The fossilized bones of the so-called Ushikawa Man, once believed to be among the oldest human fossils in Japan, have been identified as the remains of an ancient brown bear. Gen Suwa, an ...

The discovery that the Ushikawa fossils are not human means the oldest human fossils found on the Japanese mainland are from a limestone quarry near the Japanese city of Hamakita, about 25 miles ...

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A study has found that what scientists had thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are the bones of a brown bear. Once known as the Ushikawa man, the fossils were found in the city of ...

Credit: Anthropology and Prehistory Division, University Museum, University of Tokyo The discovery that the Ushikawa fossils are not human means the oldest human fossils found on the Japanese ...