Experts at the Chinese Academy of Sciences extracted DNA information from the tomb 2,600 years ago

Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, December 9 (Reporter Li Lijing) from Luoyang City Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, recently,
experts were invited to Luoyang, the newly discovered 2600-year-old Tomb of the King (number M15) for bone sample collection, in order to extract relevant DNA information, to explore the integration of this ethnic group and the Central Plains population, interactive behavior, for national integration to provide more reference basis.
recently, a
-year-old tomb was found in Xuyang Cemetery in Luoyang, Henan Province, further confirming the history of migration and integration of Lu Hunjun more than 2,600 years ago. In order to explore the ethnic integration and development in the formation of Chinese civilization, Luoyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology invited the team of fu Qiaomei of the
Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology to take DNA samples of this king-class tomb.
sampling, experts preferred to extract DNA from the titch and teeth. According to the introduction, there is a closed triangular cavity in the cheekbone, which helps to keep DNA, teeth have hard enamel protection, the possibility of the existence of DNA is also greater.
, an in-depth assessment of these samples will take about two to three months. Fu Qiaomei's team hopes to find out the relevant DNA information of the Lu Hunju ethnic group in Xuyang Cemetery, and find out whether there is any behavioral integration between them and the Central Plains people in the context of cultural integration, such as whether the two sides are intermarried. Is Lu Hun in the tomb "mixed blood"? Fu Qiaomei said, "Lu Hunjuan cemetery appears in Luoyang, such as the hinterland of the Central Plains, than appeared elsewhere in the research value is higher, to crack the genetic code of ethnic integration to provide more content, look forward to the follow-up research can have greater harvest." "