By SATORU KAMIBAYASHI/ Staff Writer
March 11, 2022 at 12:00 JST
A male skull, left, and a female skull from the Gusuku Period found in Nakijin, Okinawa Prefecture. The female one exhibits prognathism, or a jutting jaw. (Provided by the Nakijin village education board)
NAKIJIN, Okinawa Prefecture--Skeletal human remains bearing characteristics associated with medieval people in mainland Japan provide the strongest evidence yet of a migration to the nation’s southernmost island during a key transitional phase in Okinawa’s history, according to researchers. [Read More]
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