The Genetic Formation of the Han Chinese: Longshan Expansion and Early Homogenization

A new ancient DNA study, “Reconstructing the genetic formation of Han Chinese from ancient genomes”, provides one of the clearest pictures yet of how the Han Chinese formed. By sequencing 28 individuals from Han Dynasty cemeteries in Shandong (c. 100–200 BCE) and integrating them with previously published ancient genomes, the authors trace the demograph…