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Jul 12 4 tweets 1 min read
Yak domestication in the Mongolian Altai:

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.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image “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

cell.com/current-biolog… Graphical abstract Image
Jul 2 5 tweets 2 min read
Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples

nature.com/articles/s4158… Graphical Summary of Genetic Changes Taking Place in Northern Eurasia. Image
Jul 1 4 tweets 1 min read
Whole-genome sequencing in Galicia reveals male-biased pre-Islamic North African ancestry, subtle population structure, and micro-geographic patterns of disease risk

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Abstract Image
Jun 24 4 tweets 1 min read
Ancient DNA reveals diverse community organizations in the 5th millennium BCE Carpathian Basin

nature.com/articles/s4146… Abstract. Genome data from 125 individuals Image
Jun 17 4 tweets 2 min read
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.

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…Image Table 1 Information on the archaeological individuals from Ulitau, Central Kazakstan Image
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

cell.com/cell/fulltext/… 156 new ancient genomes unravel the origin of Sarmatians in central Europe

Direct IBD connections reveal the Uralic roots of the different Sarmatian groups

Y chromosome turnover suggests male-driven migration

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"

nature.com/articles/s4146… Abstract Image
Apr 22 8 tweets 2 min read
New interesting study on European cranial morphology:

"The evolution of European cranial morphology: From the Upper Paleolithic to the Late Eneolithic steppe invasions"

link.springer.com/article/10.100… Abstract Image
Apr 14 6 tweets 2 min read
Models of the new Early to Late Iron Age Iberian samples.

Models also include Greeks and Romans. Image Image
Mar 2 8 tweets 2 min read
Finished the supplementary. Here on the linguistics and models for a Celtic homeland and dispersal.

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Feb 24 5 tweets 2 min read
Origin and diversity of Hun empire populations: Research finds far-reaching genetic ties

phys.org/news/2025-02-d… Relevant
Feb 15 6 tweets 2 min read
Pilot work of the 10K Chinese People Genomic Diversity Project along the Silk Road suggests a complex east-west admixture landscape and biological adaptations

researchgate.net/publication/38… “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

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Abstract Image
Jan 1 4 tweets 1 min read
High-resolution genomic history of early medieval Europe

nature.com/articles/s4158… Abstract Image
Dec 3, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
Ancient DNA reveals genetic exchange in the Hehuang Valley in the context of demic diffusion during the Han Dynasty

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image The geographic locations of the ancient sites included in the article are represented by the color-filled shapes. Image
Nov 29, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
More new aDNA stuff from the Tibetan Plateau

Genomic insights into Neolithic founding paternal lineages around the Qinghai-Xizang plateau using integrated YanHuang resource

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image Highlights Image
Nov 27, 2024 12 tweets 4 min read
Paleolithic Divergence and Multiple Neolithic Expansions of Ancestral Nomadic Emperor-related Paternal Lineages

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sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image Overview of sample information, variation, haplogroup distribution, and phylogenetic tree. A: Geographic location and sample size of the studied populations. Image
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

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Background, Results, and Conclusions Image
Nov 17, 2024 5 tweets 2 min read
Wu, Hsiao-yun says in his book that the Shang chariots originated from Karasuk culture. Image "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" Image
Nov 15, 2024 4 tweets 1 min read
Paleodemographics of Yamnaya such as survivership, population pyramid of sexed individuals etc. Image Markers of interpersonal violence: traumatic injuries Image