Genomic insight into the population history of Central Han Chinese.
Xiaomin YangXiao-Xun WangGuanglin HeJianxin GuoJing ZhaoJin SunYingxiang LiHui-Zhen ChengRong HuLan-Hai WeiGang ChenChuan-Chao WangPublished in: Annals of human biology (2021)
The formation of Han Chinese has involved extensive admixture with Tai-Kadai or Austronesian-speaking populations in the south and Tungusic or Mongolic speaking populations in the north. The convenient transportation and central location of Hubei make it the key region for the homogenisation of Han Chinese.