TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic evidence supports demic diffusion of Han culture
AU - Wen, Bo
AU - Hui, Li
AU - Lu, Daru
AU - Song, Xiufeng
AU - Zhang, Feng
AU - He, Yungang
AU - Li, Feng
AU - Gao, Yang
AU - Mao, Xianyun
AU - Zhang, Liang
AU - Qian, Ji
AU - Tan, Jingze
AU - Jin, Jianzhong
AU - Huang, Wei
AU - Deka, Ranjan
AU - Su, Bing
AU - Chakraborty, Ranajit
AU - Jin, Li
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Acknowledgements We thank all of the donors for making this work possible. The data collection was supported by NSFC and STCSM to Fudan and a NSF grant to L.J. L.J., R.D. and R.C. are supported by NIH.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following individuals for their assistance in accessing collections and their advice and comments during the preparation of this paper: S. Anton, J. P. Bocquet-Appel, J. Braga, G. Bräuer, M. Braun, P. Darlu, M. Haas, M. von Harling, C. Hemm, J.-L. Kahn, C. Lefèvre, W. van Neer, S. Pääbo, F. Renoult, M. Richards, Ph. Rightmire, F. Schrenk, H. Sick, F. Spoor, T. Striano, J. Treil, W. Wendelen and V. Zeitoun. This research was supported by grants from CNRS and by the Max Planck Society.
PY - 2004/9/16
Y1 - 2004/9/16
N2 - The spread of culture and language in human populations is explained by two alternative models: the demic diffusion model, which involves mass movement of people; and the cultural diffusion model, which refers to cultural impact between populations and involves limited genetic exchange between them. The mechanism of the peopling of Europe has long been debated, a key issue being whether the diffusion of agriculture and language from the Near East was concomitant with a large movement of farmers. Here we show, by systematically analysing Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA variation in Han populations, that the pattern of the southward expansion of Han culture is consistent with, the demic diffusion model, and that males played a larger role than females in this expansion. The Han people, who all share the same culture and language, exceed 1.16 billion (2000 census), and are by far the largest ethnic group in the world. The expansion process of Han culture is thus of great interest to researchers in many fields.
AB - The spread of culture and language in human populations is explained by two alternative models: the demic diffusion model, which involves mass movement of people; and the cultural diffusion model, which refers to cultural impact between populations and involves limited genetic exchange between them. The mechanism of the peopling of Europe has long been debated, a key issue being whether the diffusion of agriculture and language from the Near East was concomitant with a large movement of farmers. Here we show, by systematically analysing Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA variation in Han populations, that the pattern of the southward expansion of Han culture is consistent with, the demic diffusion model, and that males played a larger role than females in this expansion. The Han people, who all share the same culture and language, exceed 1.16 billion (2000 census), and are by far the largest ethnic group in the world. The expansion process of Han culture is thus of great interest to researchers in many fields.
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U2 - 10.1038/nature02878
DO - 10.1038/nature02878
M3 - Article
C2 - 15372031
AN - SCOPUS:4644225073
SN - 0028-0836
VL - 431
SP - 302
EP - 305
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
IS - 7006
ER -