Chinese come from Africa, just like the rest of us
Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005
CNA, HONG KONG
An international study has found that the Chinese people originated not from “Peking Man” in northern China, but from early humans in East Africa who moved through South Asia to China some 100,000 years ago, Hong Kong’s Ming Pao daily reported yesterday in a finding that confirms the “single origin” theory in anthropology.
According to the newspaper, a research team led by Jin Li (of Fudan University in Shanghai has found that modern humans evolved from a single origin, not multiple origins as some experts believe.
In China, school textbooks teach that the Chinese race evolved from “Peking Man,” based on a theory that humans in Europe and Asia evolved from local species.
But Jin and his fellow researchers found that early humans belonged to different species, of which only the East African species developed into modern humans.
This new finding nullifies the theory that the ancestors of the Chinese people were “Peking Man” who lived in northern China 400,000 years ago.
Based on DNA analyses of 100,000 samples gathered from around the world, a number of human families evolved in East Africa some 150,000 years ago, said Li Hui, a member of Jin’s team.
About 100,000 years ago, some of those humans began to leave Africa, with some people moving to China via South and Southeast Asia, Li said.
According to the newspaper article, it has been proven that the “65 branches of the Chinese race” share similar DNA mutations with the peoples of East and Southeast Asia.
It said that the Shanghai scientists were part of an international team comprised of researchers from Russia, India, Brazil and other nations in a five-year project studying the geographic and genealogical routes related to the spread and settlement of modern humans.
i never thougt i would find something like this i study culture and races of people maybe we can chat and exchange info about this matter
Ethnology is a hobby of mine and I have always believed that there were black people in Asia since the beginning of time. I am listing your site amongst my favorites.
looking for john moore books about the east african root of the chinese people.plesea,thanks.
In a remote part if india as shown recently on Discovery channel,there exists a dark-skinned people(almost Nubian like)on an island largely contained off, i understand the journos who filmed this did so against government wishes(illegally?)When did this people get there, better still when did the aboriginal Australians(who are certainly not Polynesian) get there. How true is the rumour about River Ganges in India being named after a Certain Ethiopian Prince(Conqueror)?Having said that i am not at all by ancient black Chinese from East Africa.Check on Discovery & NatGeo channel websites, the had a story bout chines in East Africa
all people come from the
black race but our children have transgrest againest us even the caucasian tells you that one drop of our blood makes you black thats geneticly supirior
from the triple darkness of space comes the spectrom of all colors as it is in heaven so shall it be on earth this is the macro and microcosom at play amen ra you cant take no race but black to make black but you can take black and make any race.
for the professor: Will Chinese textbooks be revised to reflect the true origin of the Chinese people.