2024-10-16 00:53:00
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Human Genetics: Japanese are descended from Koreans
A group of Japanese scientists conducted a population genetic study and came to the conclusion that the genes of migrants from the Korean Peninsula played a significant role in the formation of the Japanese people. These results were published in a scientific journal Human genetics.
“Our data indicates that during the period between Yayoi and Kofun, most immigrants to the Japanese archipelago came from the Korean Peninsula. The Korean population, with roots from both East Asia and Northeast Siberia, continuously migrated to the Japanese islands from the Yayoi era to the Kofun period. This migration was accompanied by mixing with the local Jomon population. Modern mainland Japanese are considered descendants of this mixed population,” the study notes.
The Yayoi era began about 3,000 years ago, while the Kofun era spans from the 3rd to 6th centuries AD. The preceding period is called the Jomon era, which also refers to the ancient indigenous peoples who mixed with migrants from mainland Asia. Scientists have sequenced the complete nuclear genome of ancient human remains from the Yayoi era, found by archaeologists at the Doigahama site in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
“A comprehensive population genetic analysis of Doigahama Yayoi man, as well as ancient and modern populations of East Asia and Northeast Eurasia, showed that Doigahama Yayoi man, like the Kofun people and modern Japanese of mainland origin , had three different genetic ancestors: Jomon and associated with East Asia and Northeast Siberia Among non-Japanese populations, it was Koreans with both East Asia and Northeast Siberian ancestry who showed the highest degree of genetic similarity with the Doigahama Yayoi person,” the study authors conclude.
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