What is the Japanese archaeological scandal that makes the global archaeological community laugh and cry?

That is, the Japanese folk archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura forged the archaeological site, and this farce lasted for twenty-five years. Therefore, it had a serious impact on Japan and became a joke in the global archaeological community. 1. Japan has less historical evidence due to its geographical location.

Japan is located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, which is relatively far from the birthplace of mankind in Asia. It also became an island country due to crustal movement, so human footprints appeared relatively late. The soil in Japan is acidic, and it is difficult to preserve human footprints and bones for a long time. Therefore, Japan’s history is relatively short, and can only be traced back to more than 30,000 years ago, and it is still a stone tool relic. Without human fossils, although Japanese archaeologists have been developing in this direction, they cannot confirm whether Japan has the Paleolithic Age. 2. Fujimura Shinichi made important discoveries in Japanese archeology.

After decades of archaeological research, when Japanese archaeologists still made no progress in archaeology, Japanese archaeological enthusiast Shinichi Fujimura stood up. In 1981, he announced that in Osaki Relics from more than 40,000 years ago were found in the city. At that time, Japanese archaeologists could only find relics that were more than 30,000 years old. This discovery directly shocked the whole of Japan. The legend of Fujimura Shinichi did not end here. In 1984, he found an old artifact from 170,000 years ago. Then he quit his job and established a folk archaeological institute, and then discovered between 1994 and 1999 The name Fujimura Shinichi became famous in the archaeological community, and was unknown to everyone in Japan. He was written into textbooks, and almost all of Japan was covered in reports about him. 3. Fujimura Shinichi was discovered by the Hokkaido News Agency to have faked archaeological stone tools at the site.

After Fujimura Shinichi discovered so many archaeological evidences, some people began to question him. Japanese archaeologists have not made any progress for so many years, but he, a private archaeological enthusiast, can make the latest discoveries every time. , it is indeed difficult for people not to doubt him. In 2000, he was followed by a reporter from the Hokkaido News Agency and discovered that Fujimura Shinichi was a fake archaeological site. Fujimura Shinichi brought the stone tools prepared in advance and buried them underground. As soon as this report came out, the whole country of Japan was shocked. Fujimura Shinichi’s The archaeological discoveries were also subject to strict investigation. In the end, it was confirmed that more than 100 archaeological discoveries were fake and had no archaeological academic value. This has also become a joke in the global archaeological community.