Record

Sample details

Recorded details and available lineage markers.

Individual

Paleo-Siberian individual, Russia

Sample ID: KAG001

Date Range

4980 BCE - 4841 BCE

Cultural Period

Early Neolithic Lena River, Siberia, Russia

Biological Sex

Male

mtDNA Haplogroup

A8a

Y-DNA Haplogroup

BT

Social Role

Hunter (AI estimate, era-typical)

Geography

Location

Where this individual was discovered

Country Russia

Locality Siberia. Lena river. Kachug

Coordinates 53.9494, 105.8902

Chronology

Date range

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

Paleo-Siberian individual, Russia 4980 BCE - 4841 BCE

Context

Historical context

Background information associated with the reference record.

Region & Environment

The Lena River region in Siberia provided a major ecological corridor through forests and varied riverine habitats. Seasonal conditions—especially winter cold and river changes—would have influenced travel routes, hunting patterns, and the timing of site use.

Historical Context

Early Neolithic developments across Eurasia are often associated with increased use of pottery and changes in food processing. In the Lena River area, the Early Neolithic is characterized by regional ceramic styles and lithic traditions consistent with broader Siberian Neolithic sequences, rather than a shift to agriculture-based settlement.

Populations & Lifeways

Communities were primarily hunter-gatherers. Their lifeways likely combined fishing and hunting with gathered plant foods, supported by seasonal movement between resource-rich locales along the river and in nearby habitats.

Archaeology & Material Culture

Archaeological identification for the Lena River Early Neolithic phase relies on ceramic and stone-tool assemblages attributed to the Lena River culture and the Siberian Neolithic complex. The presence of pottery (where documented) suggests changing approaches to food processing and storage in a foraging context.

Culture & Society

Consistent artifact styles imply cultural learning and shared conventions among groups in the region. Without written records, social structure is inferred indirectly from the persistence of material traditions and repeated patterns of deposition or site use.

Legacy & Transition

As later prehistoric periods unfolded, ceramic and tool traditions in Siberia continued to change, reflecting regional interaction and evolving technologies. The Early Neolithic Lena River phase therefore forms an early benchmark for understanding how forager societies later developed into Eneolithic and Bronze Age material worlds.

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.

Asia 92.9%

Northern Asian 71.2%

Siberian 47.6%

Mongolian 23.7%

Japanese & Korean 9.4%

Japanese 9.4%

Central Asian, Northern Indian & Pakistani 8.0%

Central Asian 8.0%

Chinese & Southeast Asian 4.4%

Tibetan 4.4%

America 5.0%

Native American 5.0%

Oceania 1.2%

Melanesian 1.2%

Papuan 1.2%

Africa 0.9%

African Hunter-Gatherer 0.9%

Closest Modern Populations

These are the modern populations showing the closest statistical alignment to A man buried in Russia in the Early Neolithic 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

Mogush

4.6410

2

Tuvinian

4.8040

3

Khamnegan

6.1948

4

Buryat

7.2977

5

Altaian Kizhi

7.3319

6

Kalmyk

7.4277

7

Todzin

7.4439

8

Evenk O

7.5058

9

Mongol Xinjiang

7.6019

10

Mongolian

7.7250

Context

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