Ma'an Ruins in Wuxi. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
Genomic data of ancient human beings who lived 6,000 years ago have recently been collected from the Ma'an Ruins in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province.
The news comes from the examining report on the human bones of the Majiabang Culture in the Ma'an Ruins released by the Wuxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Fudan University.
Archaeologists at the archaeological site in Wuxi. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
Wen Shaoqing from Fudan's Institute of Science and Technology Archaeology noted that the genomic data fill a gap in the research into ancient DNA of South China's residents and are an important reference to learn about the origin and migration of prehistoric humans along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Results show that ancient Ma'an people were connected closely in genetic inheritance to modern Tai-Kadai speakers and Han ethnic people of southern China.
Archaeologists clear a tomb excavated from the Ma'an Ruins in Wuxi. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
From April 2022 to February 2023, the Wuxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology unearthed the Ma'an Ruins where 26 tombs of the Majiabang Culture in the Neolithic Age were discovered.
Six of the tombs have been packed as a whole to be transited to the East China Base of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for further research.
