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Choongwon Jeong1, Ke Wang2, Shevan Wilkin3, William Timothy Treal Taylor4, Bryan K Miller5, Jan H Bemmann6, Raphaela Stahl2, Chelsea Chiovelli2, Florian Knolle2, Sodnom Ulziibayar7, Dorjpurev Khatanbaatar8, Diimaajav Erdenebaatar9, Ulambayar Erdenebat10, Ayudai Ochir11, Ganbold Ankhsanaa12, Chuluunkhuu Vanchigdash8, Battuga Ochir13, Chuluunbat Munkhbayar14, Dashzeveg Tumen10, Alexey Kovalev15, Nikolay Kradin16, Bilikto A Bazarov17, Denis A Miyagashev17, Prokopiy B Konovalov17, Elena Zhambaltarova18, Alicia Ventresca Miller19, Wolfgang Haak2, Stephan Schiffels2, Johannes Krause20, Nicole Boivin3, Myagmar Erdene10, Jessica Hendy21, Christina Warinner22.
Abstract
The Eastern Eurasian Steppe was home to historic empires of nomadic pastoralists, including the Xiongnu and the Mongols. However, little is known about the region's population history. Here, we reveal its dynamic genetic history by analyzing new genome-wide data for 214 ancient individuals spanning 6,000 years. We identify a pastoralist expansion into Mongolia ca. 3000 BCE, and by the Late Bronze Age, Mongolian populations were biogeographically structured into three distinct groups, all practicing dairy pastoralism regardless of ancestry. The Xiongnu emerged from the mixing of these populations and those from surrounding regions. By comparison, the Mongols exhibit much higher eastern Eurasian ancestry, resembling present-day Mongolic-speaking populations. Our results illuminate the complex interplay between genetic, sociopolitical, and cultural changes on the Eastern Steppe.Entities:
Keywords: Eastern Steppe; Mongol empire; Mongolia; Xiongnu empire; ancient DNA; human population history; migration; nomadic pastoralists
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Year: 2020 PMID： 33157037 PMCID： PMC7664836 DOI： 10.1016/j.cell.2020.10.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN： 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582