Uncovering the Japanese Genetic Ancestry: New Insights from 2000-Year-Old DNA

Unlocking Japan’s Ancestry - New DNA Evidence Traces Roots to Korean Peninsula

I recently came across a fascinating story about the origins of the Japanese people, based on new genetic research from the University of Tokyo. By analyzing a 2,000-year-old genome from the Yayoi period, researchers discovered that most immigrants to the Japanese Archipelago during the Yayoi and Kofun periods primarily came from the Korean Peninsula. T…