DNA 专题

Echoes of the Afanasievo in Xinjiang

Early Bronze Age pastoralists at G218 (3013–2576 BCE) linking steppe lifeways and West-Eurasian genes

• Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County)
• 3013 CE - 2576 BCE

Wind-Swept Saka: Eleke Sazy Burials

Iron Age Tasmola‑Saka burials on the Eleke Sazy Plateau, revealing steppe life through archaeology and DNA

• East Kazakhstan (Tarbagatai, Eleke Sazy Plateau)
• 789 CE - 483 BCE

Laikipia–Nakuru Iron‑Age Pastoralists

A small pastoral community in central Kenya seen through graves, grazing lands and ancient DNA

• Central Kenya (Nakuru, Laikipia)
• 1296 CE - 950 BCE

Rift Valley Pastoralists

Echoes of mobile herders in Kenya's highlands, seen through bones and genomes

• Rift Valley, Kenya (Nakuru, Laikipia, Nyandarua)
• 1407 CE - 206 BCE

Elmenteitan Pastoralists of the Rift

Late Pastoral Neolithic herders from Nakuru whose bones whisper of movement and contact

• Central Rift Valley, Kenya (Nakuru)
• 800 CE - 24 BCE

Andronovo Echoes — Kytmanovo

Bronze Age pastoralists at Kytmanovo revealed through graves and mitochondrial U lineages

• Kytmanovo, Russia
• 1862 CE - 1295 BCE

Samara Yamnaya: Voices of the Steppe

Early Bronze Age pastoralists from the Volga steppe, 3339–2500 BCE

• Samara Oblast, Volga River Valley, Russia
• 3339 CE - 2500 BCE

Timber-Grave Steppe: Srubnaya of Samara

Bronze Age communities (2050–1200 BCE) of the Samara steppes, seen through archaeology and DNA

• Samara Oblast, Volga River Valley, Russia
• 2050 CE - 1200 BCE

Lake Eyasi Pastoralists (Tanzania PN‑IA)

Four individuals from Gishimangeda Cave hint at pastoral lifeways on the northeastern shore of Lake Eyasi, 800–1 BCE.

• Lake Eyasi, Karatu District, Tanzania
• 800 BCE - 1 BCE

Taukome Early Iron Age Echoes

A lone 10th‑century burial linking ironwork, pottery, and maternal L‑lineages

• Taukome, Botswana
• 900 CE - 1000 CE