# Males of the lowest Xiaohe layer carry Y haplogroup R1a1a, read in 2010 as a western link.

> Males of the lowest Xiaohe layer carry Y haplogroup R1a1a, read in 2010 as a western link.

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# Males of the lowest Xiaohe layer carry Y haplogroup R1a1a, read in 2010 as a western link.

Males of the lowest Xiaohe layer carry Y haplogroup R1a1a, read in 2010 as a western link.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[They descended from Afanasievo herders of the Altai, themselves derived from the Yamnaya of the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tarim-mummies/answers/ANS0D90E41M0WR4/they-descended-from-afanasievo-herders-of-the-altai)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Males of the lowest Xiaohe layer carry Y haplogroup R1a1a, read in 2010 as a western link. [Evidence EVD0D90E4S25A05]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D90E4S25A05
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