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Autosomal STRs provide genetic evidence for the hypothesis that Tai people originate from southern China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Sun Hao, Zhou Chi, Huang Xiaoqin, Lin Keqin, Shi Lei, Yu Liang, Liu Shuyuan, Chu Jiayou, Yang Zhaoqing
Abstract excerpt
Tai people are widely distributed in Thailand, Laos and southwestern China and are a large population of Southeast Asia. Although most anthropologists and historians agree that modern Tai people are from southwestern China and northern Thailand, the place from which they historically migrated remains controversial. Three popular hypotheses have been proposed: northern origin hypothesis, southern origin hypothesis...
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