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Population genomic research has studied the origin and formation of modern East Asians. The ancestors of East Asians (Ancient East Eurasians) split from other human populations possibly as early as 70,000 to 50,000 years ago. Possible routes into East Asia include a northern route model from Central Asia, beginning north of the Himalayas, and a ...
Ethnic groups in Chinese history refer to various or presumed ethnicities of significance to the history of China, gathered through the study of Classical Chinese literature, Chinese and non-Chinese literary sources and inscriptions, historical linguistics, and archaeological research. Among the difficulties in the study of ethnic groups in ...
The Han Chinese (alternatively Han people, [ a ] or colloquially simply Chinese[ 17 ]) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the global population. The Han Chinese represent 92% of the population in ...
Peopling of China. Appearance. A population genomic PCA graph, showing the substructure of East Asian populations, including Han Chinese (2019) [ 1 ] In the course of the peopling of the World by Homo sapiens, East Asia was reached about 50,000 years ago (50 kya). The " recent African origin " lineage of 70 kya diverged into identifiable East ...
Overseas Chinese refers to people of Chinese ethnicity or national heritage who live outside the People's Republic of China or Taiwan as the result of the continuing diaspora. [28] People with one or more Chinese ancestors may consider themselves overseas Chinese. [29] Such people vary widely in terms of cultural assimilation.
Ethnic map of Central Asia. Central Asia, in its most common definition, is deemed to consist of five former Soviet Socialist Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In a wider view, Xinjiang of western China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan are included.
The history of the Uyghur people, including their ethnic origin, is an issue of contention between Uyghur nationalists and Chinese authorities. [1] Uyghur historians view Uyghurs as the original inhabitants of Xinjiang, with a long history.
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...