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2026年9月22日

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Members Column: Yunnan-Guizhou Paleogenomics Reveals 12,000 Years of Population History in Southwestern East Asia

Fu Qiaomei's team and Guizhou partners analyzed 50 ancient remains from 8 Guizhou sites, revealing ancestry shifts across 12,000 years, a pre-Bronze Age population replacement, and language-linked genetic structure in southwestern East Asia.

2026年9月4日

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Why the Chuandong Cave Site Reshapes Our Picture of Prehistoric Human Interaction

The Chuandong Cave site in Guizhou has yielded a ~50,000-year-old early modern human molar, more than 2,500 polished bone tools, China's earliest stone ornaments, and Denisovan protein signals - reshaping how we see prehistoric human interaction in East Asia.

2026年9月3日

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149 ancient genomes reveal how wheat agriculture reached Gansu as technology transfer, not mass migration

After 12 years of research, scientists analyzed 149 ancient genomes (c. 4,700-3,000 years ago) from 11 sites in Gansu, showing wheat agriculture, cattle, sheep and bronze arrived without Western migration - a case of cultural diffusion. The Mogou cemetery also reveals a social structure never seen before.

2026年7月30日

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Two mysterious ancestors revealed in modern human DNA: Science technique pinpoints a “ghost ancestor” and a “super-archaic ancestor”

UC Berkeley researchers used the TRACE genealogy-reconstruction technique to pinpoint DNA from two unknown ancient ancestors in the modern human genome: a "ghost ancestor" diverged ~800,000 years ago and a "super-archaic ancestor" from a 1.8-million-year-old lineage.

2026年7月16日

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Maternal Genetic History of the Western Zhou Ba State: 207 Ancient Mitogenomes from Dahekou Reveal Two Millennia of Continuity in the Yellow River Basin

A Jilin University team obtained complete mitogenomes from 207 individuals at the Dahekou cemetery (Shanxi), revealing strong maternal continuity between the Western Zhou Ba state and late Neolithic Yellow River populations (Taosi, Shimao cultures), plus Bronze Age exchanges with upper and lower Yellow River groups.

2026年6月26日

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Fudan team reveals 6,000 years of population history in the middle Yellow River: Yangshao ancestry endures for 6,200 years

A Fudan-led team published in the National Science Review: analysis of 112 ancient genomes from eight middle Yellow River sites shows late populations trace directly to Yangshao ancestors 6,200 years ago, revealing Longshan-era genetic changes and remarkable stability through the dynastic era.

2026年6月8日

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Cultural Exploration

Cultural Exploration: The Genetic History of the Ewenki People – New Northeast Asian Ancestry Evidence from a Reindeer-Herding People

Researchers analyzed genome-wide SNP data from 46 Ewenki from the Hulunbuir grasslands, revealing close affinities with Tungusic, Mongolic, and ancient Northeast Asian populations, modeled as admixture of ancient Northeast Asian and Yellow River farmer ancestries.

2026年5月11日

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Ancient genomes give insight into 160,000 years of East Asian population dynamics and biological adaptation

This study uses ancient and modern population genomics to reconstruct 160,000 years of East Asian demographic dynamics. It reveals archaic introgression, multi-wave population migration and trans-Eurasian genetic admixture. It also uncovers biological adaptation signatures of plateau populations and agricultural groups, clarifying the formation process of East Asian genetic structure and the linkage between human dispersal, cultural exchange and genetic evolution.

2026年5月11日

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Re-understanding the Issue of Confucius’ Descendants from the Perspective of Genetic Genealogy

his paper re-examines the issue of Confucius’ descendants from the perspective of genetic genealogy. It clarifies the research boundaries of genetic genealogy, arguing that its core value lies in restoring the formation mechanism of clans rather than judging the authenticity of bloodlines, and establishes an interdisciplinary research paradigm that balances scientific rationality and Confucian tradition.