The oldest human fossils on Japan's mainland were found in a limestone quarry near Hamakita, 40 km east of Ushikawa.

Researchers Stunned After Discovering 20,000-Year-Old Fossil Belonged to a Bear, Mistook It to Be of a Human Initially The 20 ...

shows beyond a doubt that the bones are from an ancient brown bear, Suwa said in an email. He added that the bones of bears were rarely found in archaeological sites in Japan from this time ...

Hokkaido government officials also joined the Sept. 5 meeting to report that they had finally culled a long-hunted destructive brown bear in July. The bear, named OSO18, has attacked 66 cattle ...

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 ...

NAGOYA, JAPAN—The Mainichi reports that the Middle ... The study suggests that the fossils likely came from a brown bear. “As bear bones more than 20,000 years old, they are also of great ...

a popular destination in Minami Ward among sightseers in Sapporo as well as visitors from other parts of Japan and overseas. A sign warning of “a brown bear sighting near the entrance to a ...