Some of the first humans in the Americas came from China, study finds [View all]
New genetics study finds some of the first arrivals came during the last ice age, and shortly after, in two distinct migrations
Agence France-Presse
Tue 9 May 2023 12.59 EDT
Some of the first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice age, a new genetics study has found.
“Our findings indicate that besides the previously indicated ancestral sources of Native Americans in Siberia, the northern coastal China also served as a genetic reservoir contributing to the gene pool,” said Yu-Chun Li, one of the report authors.
Li added that during the second migration, the same lineage of people settled in Japan, which could help explain similarities in prehistoric arrowheads and spears found in the Americas, China and Japan.
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More recent research, from the late 2000s onwards, has signaled that more diverse sources from Asia could be connected to an ancient lineage responsible for founding populations across the Americas, including in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and California.
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/09/prehistoric-migrations-china-americas
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