"Ushikawa Man Fossils Doubted"

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20,000-year-old 'human' fossils from Japan aren't what we thought

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20,000-year-old fossilized bones of " Ushikawa Man ," thought to be Japan 's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds.

The bones of bears were rarely found in archaeological sites in Japan from this time.

But new research shows beyond a doubt that the bones are from an ancient brown bear.

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