Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history

Published:2022-04 Issue:6588 Volume:376 Page:62-69
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Kumar Vikas¹²^ORCID,Wang Wenjun¹³^ORCID,Zhang Jie⁴,Wang Yongqiang⁴^ORCID,Ruan Qiurong⁴,Yu Jianjun⁴,Wu Xiaohong⁵^ORCID,Hu Xingjun⁴,Wu Xinhua⁶,Guo Wu⁶,Wang Bo⁷,Niyazi Alipujiang⁴,Lv Enguo⁴,Tang Zihua⁸^ORCID,Cao Peng¹,Liu Feng¹,Dai Qingyan¹,Yang Ruowei¹,Feng Xiaotian¹,Ping Wanjing¹^ORCID,Zhang Lizhao¹^ORCID,Zhang Ming¹,Hou Weihong¹,Liu Yichen¹²^ORCID,Bennett E. Andrew¹^ORCID,Fu Qiaomei¹²⁹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.

2. Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute, Shanghai 200232, China.

3. National Centre for Archaeology, Beijing 100013, China.

4. Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Xinjiang, Urumqi 830011, China.

5. School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

6. Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing 100710, China.

7. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, Urumqi 830002, China.

8. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100020, China.

9. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

Abstract

The Xinjiang region in northwest China is a historically important geographical passage between East and West Eurasia. By sequencing 201 ancient genomes from 39 archaeological sites, we clarify the complex demographic history of this region. Bronze Age Xinjiang populations are characterized by four major ancestries related to Early Bronze Age cultures from the central and eastern Steppe, Central Asian, and Tarim Basin regions. Admixtures between Middle and Late Bronze Age Steppe cultures continued during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, along with an inflow of East and Central Asian ancestry. Historical era populations show similar admixed and diverse ancestries as those of present-day Xinjiang populations. These results document the influence that East and West Eurasian populations have had over time in the different regions of Xinjiang.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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