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The idea that the modern Chinese are descendanded from Peking man from 770k years feeds the common myth that many people hold that their particular ethnic group
by michaelmrose 5y ago
The idea that the modern Chinese are descendanded from Peking man from 770k years feeds the common myth that many people hold that their particular ethnic group is inherently different/superior.
I found this article on the topic very interesting.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/is-peking-man-still-our-ancestorgenetics-anthropology-and-the-politics-of-racial-nationalism-in-china/F7D479FC994A854400A53E0E1B987236 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-stu...