The World is Amazed by the Jomon’s Minimal Denisovan DNA… But the Real Surprise Isn’t There!
Left Image/Point: People in the Andaman Sea region also show “almost zero” Denisovan DNA. When mapping the extent of admixture from inland Denisovans, a pattern emerges: the expansion of coastal route peoples (from the Andaman Sea to “The Mediterranean of East Asia”) becomes clear. This raises the question: Who were the people who migrated south along “the southern coast of Beringia,” relying on boats and a marine diet in the harsh, icy northern seas?
Right Image/Point: Recent research on the New Mexico footprints and South American DNA has shifted the paradigm and brought the “latest coastal migration theory” back into the spotlight. However, considering the conditions of life in the northern sea—where refugia were estimated to be up to 100km apart—it is highly improbable that Siberian hunter-gatherers could have immediately adapted and migrated south. We should be looking closely at the ancestors of the Hokkaido people, Sojin!
-RSoJS
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