Ancient East Asia
Historical Timeline
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East Asia's population history connects ancient foragers, early farmers, maritime communities, and imperial societies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleolithic | 40,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE | 16/100 | Paleolithic populations of East Asia. |
| Jomon | 14,000 BCE to 300 BCE | 2/100 | Jomon hunter-fisher communities of Japan. |
| Neolithic | 8,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE | 61/100 | Early farming communities. |
| Steppe | 3,000 BCE to 1,500 CE | 0/100 | Northeast Asian and Steppe connections. |
| Bronze Age | 2,000 BCE to 500 BCE | 0/100 | Bronze Age societies. |
| Iron Age | 500 BCE to 200 CE | 4/100 | Iron Age communities and state formation. |
| Imperial | 200 CE to 900 CE | 14/100 | Imperial-period East Asian populations. |
| Medieval | 900 CE to 1,500 CE | 0/100 | Medieval East Asian communities. |