Endemic demographics of the Jomon people estimated based on complete mitogenomes reveal their regional diversity
Koki Yoshida,
Yoshiki Wakiyama,
Guido Valverde
et al.
Abstract:The Jomon culture that spread across Japanese archipelago began about 16,000 years ago and lasted for over 10,000 years. The genetic diversity of the Jomon people, prehistoric hunter-gatherers bearing the Jomon culture, is of great interest in understanding prehistoric East Eurasians. Until now, their demographic history has been estimated using archaeological sites and present-day genomes, but detailed studies using Jomon genomes has not been sufficient. To investigate the Jomon demography, we determined comp… Show more
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