Summary Emperor Wu (武帝, Wudi) of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty, named
Yuwen Yong (宇文邕, 543–578 CE), was a highly influential emperor who reformed the …

The Hexi Corridor in northwest China has for millennia served as a crossroads for
interactions between East Asia, Central Asia and lands further west, while also connecting …

Xianbei was one of the most powerful nomadic groups in Eastern Eurasia since the collapse
of the Xiongnu empire. However, owing to a lack of first-hand written records, the origins of …

Recent studies of early Bronze Age human genomes revealed a massive population
expansion by individuals-related to the Yamnaya culture, from the Pontic Caspian steppe …

Prehistoric Japan underwent rapid transformations in the past 3000 years, first from foraging
to wet rice farming and then to state formation. A long-standing hypothesis posits that …

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 …

The genetic history of prehistoric and protohistoric Korean populations is not well
understood because only a small number of ancient genomes are available. Here, we report …

The genetic history of prehistoric and protohistoric Korean populations is not well
understood because only a small number of ancient genomes are available. Here, we report …

Abstract Background Ancient Di-Qiang people once resided in the Ganqing region of China,
adjacent to the Central Plain area from where Han Chinese originated. While gene flow …

Past human genetic diversity and migration between southern China and Southeast Asia
have not been well characterized, in part due to poor preservation of ancient DNA in hot and …