A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead, they are the ...

The private garden off the grand room reserved for dignitaries at the ancient Japanese Heritage Shōya House which opens to the public tomorrow at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical ...

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Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They ...

New research into ancient Japanese rice farming suggests that significant technological development does not always mean ‘abandonment’ of cultural practices - particularly culinary traditions.

Some modern Japanese people may have a higher body mass index, or BMI, thanks to DNA they inherited from prehistoric hunter-gatherers. In a new study, researchers analyzed the genomes of more than 170 ...

Researchers have long suspected that massive volcanic eruptions undersea caused carbon dioxide (CO 2) increases, global warming and depleted oxygen (called anoxia) in the ocean during the Mesozoic ...

Northwestern University Ph.D. student, Luca Podrecca takes a break from research in the field near Mount Ashibetsu in Japan. By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount ...