Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA

Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA), with 3 samples from China, dated to c. 550 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan), Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan and Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Tatar Lipka and Tajik Tajikistan Hisor.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a (3); its mtDNA haplogroups include D4j, F1b and T2b.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 550 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Dongmaili 43.60, 82.46
Samples
3
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_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
1Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka1.57
2Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan1.69
3Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.06
4Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA2.10
5Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA2.20
6Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA2.23
7Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA2.28
8Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible2.42
9Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible2.49
10Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.49
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1BesermyanBesermyan7.26
2Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka7.33
3Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor7.64
4Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli7.74
5UdmurtUdmurt7.79
6Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan7.94
7Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe8.09
8TurkmenTurkmen8.15
9Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni8.36
10TajikTajik8.39

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

3 men with a call

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 3

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
C790M750-350 BCEDongmailiR1a1a1 R-Z93T2b
C791M750-350 BCEDongmailiR1a1a R-M198D4j3a
C792M750-350 BCEDongmailiR1a1a1b2a2 R-Z2124F1b1