The Jōmon were a prehistoric hunter-gatherer culture that inhabited the Japanese archipelago between approximately 14,000 BC and 300 BC, following which they were largely assimilated by migrants from
Jōmon Dogū pottery figure from the Late Jōmon Period, 1000–400 BC.
Diorama of Jōmon people at the Sannai-Maruyama museum
Reconstruction of a Jōmon pit dwelling.
Reconstructed Jōmon pit dwelling interior at the Ōgushi Site.
In archaeogenetics, the term Ancient North Eurasian refers to an ancestral component that represents the lineage of the people of the Mal'ta–Buret' culture and populations closely related to them, suc
Mal'ta–Buret' culture ivory figurines (c. 24,000 BP-c. 15,000 BP). Some of the figurines wear hooded overalls with decorative stripes.
Eurasian Steppe belt (turquoise)
Deer tooth pendant of an ANE woman, from Denisova Cave, dated circa 24,700 years BP.
The Ancient North Eurasian (ANE) network, consisted of several Paleolithic Siberian samples and contributed ancestry towards a wide variety of populations across Eurasia.