Located in Dulan county, Northwest China s Qinghai Province, the Wayan reservoir site is a representative archaeological spot containing historical evidence from the ancient Tubo Kingdom, the first regime to have a clear historical record in Southwest China s Xizang Autonomous Region.
Located in Northwest China s Dulan county, Qinghai Province, the Wayan reservoir site is a representative archaeological spot containing historical evidence from the ancient Tubo Empire, the first regime to have a clear historical record in Southwest China s Xizang Autonomous Region.
Study reveals genetic links between human groups from Chinese mainland, Taiwan Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-24 13:26 Share People wearing masks walk on street in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 30, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
FUZHOU An analysis of sequenced genomes of ancient East Asians and present-day groups showed strong genetic links between ancient Taiwan groups and Tai-Kadai speakers in the Chinese mainland s southern areas and Hainan Island.
The finding was published in the journal Nature on Tuesday. A group of international researchers reported genome-wide data from 166 East Asians dating back 8,000 to 1,000 years from sites across the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, and Japan, and from 383 samples of 46 present-day groups from the Chinese mainland and Nepal.
2021-02-23 14:06:06 GMT2021-02-23 22:06:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
FUZHOU, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) An analysis of sequenced genomes of ancient East Asians and present-day groups showed strong genetic links between ancient Taiwan groups and Tai-Kadai speakers in the Chinese mainland s southern areas and Hainan Island.
The finding was published in the journal Nature on Tuesday. A group of international researchers reported genome-wide data from 166 East Asians dating back 8,000 to 1,000 years from sites across the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, Mongolia, Russia, and Japan, and from 383 samples of 46 present-day groups from the Chinese mainland and Nepal.
They found people from Taiwan 3,300 to 1,200 years ago derived about 75 percent ancestry from a lineage also common in modern Austronesian and Tai-Kadai speakers, suggesting Austronesians, including modern indigenous Taiwan groups, share the same ancestry with Tai-Kadai people in the mainland s southern areas and Hainan Island.