Ancient DNA indicates human population shifts and admixture in northern and southern China
University of Richmond · Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology · +24 more institutions
Abstract
Human genetic history in East Asia is poorly understood. To clarify population relationships, we obtained genome-wide data from 26 ancient individuals from northern and southern East Asia spanning 9500 to 300 years ago. Genetic differentiation in this region was higher in the past than the present, which reflects a major episode of admixture involving northern East Asian ancestry spreading across southern East Asia after the Neolithic, thereby transforming the genetic ancestry of southern China. Mainland southern East Asian and Taiwan Strait island samples from the Neolithic show clear connections with modern and ancient individuals with Austronesian-related ancestry, which supports an origin in southern China…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 37.35
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- 100%
- References
- 73
Authors
31- MAMelinda A. Yang
University of Richmond, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Center for Excellence in Education
- XFXuechun Fan
Fujian Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
- BSBo Sun
Yunnan Archaeology, Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- CCChung‐Yu Chen
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
- JLJianfeng Lang
University of Jinan
Topics & keywords
- East Asia
- Prehistory
- Geography
- China
- Gene flow
- Population
- Mainland
- Human migration