CCTV website news: The reporter learned from Chinese Academy of Sciences that experts from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences used scientific methods to conduct ancient DNA genetic analysis and research on the " Malu Cave Man " skull fossil discovered in Mengzi, Yunnan. It was found that there are deep ancient ancestral genetic connections between ancient humans in southern China and the earliest Native Americans. This scientific research result was published in the international academic journal "Current Biology" on July 14, Beijing time.
The "Maludong Man" unearthed in Mengzi, Yunnan was discovered at an open-air site in 1989. After joint scientific research and excavation, unearthed included a skull cap, a fire-burned skull and a relatively complete proximal end. There are more than human fossils, including femurs, and more than 230 pieces, as well as a large number of animal fossils such as red deer, musk deer, macaques, bears, and wild boars.
researcher at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Ji Xueping: The skull has very unique features that are somewhat different from those of late Homo sapiens at the time.
Su Bing, a researcher at the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: We found that the Mengzi people (Maludong people) actually have a deep relationship with the early Indians and indigenous people who were the first to arrive in the Americas.
Previous scientific research results show that the origin of the Native American Indians is divided into two sources: East Asia and Central Asia. By comparing the genome of the "Malu Cave Man" with the genome of ancient Indians, researchers found that the two have similar genomic characteristics. This shows that the East Asian people may indeed have crossed the Bering Strait from the East Asian continent around 12,000 years ago, and finally migrated to the Americas, becoming the ancestors of the ancient Indians.
