Chinese scientists find DNA link with Native American ancestors in Yunnan cave

Researchers have identified the remains of a person closely related to the ancestors of Native Americans in a cave in southern China, according to a new study.

Professor Su Bing, of Kunming Institute of Zoology in Yunnan and lead author of the study published in the international peer-reviewed journal Current Biology on Thursday, said it was the first sequencing of ancient DNA from East Asia, dating to when modern humans migrated to America about 14,000 years ago.

By Stephen Chen