Chinese Ancestry Found in Early American Humans

A new genetics study has found that some of the first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice age. The study also revealed a surprising genetic link between Native Americans and Japanese people, particularly the indigenous Ainu. The findings indicate that besides the previously indicated ancestral sources of Native Americans in Siberia, the northern coastal China also served as a genetic reservoir contributing to the gene pool.