2026年7月31日
Plague (Yersinia pestis) has caused three devastating pandemics in recorded human history, yet its prehistoric origins and dispersal routes have remained largely mysterious. On 24 July […]
Exploring population origins, migrations, interactions and change in East Asia and connected regions through ancient and modern genetic evidence, archaeology and history.
2026年7月30日
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
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7月10日
Fu Qiaomei's team won a National Natural Science Award (2nd class) for tracing East Asian population evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum. In this interview, ancient DNA research is set to extend both older and closer to prehistory, covering glacial adaptation, northern-southern ancestry, and frontier interactions.
2026年6月26日
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
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29日
The Institute of Archaeology, CASS, has announced the Naotegai site in Balin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia—a super-large central Hongshan settlement dating to c. 5,500–5,000 years ago, covering nearly three million square meters and evidencing early civilization and developed dry-land farming in the West Liao River basin.
2026年5月14日
Published online in Nature on May 13, 2026, a study by Professor Qiaomei Fu’s team retrieved lineage-specific enamel protein information from ~400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from Zhoukoudian, Hexian and Sunjiadong, confirming that East Asian erectus formed a single evolutionary population whose genes may have reached modern humans via the Denisovans.
2026年5月11日
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.
