Japan’s genetic history may be far more surprising than anyone realized—with evidence pointing to a hidden third ancestral group and lingering Neanderthal DNA affecting health today. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com For decades, scientists believed the Japanese population largely descended from two ancient groups: the Jomon hunter-gatherers who lived in the archipelago for thousands of years, and later migrants from East Asia who brought rice farming and new technologies to Japan. But a major

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