Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Science. 2021 Sep 24;373(6562):1479-1484. doi: 10.1126/science.abi8202. Epub 2021 Sep 23.
Recent advancements in DNA sequencing technologies and laboratory preparation protocols have rapidly expanded the scope of ancient DNA research over the past decade, both temporally and geographically. Discoveries include interactions between archaic and modern humans as well as modern human population dynamics, including those coinciding with the Last Glacial Maximum and the settlement history of most world regions. This new type of data allows us to examine the deep past of human population dynamics and sharpen the current understanding of our present. The continued development in the ancient DNA field has transformed our understanding of human genetic history and will keep uncovering the further mysteries of our recent evolutionary past.
近年来，DNA 测序技术和实验室制备方案的进步，在时间和空间上都极大地扩展了古 DNA 研究的范围。这些发现包括了古老人类和现代人类之间的相互作用，以及现代人类的种群动态，包括与末次冰期和大多数世界区域的定居历史相一致的那些动态。这种新型数据使我们能够研究人类种群动态的深远历史，并加深我们对当前状况的理解。古 DNA 领域的持续发展改变了我们对人类遗传历史的理解，并将不断揭示我们近代进化历史的更多奥秘。
