Anthropological study of ancient human skeletal remains in southern China.

包括佐贺县吉野村遗址在内的北九州地区的瓮葬中出土的弥生时代的人骨，与绳纹人的身体特征不同，他们的脸高，身材高大。可以认为他们是渡海来到日本的。为了弄清日本人的形成，也有必要弄清楚这些弥井人是通过哪条路线来到日本的。有研究表明，弥生文化受到中国和韩国文化的强烈影响，特别是中国的柯南地区和柯南地区。我们研究了从福肯省和圣省出土的公元前3000年的古人类骨骼群，并将它们的特征与北九州弥生人的特征进行了比较。公元前3000年左右的时期相当于日本绳纹时代的晚期，但这些人类遗骸并没有显示出绳纹人的身体特征。在福垦地区发现的东世赞骨架，总体上具有脸低而宽的特征，但也包括一些脸相当高的骨骼。因此，我们不能简单地将这个地区排除在北九州弥生人的可能发祥地之外。在圣省发现的Daimonko骨骼，发现人工拔牙，面部高度相当高。这些特征似乎与北九州弥生人的特征相同，但两个时期之间存在很大的周期差异，他们的身体特征并不完全相同。将圣省确定为弥生族的发源地也为时过早。未来仍有许多人骨类群有待研究。通过我们未来的研究，似乎有可能确定北九州弥生人的发源地，并获得有关绳纹人起源和日本人身体变化的宝贵数据。

Human skeletal remains of the Yayoi period excavated from jar burials at the North Kyushu area which includes the Yoshinogari site in Saga Prefecture show different physical features from those of the Jomon people, and they have a high face and a tall stature. It could be suggested that they came over to Japan crossing the sea. It is also necessary to find out in which route these Yayaoi people came to Japan in order to clarify the formation of the Japanese people. It has been indicated that the Yayoi culture was strongly influenced by the cultures in China and the Korea, particularly Konan district and Kanan district in China. We studied ancient human bone groups dating from 3, 000 B. C. excavated from Fukken Province and Santo Province and compared their features with those of the North KyushuYayoi people. The period around 3, 000 B. C. corresponds to the late phase of the Jomon period in Japan, but these human remains do not show the physical features of the Jomon people. The DonsekiZan skeleton from Fukken Province have the trait of a low and wide face in general, but some with a rather high face are also included. So we can not simply exclude this area from possible originated areas of the North Kyushu Yayoi people. As for the Daimonko skeleton from Santo Province, artificial tooth extraction is found and facial height is rather high. These features seem common with features of the North Kyushu Yayoi people, but there is a great periodic difference between the two periods and their physical features are not totally common. It is also too soon to specify Santo Province as the originate place of those Yayoi peole. There are still many human bone groups we should investigate in the future. Through our future studies, it seems possible to specify the originated places of the North Kyushu Yayoi people and also to obtain valuable data on the origin of the Jomon people and the physical changes of the Japanese.