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The deep population history of northern East Asia from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene.
Cell - 10 Jun 2021
Mao Xiaowei, Zhang Hucai, Qiao Shiyu, Liu Yichen, Chang Fengqin, Xie Ping, Zhang Ming, Wang Tianyi, Li Mian, Cao Peng, Yang Ruowei, Liu Feng, Dai Qingyan, Feng Xiaotian, Ping Wanjing, Lei Chuzhao, Olsen John W, Bennett E Andrew, Fu Qiaomei
Abstract excerpt
Northern East Asia was inhabited by modern humans as early as 40 thousand years ago (ka), as demonstrated by the Tianyuan individual. Using genome-wide data obtained from 25 individuals dated to 33.6-3.4 ka from the Amur region, we show that Tianyuan-related ancestry was widespread in northern East Asia before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). At the close of the LGM stadial, the earliest northern East Asian...
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