T he 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 ...

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.

The new research has established that Japan's "Ushikawa Man" fossils, once thought to be from a human who lived more than 20,000 years ago, are in fact from a bear.

In the research, the Ushikawa man fossils and bone samples from bears were compared by CT scanning and other methods. The samples consisted of 11 from brown bears and 13 from Asian black bears.

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 . 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, ...

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 ...

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. Instead, they are ...

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 ...