Ancient population · Iron Age

Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)

Name: Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) (Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA)
Creator: Genoplot

Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA

Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA), with 4 samples from Kyrgyzstan, dated to c. 230–360 CE.

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

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups R1a (2), E1b and Q1b; its mtDNA haplogroups include D4j, H6b and U5a.

Period: Iron Age
Date: c. 230–360 CE
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Sampled near: Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds 41.41, 71.50
Samples: 4
Published in: Gnecchi-RusconeKrauseSciAdv2021
Catalogue: Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA
Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA_o outliers

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
#	Population	Distance
1	Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	1.83
2	Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan`Saka_Tian_Shan`	1.86
3	Xinjiang G 218 Scythian Yuezhi Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_G218_IA_Scythian_Yuezhi_Wusun_possible`	2.14
4	Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka`	2.19
5	Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible`	2.34
6	Arkhangai Xiongnu (Iron Age, Mongolia)`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu`	2.39
7	Hun Tian Shan (Medieval)`Hun_Tian_Shan`	2.50
8	Xinjiang Wulanbuluke (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Wulanbuluke_IA`	2.60
9	Xinjiang Wutulan (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA`	2.65
10	Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA`	2.70

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Tatar Crimean steppe`Tatar_Crimean_steppe`	7.05
2	Tatar Lipka`Tatar_Lipka`	7.08
3	Turkmen`Turkmen`	7.17
4	Turkmen Uzbekistan`Turkmen_Uzbekistan`	7.26
5	Bashkir`Bashkir`	7.67
6	Besermyan`Besermyan`	7.94
7	Uzbek`Uzbek`	8.20
8	Udmurt`Udmurt`	8.24
9	Pamiri Sarikoli`Pamiri_Sarikoli`	8.27
10	Tajik Tajikistan Hisor`Tajik_Tajikistan_Hisor`	8.28

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

4 men with a call

R1a1a1 R-Z93 2
E1b1b1b2a1 E-Z36113
Q1b1a3a1 Q-L332

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 7

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.

Sample	Catalogue entry	Sex	Date	Site	Y-DNA	mtDNA
`ALN002`	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	M	130-324 calCE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds	R1a1a1 R-Z93
`ALN003`	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	M	100-400 CE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds	Q1b1a3a1 Q-L332	U5a1g
`ALN005`	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	M	259-415 calCE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds	R1a1a1 R-Y147630	H6b2
`ALN008`	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	M	100-400 CE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds	E1b1b1b2a1 E-Z36113	D4j
`ALN001` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA_o`	M	248-402 calCE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds	Q1a1 Q-F746	U7
`ALN006` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	F	749-409 calBCE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds		U1a1c1d
`ALN009` outlier	`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	F	100-400 CE	Alai / Nura I, II, Tuyuk II Mounds		F1d