>>21716726https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a62610779/japanese-ancestry-origin/>Scientists from the University of Tokyo may have just laid to rest a long-standing debate over the ancestral origins of the modern Japanese population. 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.D.).>This analysis was no small thing—in fact, the investigation required a full nuclear genome analysis of a skeleton found in 1952 at the Doigahama ruins in Japan. Once completed, the results suggested that “between the Yayoi and Kofun periods, the majority of immigrants to the Japanese archipelago originated primarily from the Korean Peninsula,” the research team wrote in a study published in the Journal of Human Genetics.>So, the authors had their answer: the genetic composition of the modern Japanese people is a blend of the Jomon people and the modern Koreans. And those immigrants arriving from the Korean peninsula during the Yayoi period would have brought much more than just their genes—they likely also brought new technologies and perspectives, creating a cultural shift on the islands that lives on through genetic sampling.>“This study,” the authors said in a translated statement from the university, “is expected to further deepen our understanding of the formation process of the Japanese population by clarifying the main roots of the Japanese population.”Ancient Japanese were basically just Koreans who crossed the strait. Simple as.
