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In Wajima, the heart of Japan's lacquerware tradition, Paul Carter meets a community determined to preserve their craft. From the intricate layering glossy lacquer to precision decoration ...

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A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI. Some modern Japanese people may have a higher body mass index ...

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Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Despite an incredibly rich prehistory covering nearly ten thousand years, modern coverage of complex hunter-gatherer societies has tended to overlook the Jomon of Japan. This text presents an overview ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. transcript 3, 2, 1. ... and liftoff. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno ...

The Greek Orthodox St Catherine’s Monastery where Hipparchus’s map of the sky was discovered. Credit: Joonas Plaan, CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer ...

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This effectively means variations in modern day Japanese genetic patterns can be explained by the historical influence of ancient Jomon hunter-gatherers and two continental groups from Northeast ...