Ancient Individual

A man buried in Russia in the Early Bronze Age era

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A man buried in Russia during the Russia Afanasievo

A fragment of the ancient world, preserved across millennia in strands of DNA.

I3950

2879 BCE - 2632 BCE

Male

Russia

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Chapter I

Identity

The biological and cultural markers that define this ancient individual

Sample ID

I3950

Date Range

2879 BCE - 2632 BCE

Cultural Period

Russia Afanasievo

Biological Sex

Male

mtDNA Haplogroup

U5b2a1a-a*

Y-DNA Haplogroup

Q-FT380500

Social Role

Pastoralist (AI estimate, era-typical)

Chapter II

Place

Where this individual was discovered

Country Russia

Locality Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III

Coordinates 48.8327, 83.9097

Chapter III

Time

When this individual lived in the broader context of human history

I3950 2879 BCE - 2632 BCE

Chapter IV

Genetics

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 66.3%

Northwestern European 33.5%

English 28.2%

Scandinavian 4.9%

Eastern European 32.8%

Asia 33.7%

Northern West Asian 23.9%

Caucasian 23.9%

Central Asian, Northern Indian & Pakistani 9.8%

Pakistan 9.8%

Closest Modern Populations

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

Tatar Mishar

6.2343

Moksha

6.6043

Mordovian

6.6998

Turkish Deliorman

6.7997

Erzya

6.8056

Moldovan O

7.3276

Russian Kostroma

7.5419

Turkish Rumeli

7.7217

Russian Ryazan

7.7470

Russian Krasnoborsky

7.8338

Context

Related Samples

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

Sample ID	Culture/Period	Date	Location	Action
I3388	Afanasievo Culture	2800 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3949	Afanasievo Culture	2844 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3950	Afanasievo Culture	2879 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I6714	Afanasievo Culture	2618 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3388		2800 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3949		2844 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3950		2879 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I6714		2618 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View

Sample ID	Culture/Period	Date	Location	Action
I6712	Afanasievo Culture	2857 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I6711	Afanasievo Culture	2950 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I6713	Afanasievo Culture	3000 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I6715	Afanasievo Culture	3300 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I2069	Afanasievo Culture	3331 BCE	Altai Autonomous Republic. Ust-Kanski. Altai Mountains. Kaminnaya Cave, Russia	View
I2071	Afanasievo Culture	3088 BCE	Altai Mountains. Ust'-Kuyum, Russia	View
I3951	Afanasievo Culture	2881 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3954	Afanasievo Culture	2874 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I1829	Afanasievo Culture	3011 BCE	Altai Mountains. Saldyar-1 cemetery, Russia	View
I3952	Afanasievo Culture	2868 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I5269	Afanasievo Culture	3016 BCE	Elo 1, Russia	View
I5270	Afanasievo Culture	3323 BCE	Elo 1, Russia	View
I5271	Afanasievo Culture	3011 BCE	Elo 1, Russia	View
I5272	Afanasievo Culture	3006 BCE	Elo Bashi, Russia	View
I5273	Afanasievo Culture	3011 BCE	Lower Tyumechin 1, Russia	View
I5277	Afanasievo Culture	3092 BCE	Elo Bashi, Russia	View
I5278	Afanasievo Culture	3082 BCE	Lower Tyumechin 1, Russia	View
I5279	Afanasievo Culture	3011 BCE	Lower Tyumechin 1, Russia	View
I3387	Afanasievo Culture	2950 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I10565	Afanasievo Culture	2889 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I10564	Afanasievo Culture	3300 BCE	Middle Yenisei region. Afanasieva Gora, Russia	View
I11112	Afanasievo Culture	3050 BCE	Krasnoyarsk Krai. Minusinsk Rayon. Podsukhanika II, Russia	View
I11752	Afanasievo Culture	2900 BCE	Inskoy Dol, Russia	View
I3388	Afanasievo Culture	2800 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3949	Afanasievo Culture	2844 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I3950	Afanasievo Culture	2879 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
I6714	Afanasievo Culture	2618 BCE	Altai Mountains. Yenisey River. left bank of Karasuk tributary. Karasuk III, Russia	View
RISE511	Afanasievo Culture	2909 BCE	Bateni, Russia	View
RISE507.508.merge	Afanasievo Culture	3323 BCE	River Kuyum, Russia	View
RISE510	Afanasievo Culture	2848 BCE	Bateni, Russia	View

Sources

References

Scientific publications and genetic data that inform this profile.

Scientific Publication

A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes

Authors Wohns AW, Wong Y, Jeffery B, Akbari A, Mallick S et al.

Abstract

The sequencing of modern and ancient genomes from around the world has revolutionized our understanding of human history and evolution. However, the problem of how best to characterize ancestral relationships from the totality of human genomic variation remains unsolved. Here, we address this challenge with nonparametric methods that enable us to infer a unified genealogy of modern and ancient humans. This compact representation of multiple datasets explores the challenges of missing and erroneous data and uses ancient samples to constrain and date relationships. We demonstrate the power of the method to recover relationships between individuals and populations as well as to identify descendants of ancient samples. Finally, we introduce a simple nonparametric estimator of the geographical location of ancestors that recapitulates key events in human history.

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G25 Coordinates

These coordinates represent a position in genetic space, a tool for comparison, not a conclusion. You can use these to perform custom admixture analysis in G25 Studio.

I3950,0.11617334,0.07718856,0.02919768,0.04319816,-0.0073974,0.01730994,0.00836648,0.00294448,-0.02329812,-0.03051008,-0.00087956,-0.00261798,0.00794528,0.0049141,-0.00315406,-0.00015872,-0.0040782,-0.00022068,-0.00171686,-0.00475744,-0.00086268,0.00125144,0.00182992,0.00463158,-0.00268185

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