Nature Communications (Jun 2020)
Ancient genomes from northern China suggest links between subsistence changes and human migration
- Chao Ning,
- Tianjiao Li,
- Ke Wang,
- Fan Zhang,
- Tao Li,
- Xiyan Wu,
- Shizhu Gao,
- Quanchao Zhang,
- Hai Zhang,
- Mark J. Hudson,
- Guanghui Dong,
- Sihao Wu,
- Yanming Fang,
- Chen Liu,
- Chunyan Feng,
- Wei Li,
- Tao Han,
- Ruo Li,
- Jian Wei,
- Yonggang Zhu,
- Yawei Zhou,
- Chuan-Chao Wang,
- Shengying Fan,
- Zenglong Xiong,
- Zhouyong Sun,
- Maolin Ye,
- Lei Sun,
- Xiaohong Wu,
- Fawei Liang,
- Yanpeng Cao,
- Xingtao Wei,
- Hong Zhu,
- Hui Zhou,
- Johannes Krause,
- Martine Robbeets,
- Choongwon Jeong,
- Yinqiu Cui
Affiliations
- Chao Ning
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Tianjiao Li
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Ke Wang
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Fan Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Tao Li
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Xiyan Wu
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Shizhu Gao
- College of Pharmacia Sciences, Jilin University
- Quanchao Zhang
- Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, Jilin University
- Hai Zhang
- School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University
- Mark J. Hudson
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Guanghui Dong
- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
- Sihao Wu
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Yanming Fang
- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Chen Liu
- Luohe Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics
- Chunyan Feng
- Jiaozuo Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics
- Wei Li
- School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University
- Tao Han
- Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, Jilin University
- Ruo Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System, College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
- Jian Wei
- School of History, Renmin University of China
- Yonggang Zhu
- Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, Jilin University
- Yawei Zhou
- School of History, Zhengzhou University
- Chuan-Chao Wang
- Department of Anthropology & Ethnology, Xiamen University
- Shengying Fan
- Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
- Zenglong Xiong
- Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
- Zhouyong Sun
- Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology
- Maolin Ye
- Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Lei Sun
- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Xiaohong Wu
- School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University
- Fawei Liang
- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Yanpeng Cao
- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Xingtao Wei
- Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
- Hong Zhu
- Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology of Jilin University, Jilin University
- Hui Zhou
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- Johannes Krause
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Martine Robbeets
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Choongwon Jeong
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Yinqiu Cui
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16557-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Northern China contains some of the world’s earliest farming societies. Here, authors use 55 ancient genomes to trace the genetic history of human migrations across northern China for the last 7500 years, and document genetic changes mirroring shifts in subsistence strategy.
