H. Oota et al., A GENETIC-STUDY OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD HUMAN REMAINS FROM JAPAN USING MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCES, American journal of physical anthropology, 98(2), 1995, pp. 133-145
We present nucleotide sequence data for mitochondrial DNA extracted fr
om ancient human skeletons of the Yayoi era (ca. 2,000 BP) excavated f
rom the Takuta-Nishibun site in northern Kyushu of Japan. Nucleotide s
equence diversity showed that the Yayoi people of the Takuta-Nishibun
site were not a genetically homogeneous population. This site shows a
diversity in the burial style. Phylogenetic analysis indicated a stati
stically significant correlation between burial style and the genetic
background of the Takuta-Nishibun individuals, and revealed no discret
e clustering patterns for the Yayoi individuals, for early modern Ainu
, or for the Jomon people, (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.