Last year, the news of DNA identification of nine descendants of Cao Cao caused widespread concern. Now, the seven of them: the Xiuhu Guild Hall in Yancheng, Jiangsu, the Yiyi Guild Hall in Shucheng, Anhui, the Hu Aishan Guild Hall in Haimen, Jiangsu, the Jiazheng Guild Hall in Zhejiang after Anhui, and the descendants of the guilds in Rushan, Donggang, Liaoning and Tieling in the north met for the first time. When they first met, Cao Cao's descendants were most concerned about each other's looks. Seeing each other's equally sparse eyebrows and bumps on the bridge of the nose strengthened the family's belief.
Short, like a hero?
The story-telling romance tells that Cao Cao is "more than seven feet long with black and white eyebrows". Write "Wei Chunqiu", describing "short stature, but full of heroism", admitting that Cao Cao is not good-looking, but has a good temperament. What is this short and fierce generation like?
AARON Li, the head of the research group who once identified nine descendants of Cao Cao and a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics of Fudan University, said: "1800 years ago, Cao Cao lived in Qiao Jun, northern Anhui. People in this place have wide and big faces, big and round eyes, thick and thick eyebrows and scattered eyebrows. So it is estimated that Cao Cao is likely to have these characteristics. " Wang Chuanchao, a doctoral student who followed the research group through more than 20 provinces in China and contacted thousands of Cao Cao's descendants, came to the conclusion that there are obvious differences in the faces of Cao Cao's descendants in the north and the south: "Cao Zhi's descendants in the north have polygonal faces, rough outlines, slender eyes, single eyelids, obvious Mongolian folds, high noses and narrow nose wings; Cao Cao's descendants in the south are mostly round faces, big and round eyes, and his nose is not as high as that in the north, but his nose is very wide. "
Be recognized by experts and future generations.
In the face of 1 1 broadcast in China that night, it was said that a thousand-year-old hero was true. Professor Zhao, a famous criminal expert who once restored the skull of Lady Xin Zhui and Dawenkou site, finally restored Cao Cao's appearance by using the restoration technology. After the restoration, Cao Cao's appearance has three remarkable characteristics: scattered eyebrows, protruding nose and oblique forehead. The descendants of Cao Shi invited by the program are similar in general characteristics and highly recognized the restored appearance of Cao Cao.
The recovery of Cao Cao's face is a complicated process. According to the information provided by anthropologists and historians, combined with the characteristics of people in the Central Plains 1800 years ago, the description of Cao Cao's appearance in the literature, and the DNA analysis of nine descendants of Cao Cao by geneticists. The facial features of thousands of descendants of Cao Cao's nine sons were reversed and restored. From the appearance of Cao Cao's descendants, we can infer what Cao Cao, the ancestor of 1800 years ago, which has been recognized by experts academically. Professor AARON Li explained: "Because Cao Cao's descendants have the same Y chromosome, the Y chromosome gene has certain influence on people's appearance, so it will be interesting to infer Cao Cao's appearance from their same characteristics."