35 ancient people from Japan have had their genome published, from 6,870 BC to AD 1808. Here they are on a map and period by period, with their archaeological cultures and haplogroups.
35ancient individuals
13excavation sites
6published studies
6,870 BColdest individual
Main archaeological groups: Japan Chiba HG Jomon (6), Japan Honshu EarlyJomon (5), Japan Nagabaka 2800BP (4), Japan Nagabaka Historic (4), Japan Tohoku Jomon (4). Most frequent Y-DNA lines: D1a (8), O1b (3), BT (1), C1a (1), CT (1), K2 (1). Most frequent mtDNA lines: N9b (16), M7a (4), B5a (1), D5c (1), G1b (1), M7b (1).
Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.
Which of these ancient peoples are in your DNA?
Our Yamato (Japan & Korea) report compares your own raw DNA file with the ancient and modern populations of the region, era by era, and explains your result in plain language with your haplogroups.
