Tianyuan man

Tianyuan man (Chinese: t 田園洞人, s 田园洞人, p Tiányuándòng Rén) are the remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia. In 2007, researchers found 34 bone fragments belonging to a single individual at the Tianyuan Cave near Beijing, China.[1] Radiocarbon dating shows the bones to be between 42,000 and 39,000 years old, which may be slightly younger than the only other finds of bones of a similar age at the Niah Caves in Sarawak on Borneo.

Isotope analysis suggests that a substantial part of the diet of these individuals came from freshwater fish.[2]

He was DNA-tested in 2013 (haplogroup B), which revealed that he has ancestral relation "to many present-day Asians and Native Americans",[3][4][5][6][7] "but had already diverged genetically from the ancestors of present-day Europeans".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Ancient human unearthed in China". BBC news. April 2, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ Hu, Y.; Shang, H.; Tong, H.; Nehlich, O.; Liu, W.; Zhao, C.; Yu, J.; Wang, C.; Trinkaus, E.; Richards, M. (Jul 2009). "Stable isotope dietary analysis of the Tianyuan 1 early modern human". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (27): 10971–10974. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10610971H. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904826106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2706269Freely accessible. PMID 19581579.
  3. ↑ "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave". Max Planck Society. 2013-01-21.
  4. 1 2 "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans living 40,000 years ago likely related to many present-day Asians and Native Americans". Science Daily. 2013-01-21.
  5. ↑ "DNA Analysis Reveals Common Origin of Tianyuan Humans and Native Americans, Asians". Sci-News. 2013-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Ancient human DNA suggests minimal interbreeding". Science News. 2013-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Ancient Bone DNA Shows Ancestry of Modern Asians & Native Americans". Caving News. 2013-01-31.

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