Yamashita Cave Man

The Yamashita Cave People (山下洞人, Yamashita Dōjin) are the

Okinawa, Japan. The remains have been dated at 32,000±1000 years ago.^[1]

[2] The most important bones found in the cave in Yamashita are those of an approximately 6 to 8-year-old girl.^[3]

References

^ Suzuki, Hisashi; Kazuro Hanihara; et al. (1982). "The Minatogawa Man: The Upper Pleistocene Man from the Island of Okinawa". Bulletin of the University Museum. 19. University of Tokyo.
^ Kobayashi, H.; Matsui, Y.; Suzuki, H. (1971). "TK-78: Yamashita-cho Cave 1". Radiocarbon. 13: 100.
^ "The Paleolithic Age in Okinawa." Ryukyu Cultural Archive. Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education. http://rca.open.ed.jp/web_e/history/story/epoch1/kyusekki_3.html

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