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北里大学医学部・解剖学研究室・太田グループ
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北里大学医学部・解剖学研究室・太田グループ
勝村啓史・論文紹介
Proceedings of Royal Society Bに掲載された勝村啓史研究員の論文解説が、東京大学大学院新領域創成科学研究科のHPに掲載されました↓
http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/info/entry/22_entry354/
http://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/info/entry/22_entry354/
ライアン・シュミットさんの論文が出ました！（JJA)
日本学術振興会外国人特別研究員・Ryan Schmidt（ライアン・シュミット）さんの論文がJapanese Journal of Arcaheologyに掲載されました！ライアンさん、おめでとうございます！
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Jomon Culture and the peopling of the Japanese archipelago: advancements in the fields of morphometrics and ancient DNA
Jomon Culture and the peopling of the Japanese archipelago: advancements in the fields of morphometrics and ancient DNA
Ryan W. SCHMIDT1 & SEGUCHI Noriko2
1 Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, 1–15–1 Kitasato, Minami Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa 252–0374, Japan (r_schmidt@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp)2 Department of Environmental Changes, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 819–0395, Japan (noriko.seguchi@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Archaeological investigation of the Jomon Culture is extensive and well supported among the Japanese public. The distinct pottery that characterizes the Jomon has been well documented and physical anthropological description of skeletal remains in Japan has a long and extensive history. However, questions remain of Jomon peoples origins, biological contribution to modern Japanese and biological relationship to the agriculturalist people associated with the Yayoi culture. Morphological analyses of Jomon skeletal material have suggested ambiguous origins and inter-regional heterogeneity has been observed based on craniofacial variation. Ancient DNA of skeletal remains associated with the Jomon Culture indicates possible distinct genetic lineages associated with various locations throughout greater East and Southeast Asia. Here, we review the relevance of using ancient DNA and morphometrics to answer some of the above questions and challenge models based on the assumption that archaeological culture is equal to a shared biological history. Recent literature is reviewed and summarized in order to give the reader an idea of how basic assumptions of biological ancestry can be questioned using these new data. We end our discussion by suggesting further avenues of study and prospective research questions that could be asked in light of these new technologies.
1 Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, 1–15–1 Kitasato, Minami Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa 252–0374, Japan (r_schmidt@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp)2 Department of Environmental Changes, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 819–0395, Japan (noriko.seguchi@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp)
Archaeological investigation of the Jomon Culture is extensive and well supported among the Japanese public. The distinct pottery that characterizes the Jomon has been well documented and physical anthropological description of skeletal remains in Japan has a long and extensive history. However, questions remain of Jomon peoples origins, biological contribution to modern Japanese and biological relationship to the agriculturalist people associated with the Yayoi culture. Morphological analyses of Jomon skeletal material have suggested ambiguous origins and inter-regional heterogeneity has been observed based on craniofacial variation. Ancient DNA of skeletal remains associated with the Jomon Culture indicates possible distinct genetic lineages associated with various locations throughout greater East and Southeast Asia. Here, we review the relevance of using ancient DNA and morphometrics to answer some of the above questions and challenge models based on the assumption that archaeological culture is equal to a shared biological history. Recent literature is reviewed and summarized in order to give the reader an idea of how basic assumptions of biological ancestry can be questioned using these new data. We end our discussion by suggesting further avenues of study and prospective research questions that could be asked in light of these new technologies.