Ancient population · Iron Age

Early Xiongnu rest (Iron Age)

Early_Xiongnu_rest

Early Xiongnu rest (Iron Age) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Early_Xiongnu_rest), with 1 sample from Arkhangai, Mongolia, dated to c. 100 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Khuvsgul Xiongnu Late Medieval 2 (Medieval, Mongolia), Sukhbaatar Xiongnu Late Medieval (Medieval, Mongolia) and Birlik (Iron Age, Kazakhstan); the nearest living populations are Altaian, Altaian Kizhi and Khakass Kachins.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup R1b; its mtDNA haplogroup is G2a.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 100 BCE
Country
Mongolia
Origin
Arkhangai, Mongolia
Sampled near
Salkhityn-Am 49.16, 101.42
Samples
1
Catalogue
Early_Xiongnu_rest

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
1Khuvsgul Xiongnu Late Medieval 2 (Medieval, Mongolia)Mongolia_Khuvsgul_XiongnuLateMedieval_23.74
2Sukhbaatar Xiongnu Late Medieval (Medieval, Mongolia)Mongolia_Sukhbaatar_XiongnuLateMedieval3.82
3Birlik (Iron Age, Kazakhstan)Kazakhstan_Birlik_IA4.30
4Hun Elite (Late Iron Age, Kazakhstan)Kazakhstan_Hun_Elite_LIA4.78
5Danube Tisza Late Avar (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_DanubeTisza_LAvar4.80
6Hun Elite (Iron Age)Hun_Elite_IA5.19
7Early Avar Elite (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_EarlyAvar_Elite5.32
8Arkhangai (Late Medieval, Mongolia)Mongolia_Arkhangai_LateMedieval5.32
9Xinjiang Unknown (Iron Age, China)China_Xinjiang_Unknown_IA5.78
10Xinjiang Ayousaigoukou Historical (Antiquity, China)China_Xinjiang_Ayousaigoukou_Historical5.80
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1AltaianAltaian4.22
2Altaian KizhiAltaian_Kizhi4.34
3Khakass KachinsKhakass_Kachins4.88
4Mongol XinjiangMongol_Xinjiang5.14
5Kazakh ChinaKazakh_China5.14
6MongolianMongolian5.78
7KalmykKalmyk5.89
8KirghizKirghiz6.08
9Kirghiz ChinaKirghiz_China6.09
10MogushMogush6.53

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

mtDNA

1 individual with a call

Individuals 1

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
SKT006M162-47 calBCESalkhityn-AmR1b R-PH155G2a1e