Man,' has been stripped of its title and redefined as ...

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging the long-accepted “dual origins” theory. The ...

For decades, the accepted explanation for the origins of the Japanese people was relatively straightforward. Modern Japanese ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible through technological advances in the way DNA is extracted from ancient bones ...