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PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE ORIGINES OF SOUTHEAST ASIANS AND JOMON PEOPLE

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14540664
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 人類学(含生理人類学)
Research InstitutionSAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

MATSUMURA Hirofumi  SAPPRO MEDICAL UNNERSITY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 医学部, 講師 (70209617)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsSoutheast Asia / Jomon / Origin / Crania / Dentition / Morphology / Prehistoric / admixture / 新石器時代 / ニア洞穴 / タイ / ノンノクタ / バンチェン / シノドント / スンダドント / 化石人類 / 形態 / オーストラリア先住民 / スンダランド
Research Abstract

In debates on the population origin of Southeast Asia, it has been advocated that Southeast Asia was initially occupied by an "Australo-Melanesian" population that later underwent substantial genetic admixture with East Asian immigrants from Southern China associated with the spread of agriculture from the Neolithic period onwards. On the contrary, some recent researchers insist that recent Southeast Asians represent the direct lineal descendants of a prehistoric indigenous population without any intensive admixture with East Asians until the present time. This study undertook analyses of dental and cranial morphology to test the validity of these contrastive hypotheses. Dental characteristics analyses demonstrate close affinities between recent Australo-Melanesian samples and pre-Neolithic Southeast Asia such as the Hoabinhian/Mesolithic series from Southeast Asia. These specimens are considered to be members of a population that originated in late Pleistocene Sundaland and are believed to share common ancestors with Australian Aboriginal people. The dental characteristics of the modern inhabitants of most of Southeast Asia exhibit a mixture of traits associated with Northeast Asians and Australo-Melanesians, suggesting that these people have been genetically influenced by immigrants from Northeast Asia. In the Japanese Islands, gene flow from Northeast Asia also appears to have occurred to a certain extent in the Holocene Jomon people. The morphological analyses of Late Pleistocene to early Holocene human skeletons from Moh Khiew Cave in Thailand, Gua Gunung in Malaysia and Hoabinhian sites in Vietnam resulted that these remains represent a member of the Sundaland population during the Late Pleistocene, who may share common ancestry with the present-day Australian aborigines and Melanesians.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2005 2004 2003 2002 Other

All Journal Article (18 results) Book (2 results) Publications (8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Discovery of a second human molar and cranium fragment in the late Middle to Late Pleistocene cave of Ma U Oi (Northern Vietnam).2005

    • Author(s)
      Demeter F, Bacon A, Thuy NK, Long VT, Duringer P, Rousse S, Coppens Y, Matsumura H et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Evolution 48

      Pages: 393-402

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Morphometric analysis of the Late Pleistocene human remains from Moh Khew Cave in Thailand2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H, Surin P.
    • Journal Title

      Homo (印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of a second human molar and cranium fragment in the late Middle to Late Pleistocene cave of Ma U Oi (Northern Vietnam)2005

    • Author(s)
      Demeter F, Bacon A, Thuy NK, Long VT, Duringer P, Rousse S, Coppens Y, Matsumura H, Dodo Y, Huong NM, Anezaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Human Evolutionq 48

      Pages: 393-402

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Morphometric analysis of the Late Pleistocene human remains from Moh Khew Cave in Thailand2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H, Surin P.
    • Journal Title

      Homo (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] The population history of Southeast Asia viewed from morphometric analyses of human skeletal and dental remains2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura, H.
    • Journal Title

      Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia(Cambrgge Univesrsity Press) (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Dental perspectives on the population history of Southeast Asia2004

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H, Hudson MJ
    • Journal Title

      American Journal of Physical Anthropology Online(印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Archaic Homo molar from Northern Vietnam2004

    • Author(s)
      Demeter F, Thuy NK, Long VT, Matsumura H et al.
    • Journal Title

      Current Anthropology 45

      Pages: 535-542

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] An archaic Homo molar from northern Vietnam2004

    • Author(s)
      Demeter F, Thuy NK, Long VT, Matsumura H, Ngua HH. Schuster M, Huong NM, Coppens Y.
    • Journal Title

      Current Anthropology 45

      Pages: 535-542

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Dental perspectives on the population history of Southeast Asia2004

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H, Hudson MJ.
    • Journal Title

      American Journal of Physical Anthropology, (On line)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Dental perspectives on the population history of Southeast Asia2004

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H., Hudson M
    • Journal Title

      American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Online)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Morphometric analysis of the Late Pleistocene human remains from Moh Knew Cave in Thailand2004

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H., Surin P
    • Journal Title

      Homo (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Expansion of the Yayoi immigrants and Epi-Jomon people in Japan (In Japanese)2003

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H.
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the National Museum of Japanese History 107

      Pages: 199-216

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 渡来系弥生人の拡散と続縄文時代人2003

    • Author(s)
      松村博文
    • Journal Title

      国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告 107

      Pages: 199-216

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 古人骨からみたベトナムの人類史:歯の形態を中心にして2002

    • Author(s)
      松村 博文
    • Journal Title

      東南アジア考古学 22

      Pages: 169-178

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 渡来系弥生人の拡散と続縄文時代人2002

    • Author(s)
      松村 博文
    • Journal Title

      国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告 107

      Pages: 199-216

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Population history of Vietnamese viewed from human skeletons : Dental perspective (In Japanese)2002

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Southeast Asian Archaeology 22

      Pages: 169-178

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Nonmetric dental traits comparison among local sites and regional groups of the Neolithic Jomon period, Japan

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H.
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science (発表予定)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Possible Oldest Case of Cerebral Palsy in Southeast Asia : the Early Holocene Skeleton from Gua Gunung Runtuh (Malaysia).

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H., Zuraina M
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (発表予定)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The population history of Southeast Asia viewed from morphometric analyses of human skeletal and dental remains. In : Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia.2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura, H.
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press(印刷中)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] The population history of Southeast Asia viewed from morphometric analyses of human skeletal and dental remains. In Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia2005

    • Author(s)
      Matsumura H.
    • Publisher
      Cambridge University Press(印刷中)
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松村博文: "渡来系弥生人の拡散と続縄文時代人"国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告. 107. 199-216 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Matsumura H., Hudson M: "Dental perspectives on the population history of Southeast Asia"American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (発売予定).

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Matsumura H., Surin P: "Morphometric analysis of the Late Pleistocene human remains from Moh Khew Cave in Thailand"Homo. (発売予定).

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Matsumura, H., Pookajorn, S.: "A Morphometric Analysis of the Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton from the Moh Khiew Cave in Thailand"Journal of Human Evolution. (発表予定). (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Matsumura, H.: "Population History of Southeast Asians from a Dental Characteristics Perspective"American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (発表予定). (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松村博文: "古人骨からみたベトナムの人類史:歯の形態を中心にして"東南アジア考古学. 22. 169-178 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松村博文: "古人骨から探る北海道の人の源流"環オホーツク海文化のつどい報告書. 9. 11-21 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 松村博文: "日本人はるかな旅,5巻 そして日本人が生まれた.NHKスペシャル「日本人」プロジェクト編.NHK出版"歯が語る日本人のルーツ. 136-153 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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