Ancient population · Iron Age
Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)
China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible
Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible), with 4 samples from China, dated to c. 290–70 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan, Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Tatar Lipka and Udmurt.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1a (2) and P1; its mtDNA haplogroups include D4j, D5a, H6a and H6b.
- Period
- Iron Age
- Date
- c. 290–70 BCE
- Country
- China
- Sampled near
- G218 43.80, 82.51
- Samples
- 4
- Published in
- KumarFuScience2022
- Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan | 1.70 |
| 2 | Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA | 1.76 |
| 3 | Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA | 1.91 |
| 4 | Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 2.03 |
| 5 | Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka | 2.06 |
| 6 | Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA | 2.09 |
| 7 | Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible | 2.13 |
| 8 | Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA | 2.14 |
| 9 | Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA | 2.42 |
| 10 | Xinjiang Tielieketesai 2 (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tielieketesai_IA_2 | 2.57 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BesermyanBesermyan | 7.62 |
| 2 | Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka | 7.78 |
| 3 | UdmurtUdmurt | 7.84 |
| 4 | Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe | 7.97 |
| 5 | BashkirBashkir | 8.41 |
| 6 | TurkmenTurkmen | 8.55 |
| 7 | Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan | 8.68 |
| 8 | Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan | 8.68 |
| 9 | Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor | 8.83 |
| 10 | Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli | 8.85 |
Haplogroups
Individuals 5
The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.