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06/30/2019, 16:05:46
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since they farmed staple crops such as millet (not a Japanese influence since Japanese prefer rice, but probably from Northern China where millet was first domesticated): http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/en/study/eng06.html
Saying Ainus are "hunter-gatherers" simply because they supplemented their crops with hunting is about as accurate as calling Native Americans, US hillbillies, or Manchus "hunter-gatherers" for doing the same.
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