{
  "id": 273216,
  "title": "High-coverage ancient genomes reveal prehistoric population histories of Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/high-coverage-ancient-genomes-reveal-prehistoric-population-histories",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T15:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-high-coverage-ancient-genomes-reveal.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team led by Koji Ishiya of Kanazawa University reconstructed exceptionally high-coverage genomes from two ancient individuals in Japan: IY1, a woman from the Initial Jomon period who lived about 8,300 years ago, and DO, a man from the Middle Yayoi period who lived about 2,300 years ago.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}