Japan Bears Disgrace by Ushikawa Man

Throughout history, many cultures had concepts of honor, including the Vikings, the Arabs, Mediterranean societies, and others. Sources of honor differ. People often hear about Japanese honor and the importance of saving face (individual and community). Scan videos and see that there are many ways that Westerners can offend Japanese people.

When individual or cultural pride is injured, it is difficult to regain the honor. During World War II, Japanese thought they were the most highly evolved race — a concept that fell after the war. Ushikawa Man was a source of pride which turned to shame.

Brown bear resting in Romanian forest, Pexels / Ferencz Istvan

Japanese paleontologists found an evolutionary ancestor in their territory, though some were not so enthusiastic. It supposedly lived 129–774 thousand years ago, which is quite a range. The time was whittled down. Some evolutionists were not content to rest on their laurels and re-examined the bones. The disgrace comes from bad previous research, as the bones were that of a brown bear. Again, a great deal of effort to deny the truth of creation is shown to be folly.

Between 1957 and 1959 two fossilized limb bone parts were uncovered in Japan.1 Scientists thought the bones were human—a portion of humerus (upper arm bone) and the head of a femur (thigh bone). So they were dubbed ‘Ushikawa Man’ because they were found at the Ushikawa (牛川 = ‘Ox River’) district in Toyohashi city, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

To read the rest, visit "Ushikawa Man — The man who never was."