Chinese come from Africa, just like the rest of us
Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005
CNA, HONG KONG
An international study has found that the Chinese people originated not from “Peking Man” in northern China, but from early humans in East Africa who moved through South Asia to China some 100,000 years ago, Hong Kong’s Ming Pao daily reported yesterday in a finding that confirms the “single origin” theory in anthropology.
According to the newspaper, a research team led by Jin Li (of Fudan University in Shanghai has found that modern humans evolved from a single origin, not multiple origins as some experts believe.
In China, school textbooks teach that the Chinese race evolved from “Peking Man,” based on a theory that humans in Europe and Asia evolved from local species.
But Jin and his fellow researchers found that early humans belonged to different species, of which only the East African species developed into modern humans.
This new finding nullifies the theory that the ancestors of the Chinese people were “Peking Man” who lived in northern China 400,000 years ago.
Based on DNA analyses of 100,000 samples gathered from around the world, a number of human families evolved in East Africa some 150,000 years ago, said Li Hui, a member of Jin’s team.
About 100,000 years ago, some of those humans began to leave Africa, with some people moving to China via South and Southeast Asia, Li said.
According to the newspaper article, it has been proven that the “65 branches of the Chinese race” share similar DNA mutations with the peoples of East and Southeast Asia.
It said that the Shanghai scientists were part of an international team comprised of researchers from Russia, India, Brazil and other nations in a five-year project studying the geographic and genealogical routes related to the spread and settlement of modern humans.
Addition,
Prof Jin Li research points out the OUT OF AFRICA theory, that ALL humans originated in Africa and migrated outside over hundreds of thousands of years ago, not that black Africans were ruling China. If you read his article you would see he states Chinese genetically cluster close to east Asians and southeast Asian types, not black Africans.
“According to the newspaper article, it has been proven that the 65 branches of the Chinese race share similar DNA mutations with the peoples of East and Southeast Asia.”
Last question:
Do you think Africa belongs to man or man belongs to Africa? Did Africa existed before man? Africa in terms of science is just a tropic environment suitable for evolution of man. Africa in terms of science does not hold any racial value because race is a social construct.
HEY GUYS! HOW DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT ANY OF THE (FEW) FOSSILS OF EARLY AFRICANS, WERE ACTUALLY LOCAL HUMANS AND NOT THOSE WHO MIGRATED FROM ASIA? KNOW ONE CAN SAY EITHER WAY FOR CERTAINTY. ALSO THE DATING CLOCKS ARE ALL SUBJECT TO QUESTION SINCE ANY CONTAMINATION OF THE FOSSIL CAN GREATLY ALTER THE READING, ” WEVE FOUND A SCULL, ITS 3,OOO,000 YEARS OLD!” NOBODY QUESTIONS! WHY? BECAUSE IT ALL FITS IN WITH WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE. ALSO HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE BONES OF TOTENKARMUN HAVE BEEN RECENTLY BEEN ANALYSED AND THE SCIENTISTS HAVE ADMITTED THEY CANNOT DETERMINE WHETHER THE EGYPTIAN KING WAS BLACK, MIXED RACE OR WHAT. aND HE WAS ONLY A FEW THOUSAND YEARS OLD. COME ON PEOPLE, WHY SHOULD WE JUST ACCEPT WHAT, TEACHERS, PROFS, SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US. USE YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE. i BELIEVE FROM THE EVIDENCE OF HUMAN CULTURE THAT THE EARLIEST CIVILISATION ORIGINATED NOT IN AFRICA ( SORRY RICHARD LEAKEY) BUT WHERE WE FIND EVIDENCE OF THE FIRST WHEEL, STUDY OF ASTRONOMY, WRITING, E.T.C, YES IN MESOPOTAMIA FROM WHERE THE MIGRATION TO AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE TOOK PLACE. ALL THE STUDY OF FOSSILS, DNA E.T.C IS SUBJECT TO SPECULATION. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE TRUE SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE IS TO LOOK WITH A TOTALLY OPEN MIND AT POSITIVE EVIDENCE AND DRAW A FACT BASED CONCLUSION, NOT MAKE THE WILD AND OFTEN PREMETURE CLAIMS MANY SCIENTISTS MAKE THAT RESULT IN OVERNIGHT MEDIA COVERAGE IN CONTRAST TO THE MINUTE EXPOSURE OF THEIR RELUCTANT ADMISSIONS…”OH, WE MAY….HAVE GOT THAT WRONG” PLEASE DONT REPLY IF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS PERSONAL, SWEAR, INSULT E.T.C. LETS JUST REASON, RESPECTFULLY!
I have read a lot of the readings of Africa. One thing, the word Africa were derived from two tribes that were on the coastline of the continent Africa on the side on the Mediterranean Sea. An Italian came down and combined the two tribes’ name together which naming the northern land, Africa. In which, the Italian explored downward and name the rest of the land Africa. So, my input to everyone, before the Italian named the continent Africa; it was just Black people because of their skin color. On the other note, I had researched that black tribes traveled like the Olmecs civilization. These were black people that travel down to South America. They traveled before the Mayans, which was not a original Black tribe to my knowledge, and any other tribes in South America. We are stuck on Africans are from Africa but we are only going off the information that white male europeans wrote. Which excluded a lot of valuable information about other races and cultures. Could we have common sense about everything? The many books that are written by Americans have to be approved on a certain panel that have to make sense to the panel. So, majority of books in colleges and schools are approved on a basis status. So, many great books that tells the truth about Black people’s culture and where they are really originated from are kept hidden from the public knowledge. Unless, they do some deep research and finds that information. Otherwise, nobody will make any effort to find the truth. I am not talking like a centrist or even taking nobody side but we have to realize that the Black history starts in America with the Atlantic Slave Trade. Before that period of time, Blacks did not have a history according to the early White Europeans.
To make my conclusion, I am asking a question: Where did the ancient original Black people come from?
Another note, look at the youtube video on the black chinese and there everyone will find a video about Chinese has a Black’s DNA in them. This video comes from a scientist’s interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DL3IzMvBeOLk. (see what you think about the video)
A very interesting documentary to watch done by a european scientist called “The True Eve” tells how people migrated out of Africa eastward to southeast asia up and across the entire eurasian continent. Some split off at the southeast asian tip and headed to Australia and to the islands of the south pacific, the phillipines. Eurpean explorers noted seeing islanders with every spectrum of skin color living together. Being in the military I have seen all types of asians, figians, hawaiians with some nappy ass hair. I have even seen some white people with black features and nappy hair. Most people the world over have dark hair and brown and dark brown eyes with light to dark skin. We all come from africa but we can’t all call ourselves Africans because we are not those same africans of yesteryear. Americans tomorrow can’t say they are the americans of yesterday. It is because of our history and white lies and media that we can’t embrace the truth and eachother and are left reaching trying to claim and belong and be connected to something solid to say “I belong to something and I am somebody”. But true science using genetics and technology is bringing the lies to light.
Chris I like your last sentence.
Why the lies?
In Ganda culture a person who lies is considered a thief. A child who lies habitually is thought to be a potential thief. A thief is thought to be a potential rapist, and eventually a murderer.
Now look at the history of the world.
Do you get my drift?
The “evidence” is sufficient to formulate theories but there is nothing definitive that people migrating from Africa traveled to China and as someone aptly pointed out, any such migration occurred tens of thousands of years before the development of Chinese civilizatin. The first known Chinese dynasty, the Shang, did not leave any archeological remains proving they are direct descendants of Africans.
All very interesting isn’t it? With LOVE