jomon ancestry japan

A new study released in 2013 by Kanzawa-Kiriyama Hideaki shows that the Jomon are genetically closer to Papuans and Melanesians, populations located in Oceania.^[59] The author also suggested that the Jomon have significant Denisovan admixture, which is also found among Papuans, Melanesians and some Negrito ethnic groups in the Philippines.^[59]