研究稱8億亞洲人來自11名共同祖先大綱

More than 800 million men living today are descended from just eleven men, including the ruthless Mongolian leader Genghis Khan, according to new research.
最新研究表明，殘酷的蒙古首領成吉思汗等11人在今天有8億後代。

Geneticists have been able to find eleven distinctive sequences in Y-chromosomes - the chunk of DNA that is only carried by men - that are persistent in modern populations in Asia.
基因學家發現，現代亞洲人中，只有男性才擁有的Y染色體有11種互不相同的序列。

By systematically analysing the DNA of more than 5,000 men, they have been able to trace these male lineages to their approximate 'founding fathers'.
通過對5000多名男子的DNA進行系統分析，基因學家能夠追溯到他們的男性祖先。

They found that along with Khan, who is reputed to have sired hundreds of children as his hoards cut a swathe across much of Asia, they traced ten other lineages.
他們一共找到11種血統，其中包括成吉思汗的——他幾乎橫掃整個亞洲，留下許多子孫。

They found that 37.8 per cent of the 5,000 men they tested belonged to one of these eleven lineages.
他們發現，5000名男性中的37.8%都有這11種血統之一。

If this is reflected in the entire Asian population, then it could mean around 830 million men living in Asia currently owe their Y-chromosomes to one of these eleven men.
這一點反映了整個亞洲的人口狀況，可能表明約8億3千萬亞洲男性都從這11位祖先中的某一位那裏繼承了Y染色體。

Among them is a lineage that has previously been attributed to a Chinese ruler called Giocangga, who died in 1583 and whose grandson founded the Qing Dynasty that ruled China between 1644 and 1912.
其中的一種血統曾被認爲來自中國酋長覺昌安。他卒於1583年，孫子是清朝（統治期1644-1912）的建立者。

Giocangga is thought to have had many children with his wives and concubines and is the direct male ancestor of more than 1.5 million men.
人們認爲覺昌安和他的妻妾生了許多孩子，是150萬人的直系男性祖先。

The researchers also found that another of the lineages appears to have population clusters that are concentrated along the Silk Road trading route and date back to around 850AD.
研究人員發現另一種血統的持有者集中在絲綢之路一帶。這種血統可以上溯到公元850年左右。

This suggests they may have their origins among the powerful rulers who dominated the steppes where the route passed - the Khitan, Tangut Xia, Kara-Khitan and Mongol empires.
這表明他們的祖先可能是契丹、西夏、西遼、蒙古等絲綢之路沿途各國的統治者。

The researchers suggest that Abaoji, Emperor Taizu of Liao and the Great Khan of the Khitans, who died in 926AD in the Khitan area of China, is a possible candidate for the father of this lineage.
研究人員認爲公元926年去世的契丹大可汗遼太祖阿保機有可能是這條血脈的始祖。