Human Y-chromosomes are characterized by nonrecombination and uniparental
inheritance, carrying traces of human history evolution and admixture. Large-scale …

East Asia, geographically extending to the Pamir Plateau in the west, to the Himalayan
Mountains in the southwest, to Lake Baikal in the north and to the South China Sea in the …

Genetic diversity data, from Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA as well as recent
genome-wide autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms, suggested that mainland …

China has a rich resource of native sheep (Ovis aries) breeds associated with historical
movements of several nomadic societies. However, the history of sheep and the associated …

The Mongolian people, one of the Mongolic-speaking populations, are native to the
Mongolian Plateau in North China and southern Siberia. Many ancient DNA studies recently …

Pastoral nomadism, as a successful economic and social system drawing on mobile
herding, long-distance trade, and cavalry warfare, affected all polities of the Eurasian …

The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in the world, and their origins, development,
and expansion are complex. Many genetic studies have shown that Han Chinese can be …

This book studies the Tangwang language, providing the first comprehensive grammar in
English of this Chinese variety, with detailed analysis of its phonology, morphology, and …

Archaeological, linguistic, anthropological, paleogenomic, and genetic studies have
provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate multiple migration and admixture events …

Ethnogenesis of Kazakhs took place in Central Asia, a region of high genetic and cultural
diversity. Even though archaeological and historical studies have shed some light on the …