Ancient population · Iron Age

Arkhangai Xiongnu (Iron Age, Mongolia)

Name: Arkhangai Xiongnu (Iron Age, Mongolia) (Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu)
Creator: Genoplot

Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu

Arkhangai Xiongnu (Iron Age, Mongolia) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu), with 2 samples from Mongolia, dated to c. 50 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan), Arkhangai Xiongnu Early Medieval 2 (Medieval, Mongolia) and Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan); the nearest living populations are Turkmen, Turkmen Uzbekistan and Tajik Tajikistan Hisor.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups J2a and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include C4a and K1a.

Period: Iron Age
Date: c. 50 BCE
Country: Mongolia
Origin: Mongolia
Sampled near: Naimaa-Tolgoi 48.59, 101.86
Samples: 2
Published in: JeongWarinnerCell2020
Catalogue: Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu
Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu_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	Alai Nura (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_AlaiNura_IA`	2.39
2	Arkhangai Xiongnu Early Medieval 2 (Medieval, Mongolia)`Mongolia_Arkhangai_XiongnuEarlyMedieval_2`	2.57
3	Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_Saka_IA`	2.76
4	Tian Shan Saka (Iron Age, Kyrgyzstan)`Kyrgyzstan_TianShan_Saka`	2.84
5	Saka Tian Shan (Iron Age) · Saka_Tian_Shan`Saka_Tian_Shan`	2.85
6	Xinjiang Tangbalesayi Scythians Wusun possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Tangbalesayi_IA_Scythians_Wusun_possible`	3.00
7	Xinjiang Dongmaili (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Dongmaili_IA`	3.09
8	Xinjiang Caishichang (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Caishichang_IA`	3.10
9	Xinjiang Kuokesuxi (Early Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Kuokesuxi_EIA`	3.33
10	Xinjiang Wutulan Suodunbulake possible (Iron Age, China)`China_Xinjiang_Wutulan_IA_Suodunbulake_possible`	3.46

Modern
#	Population	Distance
1	Turkmen`Turkmen`	5.69
2	Turkmen Uzbekistan`Turkmen_Uzbekistan`	5.96
3	Tajik Tajikistan Hisor`Tajik_Tajikistan_Hisor`	6.51
4	Pamiri Sarikoli`Pamiri_Sarikoli`	6.97
5	Tatar Lipka`Tatar_Lipka`	7.01
6	Tatar Crimean steppe`Tatar_Crimean_steppe`	7.06
7	Tajik Tajikistan Ayni`Tajik_Tajikistan_Ayni`	7.07
8	Turkmen Iran`Turkmen_Iran`	7.13
9	Tajik`Tajik`	7.28
10	Uzbek`Uzbek`	8.10

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

J2a1a4b J-Y17404
R1a1a1b1a4b R-FT307664

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

Individuals 5

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
`NAI001`	`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu`	M	200 BCE - 100 CE	Naimaa-Tolgoi	J2a1a4b J-Y17404	K1a12a1a
`NAI002`	`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu`	M	200 BCE - 100 CE	Naimaa-Tolgoi	R1a1a1b1a4b R-FT307664	C4a2c1
`EME002` outlier	`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu_o`	F	200 BCE - 100 CE	Emeel-Tolgoi		B5a2a1b
`HUD001` outlier	`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu`	F	200 BCE - 100 CE	Khudgiin-Am		K1a19
`SOL001` outlier	`Mongolia_Arkhangai_Xiongnu`	F	200 BCE - 100 CE	Solbi-Uul		I4a