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Ancient genomes shed light on human prehistory in East Asia
- Prof. Fu Qiaomei's research team sequenced genomes of 127 ancient humans from Yunnan, China, dated 7,100 to 1,400 years ago, to study East Asian prehistory.
- They focused on Yunnan because the region is crucial for understanding the origins of Tibetan and Austroasiatic populations, with a 7,100-year-old individual showing distinct ancestry.
- The research identified a previously unrecognized deeply diverging Asian lineage, called Xingyi, which branched off from other groups over 40 millennia ago and continued to exist in the region of southwestern China until the Holocene epoch.
- The researchers noted that ancient humans from this area could be crucial for gaining a better understanding of unresolved aspects regarding early populations in East and Southeast Asia.
- This genetic evidence reshapes understanding of East Asian population diversity and suggests that interactions among ancient groups contributed to the origins of present-day Tibetans and Austroasiatic speakers.
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Ancient East Asian human genomes shed light on origins of shared language groups
Genomes from Yunnan in southwestern China, dating from 7,100 to 1,400 years ago, have been sequenced for the first time, revealing new insights about the links between different cultural groups from Tibet to South and Southeast Asia. The findings, published in the journal Science, come from the genomes of 127 ancient humans. An elderly Yumbri ethnic minority couple sitting at their camp in the forests of the Nam Poui National Protected Area, Say…
Ancient genomes shed light on human prehistory in East Asia
Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed data from 127 ancient humans, dating from 7,100 to 1,400 years ago.
Discovered in China, a fossil skull has been intriguing scientists for more than sixty years. Neither Homo erectus, nor Neandertalian, nor Denisovian, it embodies the complexity of human evolution in the Middle Pleistocene.
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