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A man buried in Russia in the era

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RussiaThe Volosovo Culture

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Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

Volosovo individual, Russia

Sample ID: BER001

Date Range

4445 BCE - 4251 BCE

Cultural Period

The Volosovo Culture

Biological Sex

Male

mtDNA Haplogroup

K1

Y-DNA Haplogroup

Q-L804

Social Role

Hunter (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Russia
Locality Yaroslavl. Berendeyevo

A location map is not available for this record.

Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

Volosovo individual, Russia 4445 BCE - 4251 BCE
Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

Region & Environment

The Volosovo Culture is associated with regions of northeastern Europe characterized by lakes, rivers, and extensive forest cover. Such environments supported mobility along waterways and a strong reliance on local ecological resources, with settlement patterns shaped by seasonal availability of fish, game, and plant foods.

Historical Context

In the late Neolithic period (roughly 4500–3000 BCE in this framework), communities participated in broader developments typical of Neolithic northeastern Europe, including more consistent village life and durable material technologies. Regional variation is expected, and the Volosovo assemblage tradition provides one way archaeologists distinguish networks of related households and craft practices.

Populations & Lifeways

The populations were likely semi-sedentary or sedentary for parts of the year, with lifeways structured around fishing, hunting, and gathering alongside any local cultivation where it occurred. Households would have organized labor for food processing and maintenance of everyday equipment, with ceramic production and stone tool use forming key aspects of daily routines.

Archaeology & Material Culture

Volosovo material culture is identified through distinctive patterns in pottery and stone tool industries recovered from sites along waterways. Assemblages typically include stone implements suited to cutting, scraping, and woodworking, and ceramic styles that help link sites to the same broad tradition. Preservation conditions vary, so interpretations are cautious and largely based on typology.

Culture & Society

Archaeological patterns suggest social connections maintained through shared technological choices and stylistic preferences, reflected in ceramic and tool traditions. Variation between sites can indicate different local ecological strategies or community differences within the wider Volosovo phenomenon.

Legacy & Transition

Toward the end of the 3rd millennium BCE, Neolithic traditions in northeastern Europe increasingly gave way to later Bronze Age developments. The Volosovo sequence helps map how Neolithic lifeways and material traditions evolved regionally before subsequent cultural recombinations.

Analysis

Genetic comparisons

These comparisons show genetic similarity, not identity or origin. The populations listed are those whose genomes show statistical alignment to this ancient individual.

Similarity reflects shared history, not shared identity. These are analytical comparisons, not claims about who this person was.

Modern Genetic Admixture

This analysis compares the DNA profile with present-day reference populations, showing statistical similarity to modern reference populations from different regions. The excavation site records where this individual was found, not a fixed modern genetic identity.

Europe 93.8%
Eastern European 53.8%
Eastern European 53.8%
Northwestern European 40.0%
Finnish 32.4%
Northwestern European 6.4%
Scandinavian 1.2%
America 6.2%
America 6.2%
Native American 6.2%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A man buried in Russia in the era, ranked by genetic distance. Lower distance values indicate closer statistical similarity. Cross-region similarity can reflect shared ancestry, population movement, continuity, or later admixture.

1
Russian Leshukonsky
3.1740
2
Russian Pinezhsky
3.5268
3
Russian Pinega
3.5836
4
Komi A
3.7910
5
Vepsian
4.1367
6
Russian Krasnoborsky
4.1491
7
Karelian
4.4544
8
Tatar Mishar
4.5049
9
Mordovian
4.6300
10
Finnish North
4.7633
Context

Related Samples

This individual exists within a broader network of ancient samples. No ancient genome stands alone.

Individual Culture/Period Date Location Action
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Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Moscow, Russia 2837 BCE Moscow. Khanevo, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Moscow, Russia 2866 BCE Moscow. Ivanovogorsky, Russia View
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Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Tver, Russia 2573 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
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Eastern European Hunter-Gatherers individual, Russia Mesolithic Veretye Culture, Vologda, Russia 6455 BCE Vologda. Karavaikha 1, Russia View
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Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2626 BCE Ivanovo. Miloslavka, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2866 BCE Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2624 BCE Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Eastern European Hunter-Gatherers individual, Russia Neolithic Volosovo-Lyalovo Culture, Yaroslavl, Russia 4445 BCE Yaroslavl. Berendeyevo, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2663 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
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Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2575 BCE Yaroslavl. Goluzinovo, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2576 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2834 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2845 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Tver, Russia 2662 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Tver, Russia 2465 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2288 BCE Ivanovo. Miloslavka, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2881 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Moscow, Russia 2564 BCE Moscow. Nikolo-Perevoz, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Mytishchi, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2900 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2849 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2900 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Moscow, Russia 2900 BCE Moscow. Khanevo, Russia View
Proto-Indo-European individual, Estonia Neolithic Corded Ware Culture, Ida-Viru, Estonia 2865 BCE Ida-Viru. Sope, Estonia View
EMBA Fatyanovo Balanovo Corded Ware Volga individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Moscow, Russia 2866 BCE Ivanovogorsky (Moscow Oblast, Ruzsky municipality), Russia View
Ivanovo BA individual, Russia Bronze Age Fatyanovo Culture, Ivanovo, Russia 2569 BCE Mytistcshi (Ivanovo Oblast, Komsomolsky District, Mytistcshi Village), Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2900 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo (Yaroslavl Oblast, Danilovsky District, Volosovo Village), Russia View
Yaroslav EMBA individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2841 BCE Nikultsino (Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavsky District), Russia View
Yaroslav EMBA individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2856 BCE Nikultsino (Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavsky District), Russia View
Yaroslav EMBA-o individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2849 BCE Nikultsino (Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavsky District), Russia View
Yaroslav EMBA individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2841 BCE Nikultsino (Yaroslavl Oblast, Yaroslavsky District), Russia View
Indo-European individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2834 BCE Goluzinovo (Yaroslavl Oblast, Gavrilov-Yamsky District, Goluzinovo Village), Russia View
Yaroslavl EMBA individual, Russia Fatyanovo Culture 2571 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo (Yaroslavl Oblast, Danilovsky District, Volosovo Village), Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2866 BCE Moscow. Ivanovogorsky, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Mytishchi, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2900 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2841 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2881 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2849 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2863 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2834 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Bronze Age individual, Russia 2571 BCE Volosovo-Danilovo. Central European Russian Forest-Steppe. Yaroslavl, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2900 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Sargat individual, Russia 2576 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2900 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Volosovo individual, Russia 4445 BCE Yaroslavl. Berendeyevo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2662 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2465 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2573 BCE Tver. Bolshnevo 3, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2575 BCE Yaroslavl. Goluzinovo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2830 BCE Yaroslavl. Khaldeevo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2861 BCE Moscow. Khanevo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2900 BCE Moscow. Khanevo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2837 BCE Moscow. Khanevo, Russia View
Russia West Hg individual, Russia 6455 BCE Vologda. Karavaikha 1, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2626 BCE Ivanovo. Miloslavka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2288 BCE Ivanovo. Miloslavka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2841 BCE Yaroslavl. Naumovskoye, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2841 BCE Yaroslavl. Naumovskoye, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2866 BCE Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2624 BCE Yaroslavl. Nikultsino, Russia View
Russia West Hg individual, Russia 10813 BCE Arkhangelsk. Peschanitsa, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2564 BCE Moscow. Nikolo-Perevoz, Russia View
Corded Ware individual, Estonia 2865 BCE Ida-Viru. Sope, Estonia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2834 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2663 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2700 BCE Ivanovo. Timofeyevka, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2900 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2879 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
Fatyanovo individual, Russia 2845 BCE Yaroslavl. Voronkovo, Russia View
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Individual Culture/Period Date Location Action
Volosovo individual, Russia 4445 BCE Yaroslavl. Berendeyevo, Russia View
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G25 Coordinates

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BER001,0.121188,0.05315106,0.0853275,0.07182286,0.0126387,0.01977546,-0.00237178,0.00056068,-0.00532412,-0.0328831,0.0071425,-0.00900274,0.01674286,0.00466224,-0.01033422,-0.00832848,-0.0049434,-0.00339574,-0.0047385,-0.00649418,0.0001959,0.00139258,-0.01236686,0.00482274,-0.00312743
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