Xinhua's review takes Donghulin and other finds as examples of how Chinese research now reads East Asian prehistory at the genetic level — moving from studying bones to cross-disciplinary gene-based reconstruction.
After the Shimao results, coverage has focused on how ancient DNA is cross-read with archaeology, isotopes and radiocarbon to trace local late-Yangshao origins and a kinship-based patrilineal power structure.
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