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Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history

Vikas Kumar, Wenjun Wang, Jie Zhang et al., 2022. Science 376(6588): 62-69.

201 ancient genomes from 39 sites in Xinjiang. Bronze Age populations carry four main ancestries related to Early Bronze Age steppe, Central Asian and Tarim Basin cultures; steppe and Central Asian groups mixed through the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, followed by East and Central Asian inflow.

MYS0D90DXEP4QQE · mystery · click to copyMTarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)Articledoi: 10.1126/science.abk1534Checked against the original0

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The regional genetic background into which the isolated Tarim ancestry later merged.

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Kumar, V., Wang, W., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Ruan, Q., Yu, J., Wu, X., Hu, X., & Fu, Q. (2022). Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history. Science 376(6588): 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abk1534
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