DNA shows ancestry of present-day Asians, Native Americans
- Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 09.45
- Online news: Asia
Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week.
People walk by a mural in Chinatown in San Francisco, California on June 19, 2012. Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week.
The genetic analysis showed that the early modern humans in Beijing had already diverged genetically from the ancestors of modern-day Europeans.
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