tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4743023479407998992..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Taiwan: a SE Asian nationMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85349698692068824632017-03-26T17:46:47.880+08:002017-03-26T17:46:47.880+08:00That's strange. This 1992 paper
https://www.nc...That's strange. This 1992 paper<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1204787/pdf/ge1301139.pdf<br />has already come to that conclusion. Was there that little progress after all those years?<br />Some excerpts:<br />"The greatest mtDNA diversity and the highest frequency of mtDNAs with HfiaI/HincII morph 1 were observed in the Vietnamese suggesting a Southern Mongoloid origin of Asians"<br />"The data provide evidence that: (1) the Vietnamese are the most diverse and, hence, the oldest population"<br />"In summary, all Southeast Asian populations analyzed in this study appear to have common origins, consistent with a hypothesized southern Mongoloid origin of the peoples in this region (BELLWOOD 1985, and references therein; TURNER 1987)"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com