The Yayoi followed the Jōmon period (14,000 BC – 1,000 BC) and Yayoi culture flourished in a geographic area from southern Kyūshū to northern Honshū. Archaeological evidence supports the idea that during this time, an influx of farmers (Yayoi People) from the Korean Peninsula to Japan overwhelmed, killed off and/or mixed with the native hunter-gatherer population (Jomon People). Modern Japanese are descendants of the Yayoi people (mainly from the Korean Peninsula) with only a very small to moderate influence from the former Jōmon hunter-gatherers, depending on the region.