32,000-year-old human bones from Okinawa cave include 6-8-year-old girl.
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Yamashita Cave People are prehistoric humans from Okinawa limestone cave. Remains dated 32,000±1000 years ago. Key bones belong to 6 to 8-year-old girl. Minatogawa Man represents Upper Pleistocene man from Okinawa island. Excavations by Suzuki, Hanihara et al. in 1982 detailed Minatogawa finds. Kobayashi et al. radiocarbon dated Yamashita-cho Cave 1 as TK-78. Paleolithic Age presence confirmed in Okinawa. Related sites include Pinza-Abu Cave Man and Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins.

Northeast Asia Homo Sapiens Evolution Science Antiquity Genetics

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