The ryukyuan and the ainu share similar genetic traits despite living on opposite ends of the japan archipelago a new study has found. According to several studies the ryukyuan people share more alleles with the jōmon period 16 000 3 000 years ago hunter gatherers and ainu people than the yamato japanese have smaller genetic contributions from asian continental populations which supports the dual structure model of k. Jōmon people last updated september 30 2020.
