Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA

Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA), with 2 samples from China, dated to c. 300 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China), Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China) and Nomad (Iron Age); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Pamiri Sarikoli and Tajik Tajikistan Hisor.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include U5a and U7b.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 300 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Axile 43.54, 83.28
Samples
2
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA2.28
2Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible2.36
3Nomad (Iron Age)Nomad_IA2.45
4Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka2.46
5Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA2.48
6Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA2.51
7Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA2.56
8Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Jirentaigoukou_IA2.63
9Xinjiang Jirentaigoukou (Early Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Jirentaigoukou_EIA2.64
10Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.67
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1BesermyanBesermyan7.68
2Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli7.80
3Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor8.13
4UdmurtUdmurt8.14
5Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka8.56
6Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan8.61
7TajikTajik8.76
8Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni8.78
9Pamiri WakhiPamiri_Wakhi8.83
10Pamiri BadakhshanPamiri_Badakhshan9.05

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
C3362F390-206 calBCEAxileU7b
C3363M397-209 calBCEAxileR1a1a R-M198U5a1d2a