Ancient population · Iron Age

Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)

China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA

Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA), with 7 samples from China, dated to c. 270–200 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China), Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan and Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Pamiri Sarikoli, Tajik Tajikistan Hisor and Tatar Lipka.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups BT, D1a and Q; its mtDNA haplogroups include T2b (2), C1e, C4 and D4i.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 270–200 BCE
Country
China
Sampled near
Wutulan 43.83, 82.72
Samples
7
Published in
KumarFuScience2022
Catalogue
China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_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_possible2.09
2Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_ShanSaka_Tian_Shan2.13
3Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka2.21
4Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.22
5Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA2.23
6Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA2.42
7Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA2.49
8Xinjiang Axile (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Axile_IA2.51
9Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA2.53
10Xinjiang Qiafuqihaishuiku Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Qiafuqihaishuiku_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible2.61
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Pamiri SarikoliPamiri_Sarikoli7.78
2Tajik Tajikistan HisorTajik_Tajikistan_Hisor7.93
3Tatar LipkaTatar_Lipka7.94
4BesermyanBesermyan7.99
5Tatar Crimean steppeTatar_Crimean_steppe8.35
6UdmurtUdmurt8.41
7TurkmenTurkmen8.42
8Tajik Tajikistan AyniTajik_Tajikistan_Ayni8.61
9Tatar KazanTatar_Kazan8.66
10Turkmen UzbekistanTurkmen_Uzbekistan8.66

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

3 men with a call

mtDNA

5 individuals with a call

Individuals 7

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
C1633M400-150 BCEWutulanD1a1a1 D-F901D4i
C1635F450-50 BCEWutulan
C1636F450-50 BCEWutulanC1e
C1637M349-57 calBCEWutulanBT BTC4
C1638
C1640F351-103 calBCEWutulanT2b2
C4283M400-100 BCEWutulanQ QT2b4h