The population history of the northern coastal Chinese is largely unknown due to the lack of ancient human genomes from the Neolithic to historical periods. In this study, we reported 14 newly generated ancient genomes from Linzi, one of China’s densely populated and economically prosperous cities from the Zhou to Han Dynasties. The ancient samples in this study were dated to the Warring States period to the Eastern Han Dynasty (~ 2000 B.P). We found the samples derived all their ancestry from Late Bronze Age to Iron Age Middle Yellow River farmers rather than local Neolithic populations. They were genetically homogeneous with present-day Han Chinese of Shandong, suggesting two thousand years of genetic stability. Our results highlight the role of the eastward migration of Yellow River farmers in the Central Plain to northern coastal China in forming the present-day genetic structure of Han Chinese.
由于缺乏从新石器时代到历史时期的古人类基因组,中国北方沿海地区的人口历史在很大程度上是未知的。在这项研究中,我们报道了 14 个新生成的古代基因组,它们来自临淄,临淄是中国从周朝到汉朝人口稠密、经济繁荣的城市之一。本研究中的古代样本可追溯到战国至东汉时期(约 2000 年前)。我们发现这些样本的祖先都是青铜时代晚期到铁器时代的黄河中游农民,而不是当地的新石器时代人群。他们在基因上与现在山东的汉族人同源,这表明两千年的基因稳定性。我们的研究结果强调了中原黄河农民向中国北方沿海的东迁在形成现在汉族基因结构方面所起的作用。
战国到汉代
Population expansion from Central Plain to northern coastal China inferred from ancient human genomes