The documentary evidence from rock art and its implication of a northern center of yak domestication support the argument for a background in the Early Bronze Age Afanasievo culture.
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“Within rock art of the northern Altai mountains, there is ample pictorial evidence that transhumance dependent on domesticated yaks emerged by the late third millennium BCE in the Mongolian Altai.”
Jul 10 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Whole-genome sequences provide insights into the formation and adaptation of human populations in the Himalayas
Whole-genome sequencing in Galicia reveals male-biased pre-Islamic North African ancestry, subtle population structure, and micro-geographic patterns of disease risk
Genomes of the Golden Horde Elites and their Implications for the Rulers of the Mongol Empire.
One of the males is believed to be Joshi (Juchi), the eldest son of Genghis Khan.
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Table 1 Information on the archaeological individuals from Ulitau, Central Kazakstan
Jun 10 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin
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156 new ancient genomes unravel the origin of Sarmatians in central Europe
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Direct IBD connections reveal the Uralic roots of the different Sarmatian groups
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Y chromosome turnover suggests male-driven migration
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Continuity of the Sarmatian population into the Hun period
May 17 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Ashkenazi Jewish origins, highlighting their South European heritage.
Identifying Scandinavian ancestry in British samples.
"Tracing human genetic histories and natural selection with precise local ancestry inference"
Pilot work of the 10K Chinese People Genomic Diversity Project along the Silk Road suggests a complex east-west admixture landscape and biological adaptations
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“Whole-genome sequencing or genome-wide genotyping on 1,207 individuals from four linguistically diverse groups (1,081 Sinitic, 56 Mongolic, 40 Turkic, and 30 Tibeto-Burman people) living in North China included in the 10K Chinese People Genomic Diversity Project (10K_CPGDP)”
Jan 8 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
New aDNA from Ukraine:
North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period
Paleolithic Divergence and Multiple Neolithic Expansions of Ancestral Nomadic Emperor-related Paternal Lineages
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Overview of sample information, variation, haplogroup distribution, and phylogenetic tree. A: Geographic location and sample size of the studied populations.
Nov 20, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Ancient genomes from the Tang Dynasty capital reveal the genetic legacy of trans-Eurasian communication at the eastern end of Silk Road
Wu, Hsiao-yun says in his book that the Shang chariots originated from Karasuk culture.
"Thus the introduction of chariots as military tools brought various steppe practices and ideas into the Shang state
Therefore, the arrival of steppe foreigners is likely to have changed the social structure and composition of the Shang society"
Nov 15, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Paleodemographics of Yamnaya such as survivership, population pyramid of sexed individuals etc.
Markers of interpersonal violence: traumatic injuries