- Jin Li
Jin Li (Chinese: 金力, "Jin Li") is a Chinese
geneticist who ledVan Arsdel, K., Garvin, L. [http://www.tmc.edu/tmcnews/10_15_98/page_08.html Genetic Findings Support 'Out of Africa' Theory] . Texas Medical Center News. October 15, 1998.] the research that concluded that allEast Asian s, including the Chinese, originated fromAfrica , adding support to therecent single-origin hypothesis of which he is consideredChina News. [http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2005-01-14/1200504569.shtml Genetic research shows that the Peking Man is not Chinese people's ancestor.] Sina.com. January 14, 2005. zh] a leading proponent. His team analyzed theY chromosome s of males around China and compared this group with those ofSoutheast Asian s and Africans. Results of the analysis suggested that Southeast Asia was the first destination of the migration from Africa to Asia which began approximately 60,000 years ago; from there, migrants moved intoSouthern China , then crossing theYangtze River toNorthern China .Jin, et al. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=21714&rendertype=figure&id=F2 Hypothetical ancestral migration routes to the Far East.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. September 29, 1998.] Jin, et al. [http://www.wanfangdata.com.cn/qikan/periodical.Articles/zgkx-cc/zgkx2000/0006/000608.htm Y染色体单倍型在中国汉族人群中的多态性] . Science in China. 2000 Vol.30 No.6 p.614-620. zh] The 1998 study, which used genetic markers calledmicrosatellite s to compare Chinese populations, did not support an independent origin ofHomo sapien s in China.Jin, et al. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=21714 Genetic relationship of populations in China.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. September 29, 1998.] The findings contradict the hypothesis thatPeking Man (Homo erectus ) was the ancestor of the Chinese people.Jin is a professor at the
National Human Genome Center inShanghai as well as at the Institute of Genetics ofFudan University . [People's Daily. [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200007/15/eng20000715_45573.html New Genetics Evidence Proves African Origin of Modern Chinese] . July 15, 2000.] Jin is the principal investigator of East Asian populations for theGenographic Project which collects DNA samples to map historical human migration patterns around the world. [National Geogrpahic. [https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/pi/jin_profile.html Profile: Li Jin] . Accessed 2007-07-05.]References
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