Central Asia connects Steppe, mountain, and oasis populations across a long history of migration and exchange.
Periods and individuals through time
Bands show the periods scored in this report, with your similarity score for each. Portraits mark matched ancient individuals at their estimated date; the crown marks your closest match. Select a portrait to see details. The tables below carry the same information as text.
Your matches in chronological order
Period similarity scores
Fit-weighted affinity to each period's reference populations on a 0 to 100 scale. Values are similarity scores and do not add up to your ancestry.
| Period | Dates | Similarity | About this period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Age | 5,000 BCE to 3,300 BCE | 78/100 | Early metalworking communities. |
| Early Bronze Age | 3,300 BCE to 2,000 BCE | 0/100 | Early Bronze Age Steppe and oasis societies. |
| Middle / Late Bronze Age | 2,000 BCE to 1,200 BCE | 2/100 | Middle and Late Bronze Age networks. |
| Late Bronze Age | 1,200 BCE to 800 BCE | 0/100 | Late Bronze Age population movements. |
| Iron Age | 800 BCE to 300 CE | 2/100 | Iron Age nomadic and settled populations. |
| Sarmatian / Hunnic | 300 CE to 600 CE | 5/100 | Sarmatian, Hunnic, and related Steppe populations. |
| Turkic Khaganate | 600 CE to 900 CE | 0/100 | Turkic-period migrations and states. |
| Medieval | 900 CE to 1,500 CE | 3/100 | Medieval Central Asian communities. |