【每日国际】研究称8亿亚洲人来自11名共同祖先（双语）

They foundthat along with Khan, who is reputed to have sired hundreds ofchildren as his hoards cut a swathe across much of Asia, theytraced ten other lineages.

研究人员发现另一种血统的持有者集中在丝绸之路一带。这种血统可以上溯到公元850年左右。

人们认为觉昌安和他的妻妾生了许多孩子，是150万人的直系男性祖先。

They foundthat 37.8 per cent of the 5,000 men they tested belonged to one ofthese eleven lineages.

他们发现，5000名男性中的37.8%都有这11种血统之一。

通过对5000多名男子的DNA进行系统分析，基因学家能够追溯到他们的男性祖先。

其中的一种血统曾被认为来自中国酋长觉昌安。

Geneticistshave been able to find eleven distinctive sequences in Y-chromosomes-the chunk of DNA that is only carried by men - that are persistentin modern populations in Asia.

Bysystematically analysing the DNA of more than 5,000 men, they havebeen able to trace these male lineages to their approximate'founding fathers'.

More than 800million men living today are descended from just eleven men,including theruthlessMongolianleader Genghis Khan, according to new research.

研究人员认为公元926年去世的契丹大可汗辽太祖阿保机有可能是这条血脉的始祖。

Giocangga isthought to have had many children with his wivesandconcubinesandis the direct male ancestor of more than 1.5 millionmen.

Among them isa lineage that has previously been attributed to a Chinese rulercalled Giocangga, who died in 1583 and whose grandson founded theQing Dynasty that ruled China between 1644 and 1912.

If this isreflected in the entire Asian population, then it could mean around830 million men living in Asia currently owe their Y-chromosomes toone of these eleven men.

基因学家发现，现代亚洲人中，只有男性才拥有的Y染色体有11种互不相同的序列。

这一点反映了整个亚洲的人口状况，可能表明约8亿3千万亚洲男性都从这11位祖先中的某一位那里继承了Y染色体。

最新研究表明，残酷的蒙古首领成吉思汗等11人在今天有8亿后代。

This suggeststhey may have their origins among the powerful rulers who dominatedthe steppes where the route passed - the Khitan, Tangut Xia,Kara-Khitan and Mongol empires.

Theresearchers suggest that Abaoji, Emperor Taizu of Liao and theGreat Khan of the Khitans, who died in 926AD in the Khitan area ofChina, is a possible candidate for the father of thislineage.

这表明他们的祖先可能是契丹、西夏、西辽、蒙古等丝绸之路沿途各国的统治者。

Theresearchers also found that another of the lineages appears to havepopulation clusters that are concentrated along the Silk Roadtrading route and date back to around 850AD.