Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA

Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA), with 3 samples from China, dated to c. 270 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China), Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China) and Xinjiang Tielieketesai 2 (Iron Age, China); the nearest living populations are Besermyan, Udmurt and Tatar Crimean steppe.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include C4 (2) and D4b.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 270 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Wulanbuluke 43.83, 82.80
Samples
3
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_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 G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible1.76
2Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.22
3Xinjiang Tielieketesai 2 (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tielieketesai_IA_22.49
4Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA2.53
5Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan2.58
6Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA2.60
7Tasmola Saka (Iron Age, Kazakhstan)Kazakhstan_Tasmola_Saka_IA2.65
8Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA2.86
9Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA2.91
10Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.97
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1BesermyanBesermyan7.65
2UdmurtUdmurt7.70
3Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe7.86
4BashkirBashkir7.88
5Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka7.92
6Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan8.85
7TurkmenTurkmen8.94
8Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan9.04
9Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli9.51
10UzbekUzbek9.54

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man 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
C4278.SGF400-150 BCEWulanbulukeC4
C4279.SGM400-150 BCEWulanbulukeR1a1a1 R-M417D4b1
C4280.SGF400-150 BCEWulanbulukeC4