which ranges from around 10 to 95%. In contrast, modern Koreans have only little amounts of Jōmon ancestry or may lack it completely. Based on studies on modern Japanese people, the Yayoi component makes up the majority ancestry of Japanese. Another DNA analysis of four Yayoi remains revealed that the "immigrant Yayoi people were already mixed with the indigenous Jōmon people". The authors noted that "it is necessary to rethink the traditional theory of the formation of the Japanese population". The formation of the Japanese people and their culture is rooted in the local Jōmon hunter-gatherers which adopted Mainland Asian material culture and mixed with continental Asian immigrants, rather than being replaced. The Yayoi people represent the period of transition and formation of "Old Japanese" and their culture before receiving further influence from continental East Asia during the Kofun period. Language See also Japanese people Yayoi culture Notes References Archaeology of Japan Tribes of ancient Japan Yayoi period