Tangbalesayi: Crossroads on the Yili Steppe
Medieval Yili burials (991–1031 CE) revealing mixed maternal lineages U and C at a Xinjiang site
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Tangbalesayi Iron Age Mosaic
Eight Iron Age burials in Xinjiang reveal a frontier of blended ancestries and material lives.
Wulanbuluke Iron Age Voices
A small genetic window into 385–197 BCE life on the Yili steppe
Wutulan Iron Age Voices
Burials from Xinjiang's Yili plain revealing tangled steppe and oasis threads
Wuzan Iron Age Burials
Five hearths of the Yili: bones, beads, and maternal lineages at Wuzan
Xiaohe Bronze Age Echoes
Burials from Xinjiang’s Xiaohe reveal a desert crossroads of maternal East Eurasian lineages and western paternal markers.
Loess Voices: Henan Late Bronze–Iron People
Genetic and archaeological glimpses from Jiaozuoniecun and Haojiatai (1550–48 BCE)
Echoes from the Yellow River
Late Neolithic communities in Henan where pottery, millet, and genes tell a converging story
Yellow River: Xiaowu–Wanggou Neolithic
Eight Middle Neolithic individuals from Henan illuminate early Yellow River lifeways and genetics.
Zhagunluke Iron-Age Oasis
A frontier community in the eastern Tarim Basin where steppe and oasis lineages met
Kindoki: Protohistoric Echoes of the Congo
Three genomes from Kindoki reveal intimate links between local lineages and broader historical currents
Lasinja: Echoes from Potočani
Chalcolithic farmers of Croatia (4315–3900 BCE) whose bones link archaeology to DNA