Re: Questions about Japanese historical phonology.

In a message dated 8/24/04 4:05:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mark@POLYMATHIX.COM writes:

<< Mitochondrial DNA and diffusion of material
 culture are the ones that immediately come to mind. >>
My understanding is that both DNA evidence and recent archaeology tend to
support the view that the dominant culture in late-prehistoric Japan came from
northern Asia rather than from Polynesia or SE Asia, as previously suggested. I
recall an article called (roughly) "Jomon Genes"in Science News some time ago,
for example. (I had a copy but I don't know what happened to it when I moved.)
JohnLeland