Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Simutasi (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Simutasi_IA

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

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China), Xinjiang Abusanteer (Iron Age, China) and Molaly (Late Bronze Age, Kazakhstan); the nearest living populations are Tajik Tajikistan Hisor, Pamiri Sarikoli and Tajik.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a (2); its mtDNA haplogroups include G2b and U8b.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 300 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Simutasi 42.45, 81.50
Samples
2
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Simutasi_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 Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA2.39
2Xinjiang Abusanteer (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Abusanteer_IA2.53
3Molaly (Late Bronze Age, Kazakhstan)Kazakhstan_LBA_Molaly2.76
4Wusun (Iron Age, Kazakhstan) · KAZ_WusunKAZ_Wusun2.81
5Xinjiang Wuzan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wuzan_IA2.92
6Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA3.01
7Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA3.04
8Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible3.04
9Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA3.20
10Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka3.21
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor6.29
2Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli6.59
3TajikTajik6.85
4Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni6.92
5Tajik ShugnanTajik_Shugnan7.30
6Pamiri BadakhshanPamiri_Badakhshan7.35
7Tajik Tajikistan KulobTajik_Tajikistan_Kulob7.39
8Pamiri ShugnanPamiri_Shugnan7.45
9Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan7.48
10Tajik RushanTajik_Rushan7.49

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men 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
C1678M400-200 BCESimutasiR1a1a1b2a2 R-Z2124U8b1a2a
C1679.SGM400-200 BCESimutasiR1a1a1b2a2a3c2 R-S21872G2b2