Saturday, July 08, 2006
Japanese origin 1
Proto-Japanese
Where did a Japanese ancestor come from? How does a Japanese think about religion? Who was Japanese origin? I want to try to think about this fundamental question.
It is said that mankind's origin is in Africa about 6000000 years ago. A part of them moved east. Then, they reached Southeast Asia at last. It can think that a part of them reached Japan at last, too. They are called Old Mon-gol-oid. The cenozoic Quaternary, it was about 10000 years ago. The Japanese archipelago separated from the old continent completely. Then, present the Japanese archipelago were formed. There is mankind who lived in the Japanese archipelago at that time. It can think that they are the direct ancestors of Japanese. They are called the Jyomon-jin(the person of the Jomon period).
On the other hand, there was mankind who moved to the north of the Himalayas. They moved from the Siberia to China and the Korea. Then, some of mankind reached Japan. They are called New Mongoloid. They come to have the physical characteristics to adapt to the coldness. Body hair is very thin. An eyelid is single edged. A face is depressed. A nose is short. These are because it doesn't suffer from frostbite. Some New Mongoloid who settled in the Korean was very much came over to Japan. They were very much came over to Japan from about B.C. the fourth century to about the seventh century. The jyomon-jin is old Mongoloid. And New Mongoloid who settled in the Korean. They repeated mixed parentage for more than 1000 years. They are Japanese ancestors. This is said as the Proto-Japanese.
