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)
A small number of incomers brought the economy, and their ancestry is too diluted to detect in the sampled…
A small number of incomers brought the economy, and their ancestry is too diluted to detect in the sampled genomes.
Where it stands
Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- A larger sample, or upper-layer individuals, shows low-level migrant ancestry.
What would rule it out
- Larger samples across all layers with no migrant ancestry above detection limits.
Evidence 1 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). A small number of incomers brought the economy, and their ancestry is too diluted to detect in the sampled… [Answer ANS0D90E8E82P3Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D90E8E82P3Y
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