Pooling mitogenomes from 17 Jomon sites, a University of Tokyo study reframes east-west Jomon differences as environmentally driven insular divergence after one settlement, rather than evidence of multiple sea crossings.
A University of Tokyo team pooling whole mitogenomes from 17 Jomon sites argues east-west differences arose from insular divergence after a single settlement, not from multiple migration routes.
Calibrating a mitochondrial clock with Pacific archaeological dates, a team concludes people entered the ancient Sahul landmass around 60,000 years ago via two routes—a northern path through the Philippines and a southern one from mainland Southeast Asia.
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