Han ethnic origin hypothesis

Author: Shao Jingyu
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: The proven origin of humans is now confirmed to be only one place, in eastern Africa. Humans belong to a single species. Hominids, starting from Australopithecus, have a history of nearly 8 million years. The Yuanmou (Homo erectus) that once roamed the land reached Yunnan in China about 1.7 million years ago, but mitochondrial DNA analysis shows that the ancestors of modern East Asians should be Homo sapiens. The Han Chinese today have become a world major ethnic group, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the global population, which is related to the fact that the excellent Han culture historically influenced other ethnic groups living in the same environment, even including foreign ethnic groups, and eventually they all adopted Han culture, becoming part of the Chinese nation today. Today, the ancestors of the Han people are actually multi-originally blended, but the earliest Han ancestors who spoke primitive Chinese played a dominant role—they came from the southwestern frontier. This book discusses the harmonious relationship between the Chinese language and Chinese characters, the reasons why Chinese characters have existed for nearly five thousand years, and their important role in maintaining national unity.