以骨为证：破译中华民族的开天辟地——访厦门大学人类学研究所王传超教授

Taking Bones as Evidences: Deciphering the Creation of the Chinese Nation——An Interview with Professor Wang Chuanchao from Institute of Anthropology, Xiamen University

文章是对厦门大学分子人类学研究的王传超教授专访,介绍了王传超教授复旦大学毕业之后进入美国哈佛医学院和德国马普所进行古DNA的研究经历以及分子人类学的发展概况。王传超教授团队所开展的分子人类学研究是通过对更多的考古墓葬和遗址的古代样本取样提取DNA,建立起一条时间轴线来研究古今人群关系,尤其对丰富和完善东亚人群历史有重要意义。

This article is an exclusive interview with Professor Wang Chuanchao of molecular anthropology of Xiamen University. It introduces Professor Wang’s experience in studying ancient DNA in Harvard Medical Schooland Max Planck Institute of Germany after he graduated from Fudan University, and the development of molecularanthropology. The molecular anthropology research carried out by Professor Wang’s team is to extract DNA from an-cient samples of more archeological tombs and sites, and to establish a time axis to study the relationship betweenancient and modern people. It is of great significance to enrich and improve the history of East Asian people.