Important Notice: It was pointed out to me that I used the wrong name when referring to the group of islands in the south of Japan. Ryukyu Islands (流求 or 琉球) is a Chinese-made name that also includes Taiwan. The correct name is Okinawan or Nansei Islands (南西諸島). Important Notice 2: The images at 07:52 and 07:58 were meant to represent "boat construction" and "many people in the same space", and are not representative of how the population looked at that time. I will be more careful with the usage of generic images in the future, while still trying to make sure the videos stay visually appealing (otherwise you will get bored of my face hehe).
I don't think there is anything wrong with your use of Ryukyu. Japanese nationalists, notably the Ministry of Education, don't like the appellation, Ryukyu; however, the term has existed and has been used for centuries. Yes, it is of Chinese origin, but one should note that the Chinese had relations with the Okinawan court centuries before the Satsuma Japanese folk ever arrived. The Okinawans certainly referred to themselves as Ryukyu. My own mother, who was from Amami Oshima, always called the archipelago Ryukuy, although she said the Japanese called it Nansei shoto. One should also note that the Japanese continue to carry on a, perhaps tacit, policy of extinguishing the various Ryukuy languages. Amami and it's numerous dialects are almost extinct. I will always use the term Ryukyu.
Ryūkyū is the Japanese reading of the name of the kingdom that governed those islands. In Mandarin it's Liuqiu and Ruuchuu in the Shuri-Naha dialect of Okinawan, all written with the characters 琉球. The Portuguese called them "Ilhas Léquias" and the British "Lewchew/Loochoo Islands" back then. Who'd take issue with the archipelago being called by the name it has been called since long before Japanese occupation?
@@stacycentral @anuksjyriwicdn9140 Thank you both for the responses, that's all very interesting to know. I am now even more confused as to how to call the islands in order to not hurt susceptibilities though. The person who called me out said I should be careful with what I say to not make tense situations in the region even worse as a Westerner. I wasn't expecting to run into this kind of problem so soon in the history timeline.
I don't think you have anything to apologize for. You have produced a very good video on a complex topic, i.e., human evolution and distribution, and in particular within the Japanese archipelago. With the possible identification of Denisovans in Eastern China (Harbin), the probability of early humans-homonims in Japan increases. There is probably a volcanic mountain valley somewhere just waiting for the right explorer to find its treasures. Keep up the good work!@@JapaneseCulture-JC
Of course, when I said "easy" I actually meant to imply "easier than if the sea levels were as today". Next video I will go into more detail about the sea crossing by boat as in how it might have possibly be done.
Thank you for sharing that bit about Fujimura and his hoax, it was something I had not heard. No matter where or what it is though, if there is money or fame to be had someone will try and find a way to play the system. Hopefully we can diligent enough to find out who wants to do what Fujimura did. As well as being able to recognize the people who really do have a passion for the work that they do and want to help us all understand and find more about our history
Thank you for watching. I'm sure a case like the Fujimura one is unlikely to happen again today. I was quite fascinated with how Japanese are so interested in Archaeology and their history, they sure are passionate about it.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC Your welcome, it's just nice to see people taking an interest in other thing's outside of main stream Japan. They have a rich history full of things just waiting to be discovered. I hope that more people can see your videos and you channel grows so that you can make a living out of this. It would be nice to have more conversations about different topics like this with you in the future. "ganbatte"
@@saltydude07 Thank you so much. I don't know if my channel will ever be that big, but my goal is to build a community with whom I can share opinions, that correct me when I make a mistake, and might be able to answer the questions that I can't find the answers to on my own. Hope we can talk again sometime! ٩(＾◡＾)۶
When you are talking about uman migrations, one must remember that humans, such as Homo Erectus, have been using ocean going water craft for hundreds of thousand years. And based on the Ainu they were very proficient at it
You're accent is very strong and it was sometimes difficult to interpret your wording, but it's well worth the effort! I like your diction and sense of humor.☺️ Very thorough in depth lesson, thank you!
Yes, I've been told so, but don't forget that if there is something you don't understand, you can click on the subtitles. I make them, they are not those AI-generated ones that RUclips creates. Thank you for the kind words!
I really appreciated, that you did not clutter your video presentation with meaningless visual popcorn - as has become so fashionable on "scientifically oriented" RUclips channels. Generally you show a picture when you have a relevant picture and you show nothing when you have nothing. This way I can watch in a relaxed way and take it all in without having to constantly be on my guard against irrelevant clutter being forced down my sensory throat. Thumbs up!
Thank you. I try to use as many accurate images as possible. I do use generic images too, so the video momentum doesn't come to a still, but I try to do it sensibly.
@@JapaneseCulture-JCWell, as long as generic images are used in a way that the viewer can recognize them as such - no problem, but - to take an example from a different field - if someone talks about a specific bacterium, but shows another one, because they can't find the right picture, that's very bad practice. People can NOT not make a connection between something they hear and see simultaneously. The point I'm making is: the author of a video might easily distinguish generic pictures or mere frill from real visual information, but the viewer might not. It makes a huge difference if a viewer can watch a clip in a relaxed way, being certain to be fed only genuine information that - to the author's best knowledge - should be all linked together or if they can't do it because they can't be sure. With full trust we enter a totally different mode of mental processing. That mode still allows for dealing with genuine errors of the author. The whole episode is tugged away as: "according to soandso..." but this becomes too convoluted if loads of unrecognizable "3rd parties" get to put their hands into the dough, even if this "3rd party" is a random, not to the point association of the author. People are perfectly able to come up with their own immaginative associations - and then they know it's theirs. It is really rare that viewers want to get to know the mental processes of an author, generally we are interested in the best results of such mental processes combined into a research effort. I definitely have seen and appreciate your effort to place generic pictures sensibly and I liked your idea of typing out certain words and concepts to underscore them when you had no picture. I think there is so much competing RUclips-feed out there, that everyone tries to somehow stand out from within the crowd, and lots of authors try that by resorting to cheap flicker. Yea, it glues a viewer's eyes to the screen with some success, but what's the point? Not the food we swallow makes the difference, but the food we are able to digest. :-)
Australasians entered Japanese Archipelago during the Ice Age, when there was land bridge that connected Sundaland, Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, Korea and Japan. 10 thousand years ago. When the Ice Age was over, the sea level rose up, and there were no more migration into Japanese archipelago, untill Far East Asians developed sea going vessels around 5th Century BC.
Very interesting, but it reminded me a lot of the ongoing controversies about when the first humans reached the America. Since it is very possible that the same issues (the land bridge from Siberia to Japan and across the Bearing straights during the ice maxima) is applicable to both migrations the similarities in the debates as to exactly when the first humans arrived and were there homids there at earlier dates are understandably similar.
If there had been hominids in what is now America, there would be archeological evidence. So far to date, none has been found. It's a very Eurocentric mentality to assume everywhere else had earlier hominids as Africa and other humans such as Neanderthals in the Middle East and Europe and Denisovans in Asia. There is evidence for that.
I'm sorry, I can't afford to buy a better microphone in my actual financial condition. I will try to find a way to speak closer to the webcam without the resulting image being gross. I also already do a good deal of post-production on the sound, but any tips are welcome.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC No worries, finding a cheap good microphone shouldn't be too difficult. I want to help you find one, i'd bring one to you if it was possible. For $29 you can buy a Sony ECM-LV1 that will radically improve your voice sound and audience. But if you are thrifty and go to an used electronics store you could find something for $5.
@@ericastier1646 Do you know anything about "HYPERX Solocast"? I managed to get in contact with someone who has points for Worten and they are willing to give them to me. This microphone has a discount right now, so if I add one thing to the other, I might be able to spend just around $10 - $15 On other hand, I don't want to buy a microphone just to find out it sounds worse than the one I have right now.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC I am sorry i read your post yesterday and got sidetracked before getting a chance to reply. Yes that cardoid pattern microphone will be much better than your webcam integrated microphone. It is a budget microphone but there will be a significant improvement in sound to what you have now. Being able to place the microphone much closer to your mouth is key. That is why i first suggested a pinned microphone if you prefer not to have a big microphone visible in front of you in the video.
muy interesante contenido, y no puedo evitar decir que eres una chica muy guapa! - very interesting content, and I can't help but say that you are a very pretty girl!
I'm happy to hear that, I was actually really self-conscious of my image because, due to how everything was placed in my room, I was filming at a very unfortunate angle. I finished moving furniture around though, so now I have better lighting for my videos.
HUMANITY, when did it arrive ????? Are you suggesting that before the end of WW2 that the Japanese were Inhuman? Certainly their behaviour towards Humans was beyond the pale of even Hamas and Adolf Hitler. Humanity arrived in 1945.
Your pictures at 7:55 are anachronistic for 50 000YBP....given the OCA 2 gene selective sweep in East Asia began 10 000 - 15 000YBP (Yang et el. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw003)
I apologize, I was just trying to illustrate the idea of boat-making and growth in population, but I can see how people could be lead to think they looked like that.
If you are surprised, you are not alone. The Portuguese were very active in Japan, especially in the Ryukyus. As you noted, Shogun touches on this. Here's an interesting bit of trivia, Japanese tempura comes from Okinawa where Portuguese taught Okinawans the cooking technique. Some speculate that the Okinawans then developed it into a broader cuisine. All I can say, I grew up on tempura and Okinawan donuts. 🙂
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Important Notice: It was pointed out to me that I used the wrong name when referring to the group of islands in the south of Japan. Ryukyu Islands (流求 or 琉球) is a Chinese-made name that also includes Taiwan. The correct name is Okinawan or Nansei Islands (南西諸島).
Important Notice 2: The images at 07:52 and 07:58 were meant to represent "boat construction" and "many people in the same space", and are not representative of how the population looked at that time. I will be more careful with the usage of generic images in the future, while still trying to make sure the videos stay visually appealing (otherwise you will get bored of my face hehe).
I don't think there is anything wrong with your use of Ryukyu. Japanese nationalists, notably the Ministry of Education, don't like the appellation, Ryukyu; however, the term has existed and has been used for centuries. Yes, it is of Chinese origin, but one should note that the Chinese had relations with the Okinawan court centuries before the Satsuma Japanese folk ever arrived. The Okinawans certainly referred to themselves as Ryukyu. My own mother, who was from Amami Oshima, always called the archipelago Ryukuy, although she said the Japanese called it Nansei shoto. One should also note that the Japanese continue to carry on a, perhaps tacit, policy of extinguishing the various Ryukuy languages. Amami and it's numerous dialects are almost extinct. I will always use the term Ryukyu.
Ryūkyū is the Japanese reading of the name of the kingdom that governed those islands. In Mandarin it's Liuqiu and Ruuchuu in the Shuri-Naha dialect of Okinawan, all written with the characters 琉球. The Portuguese called them "Ilhas Léquias" and the British "Lewchew/Loochoo Islands" back then. Who'd take issue with the archipelago being called by the name it has been called since long before Japanese occupation?
@@stacycentral @anuksjyriwicdn9140 Thank you both for the responses, that's all very interesting to know. I am now even more confused as to how to call the islands in order to not hurt susceptibilities though. The person who called me out said I should be careful with what I say to not make tense situations in the region even worse as a Westerner. I wasn't expecting to run into this kind of problem so soon in the history timeline.
Well said. @@anuksjyriwicdn9140
I don't think you have anything to apologize for. You have produced a very good video on a complex topic, i.e., human evolution and distribution, and in particular within the Japanese archipelago. With the possible identification of Denisovans in Eastern China (Harbin), the probability of early humans-homonims in Japan increases. There is probably a volcanic mountain valley somewhere just waiting for the right explorer to find its treasures. Keep up the good work!@@JapaneseCulture-JC
Thank you for your sharing
Very fascinating. Thank you!
Thank you. 😊😊😊😊
Awesome! This information is exactly what I have been wondering about lately 🌊🏄♂️🪷
It's good to use maps that show the different sea levels over the centuries. Getting to Japan by boat was not easy.
Of course, when I said "easy" I actually meant to imply "easier than if the sea levels were as today". Next video I will go into more detail about the sea crossing by boat as in how it might have possibly be done.
Thank you❤❤❤
I have been to a few of the places you presented. Nice work. The thought of Homo erectus reaching Japan is fascinating.
Absolutely. The more I learn about homo erectus, the more fascinating they become.
Well researched and presented. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for sharing that bit about Fujimura and his hoax, it was something I had not heard. No matter where or what it is though, if there is money or fame to be had someone will try and find a way to play the system. Hopefully we can diligent enough to find out who wants to do what Fujimura did. As well as being able to recognize the people who really do have a passion for the work that they do and want to help us all understand and find more about our history
Thank you for watching. I'm sure a case like the Fujimura one is unlikely to happen again today. I was quite fascinated with how Japanese are so interested in Archaeology and their history, they sure are passionate about it.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC Your welcome, it's just nice to see people taking an interest in other thing's outside of main stream Japan. They have a rich history full of things just waiting to be discovered. I hope that more people can see your videos and you channel grows so that you can make a living out of this. It would be nice to have more conversations about different topics like this with you in the future. "ganbatte"
@@saltydude07 Thank you so much. I don't know if my channel will ever be that big, but my goal is to build a community with whom I can share opinions, that correct me when I make a mistake, and might be able to answer the questions that I can't find the answers to on my own.
Hope we can talk again sometime!
٩(＾◡＾)۶
Thank you.
Great video
When you are talking about uman migrations, one must remember that humans, such as Homo Erectus, have been using ocean going water craft for hundreds of thousand years. And based on the Ainu they were very proficient at it
Akebono elephant? Wow!
I'm loving the little jokes in between the narration 😂😂 Very nice video!
You're accent is very strong and it was sometimes difficult to interpret your wording, but it's well worth the effort! I like your diction and sense of humor.☺️ Very thorough in depth lesson, thank you!
Yes, I've been told so, but don't forget that if there is something you don't understand, you can click on the subtitles. I make them, they are not those AI-generated ones that RUclips creates. Thank you for the kind words!
Your work is impeccable. The stone objects underwater are being described as a sunken city in the Japanese seas.
Thank you! Yonaguni ruins right? I'm preparing a video about them.
Extremely cute and nerdy 😊
I really appreciated, that you did not clutter your video presentation with meaningless visual popcorn - as has become so fashionable on "scientifically oriented" RUclips channels. Generally you show a picture when you have a relevant picture and you show nothing when you have nothing. This way I can watch in a relaxed way and take it all in without having to constantly be on my guard against irrelevant clutter being forced down my sensory throat. Thumbs up!
Thank you. I try to use as many accurate images as possible. I do use generic images too, so the video momentum doesn't come to a still, but I try to do it sensibly.
@@JapaneseCulture-JCWell, as long as generic images are used in a way that the viewer can recognize them as such - no problem, but - to take an example from a different field - if someone talks about a specific bacterium, but shows another one, because they can't find the right picture, that's very bad practice. People can NOT not make a connection between something they hear and see simultaneously. The point I'm making is: the author of a video might easily distinguish generic pictures or mere frill from real visual information, but the viewer might not. It makes a huge difference if a viewer can watch a clip in a relaxed way, being certain to be fed only genuine information that - to the author's best knowledge - should be all linked together or if they can't do it because they can't be sure. With full trust we enter a totally different mode of mental processing. That mode still allows for dealing with genuine errors of the author. The whole episode is tugged away as: "according to soandso..." but this becomes too convoluted if loads of unrecognizable "3rd parties" get to put their hands into the dough, even if this "3rd party" is a random, not to the point association of the author. People are perfectly able to come up with their own immaginative associations - and then they know it's theirs. It is really rare that viewers want to get to know the mental processes of an author, generally we are interested in the best results of such mental processes combined into a research effort.
I definitely have seen and appreciate your effort to place generic pictures sensibly and I liked your idea of typing out certain words and concepts to underscore them when you had no picture. I think there is so much competing RUclips-feed out there, that everyone tries to somehow stand out from within the crowd, and lots of authors try that by resorting to cheap flicker. Yea, it glues a viewer's eyes to the screen with some success, but what's the point? Not the food we swallow makes the difference, but the food we are able to digest. :-)
I hope in 27,000 years I'm remembered as Skeleton No. 4
😂 I call dibs on No. 8
Australasians entered Japanese Archipelago during the Ice Age, when there was land bridge that connected Sundaland, Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, Korea and Japan. 10 thousand years ago.
When the Ice Age was over, the sea level rose up, and there were no more migration into Japanese archipelago, untill Far East Asians developed sea going vessels around 5th Century BC.
Very interesting, but it reminded me a lot of the ongoing controversies about when the first humans reached the America. Since it is very possible that the same issues (the land bridge from Siberia to Japan and across the Bearing straights during the ice maxima) is applicable to both migrations the similarities in the debates as to exactly when the first humans arrived and were there homids there at earlier dates are understandably similar.
If there had been hominids in what is now America, there would be archeological evidence. So far to date, none has been found. It's a very Eurocentric mentality to assume everywhere else had earlier hominids as Africa and other humans such as Neanderthals in the Middle East and Europe and Denisovans in Asia. There is evidence for that.
Very keen observation. I indeed make a quick mention of the Bering Strait in the next video.
best way to fool anyone is to tell them what they want to believe
I notice a Portuguese accent...
You are indeed right
The language of the japanese People shows us where they come from namely 2:07 central asia..
your sound recording lacks focus sound. get a proper microphone and speak close to it
I'm sorry, I can't afford to buy a better microphone in my actual financial condition. I will try to find a way to speak closer to the webcam without the resulting image being gross. I also already do a good deal of post-production on the sound, but any tips are welcome.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC No worries, finding a cheap good microphone shouldn't be too difficult. I want to help you find one, i'd bring one to you if it was possible. For $29 you can buy a Sony ECM-LV1 that will radically improve your voice sound and audience. But if you are thrifty and go to an used electronics store you could find something for $5.
@@ericastier1646 Do you know anything about "HYPERX Solocast"? I managed to get in contact with someone who has points for Worten and they are willing to give them to me. This microphone has a discount right now, so if I add one thing to the other, I might be able to spend just around $10 - $15
On other hand, I don't want to buy a microphone just to find out it sounds worse than the one I have right now.
@@JapaneseCulture-JC I am sorry i read your post yesterday and got sidetracked before getting a chance to reply. Yes that cardoid pattern microphone will be much better than your webcam integrated microphone. It is a budget microphone but there will be a significant improvement in sound to what you have now. Being able to place the microphone much closer to your mouth is key. That is why i first suggested a pinned microphone if you prefer not to have a big microphone visible in front of you in the video.
muy interesante contenido, y no puedo evitar decir que eres una chica muy guapa! - very interesting content, and I can't help but say that you are a very pretty girl!
I'm happy to hear that, I was actually really self-conscious of my image because, due to how everything was placed in my room, I was filming at a very unfortunate angle. I finished moving furniture around though, so now I have better lighting for my videos.
HUMANITY, when did it arrive ????? Are you suggesting that before the end of WW2 that the Japanese were Inhuman? Certainly their behaviour towards Humans was beyond the pale of even Hamas and Adolf Hitler. Humanity arrived in 1945.
They came from middle earth
Of course, how could I forgot to mention that? Crossed the Andrast peninsule indeed.
We here on earth and yall are it's inhabitants
Indeed, everything is connected in some way
LOL.
Your pictures at 7:55 are anachronistic for 50 000YBP....given the OCA 2 gene selective sweep in East Asia began 10 000 - 15 000YBP (Yang et el. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw003)
I apologize, I was just trying to illustrate the idea of boat-making and growth in population, but I can see how people could be lead to think they looked like that.
Japanese study by a Portuguese? [ I'll Allow It ]
how about Shogun reviews? (I watched Richard Chamberlain's Shogun eons ago = zero memory)
Thank you for your permission 🙏
I never watched the Shōgun series, but I will look into it
If you are surprised, you are not alone. The Portuguese were very active in Japan, especially in the Ryukyus. As you noted, Shogun touches on this. Here's an interesting bit of trivia, Japanese tempura comes from Okinawa where Portuguese taught Okinawans the cooking technique. Some speculate that the Okinawans then developed it into a broader cuisine. All I can say, I grew up on tempura and Okinawan donuts. 🙂