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1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Anthropological reexamination of Nansei Islanders skeletal remains

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05640805
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 人類学(含生理人類学)
Research InstitutionTohoku University (1994)
Sapporo Medical University (1993)

Principal Investigator

DODO Yukio  Tohoku University School of Medicine Professor, 医学部, 教授 (50000146)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) DOI Naomi  Ryukyu University Faculty of Medicine Assoc.Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (30128053)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1994
KeywordsCranium / Measurement / Nonmetric trait / Facial flatness / Ryukyu / Ainu / Physical anthropology / 形質人類学
Research Abstract

We investigated metric and nonmetric characteristics on 140,122 and 63 crania of Amami, Okinawa and Sakishima Islandesrs. Results of facial flatness measurements revealed the crania of Okinawa Islandesrs had very flat faces comparable to those of immigrant Yayoi and Kofun people. In this respect, not as usually considered, Okinawans are very different from Ainus and Jomons whoes facial skeletons show prominent configuration, Moreover, the incidence pattern of nonmetric cranial traits was quite different between Okinawans and Ainus or Jomons. From these results we asserted the hypothesis of close affinity between Okinawans and Ainus to be carefully reconsidered.

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 百々幸雄: "琉球・アイヌ同系論の再検討-頭蓋の計測的・非計測的特徴からの考察" Anthropological Science. (発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 土肥直美: "沖縄の古人骨研究の現状" 解剖学雑誌. 69. 797- (1994)

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  • [Publications] 百々幸雄編著: "シリーズ・モンゴロイド第2巻「日本列島に移り住んだ人々)" 東京大学出版会(印刷中), 300 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Dodo, Y.: "Reconsideration of the hypothesis of close affinity between Ainu and Ryukyu" Anthropological Science. (in preparation).

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  • [Publications] Doi, N.: "The status quo of paleoanthropological research activities in Okinawa" Acta Anatomica Nipponica. 69. 797 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Dodo, Y.(ed): "Population History of Japanese. Series Mongoloid 2" University of Tokyo Press. (in press). 1-300 (1995)

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Published: 1996-04-15  

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