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ArticleScience advances2026

Early Neolithic genomes suggest a local origin for millet farmers in East Asia.

Tingyu Yang, Xiaowen Jia, Jincheng Wang, Tao Wang, Tianxing Cui, Chunmei Li, Jianing He, Tianming Zhang, Zhanhu Zhao, Jiaojiao Hao and 10 more

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Tingyu YangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0006-1505-9920
Xiaowen JiaSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0004-6812-8112
Jincheng WangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0006-9863-8222
Tao WangSchool of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4140-8734
Tianxing CuiSchool of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China.ORCID 0009-0005-3173-3076
Chunmei LiBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8227-9719
Jianing HeSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0004-5493-966X
Tianming ZhangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0008-4966-5974
Zhanhu ZhaoHebei Provincial Institute of Cultural and Archaeology, Shijiazhuang 050031, China.ORCID 0009-0005-3882-4982
Jiaojiao HaoHebei Provincial Institute of Cultural and Archaeology, Shijiazhuang 050031, China.ORCID 0009-0006-9120-8772
Yingjie CuiYulin Municipal Cultural Relics Archaeology and Exploration Work Team, Yulin 719000, China.ORCID 0009-0007-2028-7546
Jincheng YuBeijing Institute of Archaeology, Beijing 100078, China.ORCID 0009-0005-2616-012X
Zhonghua ZhangBeijing Institute of Archaeology, Beijing 100078, China.ORCID 0009-0006-5916-2014
Jingning GuoCapital Museum, Beijing 100045, China.ORCID 0009-0001-1222-6125
Qihuang YangShaanxi Academy of Archaeology, Xi'an 710109, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5624-4396
Shi YanSchool of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8304-8445
Xiaohong WuSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3819-0829
Chaohong ZhaoSchool of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0004-3244-3663
Yuhong PangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0009-0006-5464-3521
Yanyi HuangBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7297-1266

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Abstract

Millet cultivation in northern China served as a critical catalyst for Neolithic sedentism and East Asian civilization, yet the demographic origins of the inaugural millet farmers remain contentious. We analyze genome-wide data from seven individuals from the Donghulin (DHL), Dengcaogouliang, and Sitai sites, spanning 11,000 to 7300 years ago, and identify the DHL lineage as the predominant genetic structure in inland northern East Asia following the Last Glacial Maximum. Our results demonstrate profound genetic continuity from the Early Holocene through the intensification of millet agriculture, lending robust support to a model of local development rather than demic diffusion from external territories. Furthermore, we identify the earliest occurrence of the hypoxia-adaptive

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FarmersMilletsAgricultureAsia, EasternHumansPhylogeny

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