COM.on C.A.1:e13/83-87  Online published on Jun. 26, 2007.
doi:10.4236/coca.2007.11013
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Drifting to the Solitude Continent: Comments on the Research of Australian Aborigines’ Origin
ZHENG Niutong
Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, Beijing 100085 China

ABSTRACT: The Australia aborigines are very meaningful for the origin and migration of the Homo sapiens s. The research for Y chromosome and mtDNA indicates that the Australian aborigines are mainly the descendants of H. sapiens when they arrived in Australia and the Homo erectus did not make contribution to the Modern Australians. After the H. sapiens arrived in Australia they experienced long isolation. The New Guineans have a few gene communications with the Australians. The contribution of the Indians for the Australia aborigines can not be excluded completely. Viewed from mtDNA, the M42 lineage of the Australia aborigines and the M10 lineage of the East Asians may share the 8793 mutation. The challenges by the linguistics and the archaeology for the Molecular Anthropology request molecular anthropologists to do deeper and finer research.
Key words: Y chromosome; mtDNA; Origin of Australian aborigines
Received: Jun.16, 2007  Accepted: Jun.25,2007 Corresponding: yelangyelang_2003@yahoo.com.cn

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《现代人类学通讯》第一卷e13篇 第83-87页 2007年6月26日网上发行
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流落孤独的大陆——对澳洲人起源研究的评论
郑牛潼
中关村科技园, 北京 100085

评论文献：Hudjashov G, Kivisild T, Underhill PA, Endicott P, Sanchez JJ, Lin AA, Shen PD, Oefner P, Renfrew C, Villems R, Forster P (2007) Revealing the prehistoric settlement of Australia by Y chromosome and mtDNA analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 104: 8726-8730.

摘要：澳洲土著人群对于现代人的起源和迁徙的研究具有重要意义。Y染色体和mtDNA研究发现澳洲土著人群主要是现代人最初到达澳洲后的后裔，直立人对现代澳洲人的血统没有贡献。现代人到达澳洲后和其它地区的现代人经历了长期的隔离。新几内亚人和澳洲人有少量的基因交流。印度人对澳洲土著的血统贡献还不能完全排除。线粒体单倍群中，澳洲土著的M42和东亚的M10可能共享8793位点。语言学和考古学对分子人类学提出的挑战还需要分子人类学者对澳洲土著做更深入更精细的研究。
关键词：Y染色体; 线粒体DNA; 澳洲土著起源
收稿日期：2007年6月16日 修回日期：2007年6月25日 联系人：郑牛潼yelangyelang_2003@yahoo.com.cn 

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