Who are the Japanese? Huge DNA Discovery Rewrites History The latest DNA study from RIKEN has sent shockwaves through the scientific community by challenging a long held assumption about Japanese ancestry.
Researchers have discovered a previously overlooked third ancestral group linked to the ancient Emishi people of northeastern Japan, revealing a more complex and nuanced understanding of the nation's genetic heritage.
For decades, the prevailing theory was that the Japanese population descended from two main groups: the Jomon hunter gatherers who inhabited the archipelago for thousands of years, and later migrants from East Asia who introduced rice farming and new technologies.