Migration and adaptation of Jomon people during Pleistocene/Holocene transition period in Hokkaido, Japan

Natsuki, Daigo

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.01.009

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“…The UP occupation began around 38,000 yr cal BP ( 10 ) and continued until about 15,000 yr cal BP on P-Honshu, extending from 15,000 to 12,000 yr cal BP on Hokkaido, south of PSHK ( 21 , 24 ). The UP period is divided into three sub-stages – early, middle, and late – characterized by lithic reduction patterns, toolkit compositions, stone-tool types, and date of the sites.…”

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Cold adaptation in Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers of eastern Eurasia

Watanabe,

Wakiyama,

Waku

et al. 2024

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Previous genomic studies understanding the dispersal of Homo sapiens have suggested that present-day East Eurasians and Native Americans can trace their ancestry to migrations from Southeast Asia. However, ineluctable adaptations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remain unclear. By analyzing 42 genomes of up to 30-fold coverage from prehistoric hunter-gatherers, Jomon, we reveal their descent from Upper Paleolithic (UP) foragers who migrated to and isolated in the Japanese archipelago during Late Pleistocene. We provide compelling evidence suggesting that these UP people underwent positive selection for cold environments, aiding their survival through the LGM facilitated by non-shivering thermogenesis and detecting it polygenically across multiple loci in the Jomon lineage. Our study pioneers the close estimation of the physiological adaptation of ancient humans by the paleogenomic approach.

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Cold adaptation in Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers of eastern Eurasia

Watanabe,

Wakiyama,

Waku

et al. 2024

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“…These bifacial stemmed point technologies occur well before the appearance of different lithic and ceramic technologies associated with incipient Jomon occupations in Hokkaido (~14,700 cal yr B.P.) ( 24 – 25 ), which may reflect the arrival of different human groups with different cultural adaptations ( 25 ). Dental and DNA evidence that indicate that Holocene-aged Jomon populations could not be the ancestors of the First Americans ( 26 ) may thus be correct but is largely irrelevant.…”

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Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper’s Ferry site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas

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The timing and character of the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas are measured by the discovery of unequivocal artifacts from well-dated contexts. We report the discovery of a well-dated artifact assemblage containing 14 stemmed projectile points from the Cooper’s Ferry site in western North America, dating to ~16,000 years ago. These stemmed points are several thousand years older than Clovis fluted points (~13,000 cal yr B.P.) and are ~2300 years older than stemmed points found previously at the site. These points date to the end of Marine Isotope Stage 2 when glaciers had closed off an interior land route into the Americas. This assemblage includes an array of stemmed projectile points that resemble pre-Jomon Late Upper Paleolithic tools from the northwestern Pacific Rim dating to ~20,000 to 19,000 years ago, leading us to hypothesize that some of the first technological traditions in the Americas may have originated in the region.

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