West Liao River — Erdaojingzi Lineage
Late Neolithic–early Bronze Age people of Erdaojingzi, Inner Mongolia — genetic glimpses from three individuals
Ancient and historical cultures
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West Liao River Neolithic Echoes
Banla Mountain lives—fragments of people, pottery and DNA from 3550–3050 BCE
Wuzhuangguoliang: Voices of Late Neolithic Shaanxi
Shaanxi community (3400–2702 BCE) revealed by archaeology and 11 ancient genomes
Shirenzigou Echoes
Iron Age Xinjiang at the crossroads of Steppe and East Asia
Abusanteer: Iron Age Yili Frontier
A small Iron Age community on the Yili (Ili) corridor linking steppe and oasis worlds.
Altay Echoes: Ayituohan Afanasievo
Bronze Age herders in Xinjiang where steppe genes met mountain landscapes
Ayousaigoukou Iron Age Echoes
Tiny sample from Xinjiang reveals a stirring, mixed ancestry at the heart of the Yili corridor.
Caishichang: Echoes of the Iron Age
Xinjiang burials (800–1 BCE) revealing a tentative blend of eastern and western maternal and paternal lineages.
Dongtalede Iron Age Echoes
Three burials in Xinjiang that hint at a borderland of east and west
Dongmaili: Iron Age Crossroads
Three mitochondrial genomes from Dongmaili hint at east–west maternal threads in Iron Age Xinjiang
Echoes of the Afanasievo in Xinjiang
Early Bronze Age pastoralists at G218 (3013–2576 BCE) linking steppe lifeways and West-Eurasian genes
Echoes of the Steppe: G218 Scythian‑Era Graves
Iron Age burials from Xinjiang that hint at steppe ties and mixed west‑east ancestry