Population History

Exploring population origins, migrations, interactions and change in East Asia and connected regions through ancient and modern genetic evidence, archaeology and history.

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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Fudan-Led Study Reveals the Qiang’s Ancient Yellow River Ancestry and Two Divergent Admixture Histories

Based on whole-genome data from 20 Qiang individuals in Maoxian, Sichuan, the Fudan team reveals the Qiang people’s origin among Yellow River Neolithic Miaozigou populations, their divergence at the plateau margin, and their formation through admixture, offering key genetic evidence for the pluralistic unity of the Chinese nation.

2026年4月29日

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[Explainer] The Pacific Was Not a Straight Line: How Palau Genomes Rewrite the “Out of Taiwan” Story

Humans reached the Pacific nearly simultaneously ~3,000 years ago — but Palau's first settlers were already admixed, unlike Vanuatu's "East Asian first, Papuan later" sequence. The Out-of-Taiwan map needs redrawing.

2026年4月22日

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[Explainer] The Genetic Base of the Han Chinese: How 28 Han-Dynasty Individuals in Shandong Trace a Longshan–Han Continuity

Twenty-eight Han-dynasty genomes from Shandong, set against published ancient data, trace Han formation primarily to Longshan-related demic expansion layered with southern rice-farming components.

2026年4月20日

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Largest-Ever Ancient-DNA Study: Natural Selection Has Accelerated in Recent Human Evolution (Field Milestone)

Analyzing ~15,836 ancient genomes, Reich's team finds directional natural selection far more common in the last 10,000 years than known before. West Eurasian data, but a field-wide methodological milestone.

2026年4月15日

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[Explainer] Three Ancient-DNA Breakthroughs in One Month: The East Asian Human Story the Public Should Know

Three ancient-DNA headlines in one month — Donghulin's unknown lineage, Palau's pre-admixture, the biggest Y-chromosome tree. A plain-language thread tying them together, and the methods that make bones speak.

2026年4月8日

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[Explainer] mtDNA Haplogroup D4h: The Maternal “Molecular Clock” in Donghulin’s 11,000-Year-Old Woman

Two Donghulin individuals share mtDNA haplogroup D4h on different branches, splitting ~13–14k years ago. Why the matrilineal mitogenome is the first genetic code rescued from millennia-old bone powder.

2026年4月6日

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China’s Donghulin “Unknown Ancient Human Lineage” Study Draws International Archaeology Coverage

Months after its Chinese release, the Donghulin study was picked up by international archaeology media, spotlighting an unknown northern East Asian lineage that outlasted the Ice Age — and contrasting it with Europe's replacement model.

2026年4月1日

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[Explainer] Where Does Your Y Chromosome Come From? Reading East Asian Paternal Migrations Through O, N, C and F

The Y chromosome passes only father to son — a paternal molecular clock. A plain-language tour of O1, O2, N, and C/D/F, and how a study of ~18,000 samples redraws East Asian male migration.

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

Fudan-Led Study Reveals the Qiang’s Ancient Yellow River Ancestry and Two Divergent Admixture Histories

[Explainer] The Pacific Was Not a Straight Line: How Palau Genomes Rewrite the “Out of Taiwan” Story

[Explainer] The Genetic Base of the Han Chinese: How 28 Han-Dynasty Individuals in Shandong Trace a Longshan–Han Continuity

Largest-Ever Ancient-DNA Study: Natural Selection Has Accelerated in Recent Human Evolution (Field Milestone)

[Explainer] Three Ancient-DNA Breakthroughs in One Month: The East Asian Human Story the Public Should Know

[Explainer] mtDNA Haplogroup D4h: The Maternal “Molecular Clock” in Donghulin’s 11,000-Year-Old Woman

China’s Donghulin “Unknown Ancient Human Lineage” Study Draws International Archaeology Coverage

[Explainer] Where Does Your Y Chromosome Come From? Reading East Asian Paternal Migrations Through O, N, C and F