The fossilized bones of the so-called Ushikawa Man, once believed to be among the oldest human fossils in Japan, have been identified as the remains of an ancient brown bear. Gen Suwa, an ...

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

NAGOYA, JAPAN— The Mainichi reports that the Middle Pleistocene fossils known as “Ushikawa Man,” once suggested to be the oldest known human remains in Japan, are actually bear bones.

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 Ushikawa man fossils found in the late 1950s turns out not to be bona fide. After the bones were discovered in a Toyohashi quarry in 1957 and 1959, they were reported to represent rare examples of ...

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

In the manner of most trilogies, Book 2 is the best because it is the darkest. The villains show their faces. Tengo is menaced by an ugly man called Ushikawa (a name familiar to readers of Mr ...

Shocking discovery:'Ushikawa Man' fossils are actually ancient bear bones, says University of Tokyo The oldest human fossils on Japan's mainland were found in a limestone quarry near Hamakita, 40 ...