The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not ...

NAGOYA -- What were until now thought to be the oldest human fossils found in Japan, known as the "Ushikawa man," are actually the bones of a bear, researchers recently announced. The fossilized ...

Even so, these scientists had made "detailed and very accurate ... fragment known as "Akashi Man" was the earliest human fossil from mainland Japan, perhaps more than 780,000 years old; but ...