QuestionsTarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)How did a genetically isolated people come to herd cattle and sheep, make cheese, weave wool and grow wheat and millet?Answer
Answer · Tarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)
Neighbouring groups passed on the practices and the animals and crops through trade and contact, with little…
Neighbouring groups passed on the practices and the animals and crops through trade and contact, with little or no intermarriage.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- The domestic animals and crops descend from populations of neighbouring regions (Dzungaria, Central Asia, Gansu).
- Material culture shows borrowed elements from several directions.
What would rule it out
- Evidence that a migrant group brought the economy and then disappeared without genetic trace in the cemeteries.
Evidence 3 for · none against
The questions it answers
Most likelyNeighbouring groups passed on the practices and the animals and crops through trade and contact, with little…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Neighbouring groups passed on the practices and the animals and crops through trade and contact, with little… [Answer ANS0D90E7F052Q1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D90E7F052Q1
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year = {2026},
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