ORIGINS AND PREHISTORIC MIGRATIONS OF MODERN HUMANS IN EAST ASIA

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• A Recent African Homeland of East Asians

  • Autosome markers

  • Y chromosome haplotypes

• Controversy in Interpreting Genetic and Archaeological Evidence

• The Northward Diaspora in East Asia

• East Asian Contributions to the New World

• Central Asian Admixture in East Asia

• Conclusions

• References