Siginulfo
08-06-2014, 01:06 PM
The Epipaleolithic Jomon population (whose descendants are the Ainu of Hokkaido) have been found to be both Neanderthal-admixed and Denisovan-admixed:
http://www.saitou-naruya-laboratory.org/assets/files/Seminar-Saitou-03-10-14.pdf
And according to this study modern Ainu cluster with Sahulians (Melanesians/Australian Aborigines):
http://www.saitou-naruya-laboratory.org/assets/files/pdf/J_Hum_Genet_57-787_2012.pdf
http://www.saitou-naruya-laboratory.org/assets/files/Seminar-Saitou-03-10-14.pdf
And according to this study modern Ainu cluster with Sahulians (Melanesians/Australian Aborigines):
http://www.saitou-naruya-laboratory.org/assets/files/pdf/J_Hum_Genet_57-787_2012.pdf