The are the
prehistoric humans known from many bones found in the
Yamashita limestone cave located on the grounds of the
Yamashita First Cave Site Park in
Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area ...
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Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
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Japan. The remains have been dated at 32,000±1000 years ago.
[
] The most important bones found in the cave in Yamashita are those of an approximately 6 to 8-year-old girl.
["The Paleolithic Age in Okinawa." Ryukyu Cultural Archive. Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education. http://rca.open.ed.jp/web_e/history/story/epoch1/kyusekki_3.html]
See also
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Minatogawa Man
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Pinza-Abu Cave Man
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Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins
is a paleoanthropological site located on Ishigaki Island of the Yaeyama Islands in Japan. Shiraho Saonetabaru is a limestone cave.
It was discovered in 2007 when plans for the New Ishigaki Airport were being developed. Remains of human heads ...
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History of the Ryukyu Islands
References
Archaeology of Japan
Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens fossils
Peopling of East Asia
Paleolithic Japan
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