By SHUNSUKE NAKAMURA/ Senior Staff Writer
June 26, 2020 at 07:00 JST
Rare stone figurines unearthed from the Kamikuroiwa Iwakage archaeological site in Kumakogen, Ehime Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KUMAKOGEN, Ehime Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan fashioned human figures from stone and adorned them with jagged lines, possibly for use in religious rituals, say researchers startled by discoveries in the island of Shikoku. [Read More]
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