# Kefir also spread from Xinjiang into inland East Asia, by a route independent of the Caucasus.

> Most likely: Kefir also spread from Xinjiang into inland East Asia, by a route independent of the Caucasus.

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# Kefir also spread from Xinjiang into inland East Asia, by a route independent of the Caucasus.

Kefir also spread from Xinjiang into inland East Asia, by a route independent of the Caucasus.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Ancient Xinjiang strains are ancestral or close to East Asian strains.

## What would rule it out

- Older Caucasian strains that are ancestral to both lineages and show a single late spread.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The ancient strain is closer to the Tibetan group and East Asian strains later gained defensive gene clusters.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies/evidence/EVD0D90E9X4630W/the-ancient-strain-is-closer-to-the-tibetan-group-and-east)

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## The questions it answers

[Did kefir spread to East Asia from the North Caucasus, or did it have another route through Xinjiang?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies/questions/QST0D90E3J01CSG/did-kefir-spread-to-east-asia-from-the-north-caucasus-or-did)

Part of [How did a genetically isolated people come to herd cattle and sheep, make cheese, weave wool and grow wheat and millet?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies/questions/QST0D90E3A63KN5/how-did-a-genetically-isolated-people-come-to-herd-cattle)

Most likelyKefir also spread from Xinjiang into inland East Asia, by a route independent of the Caucasus

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