Lena River Bronze Age Echoes
Sparse Bronze Age communities along the Lena—archaeology and DNA reveal northern Eurasian roots.
Ancient and historical cultures
DNA Spotlights
Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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Late Sarmatians of the Southern Urals
Temyaysovo‑1 & Cherniy Yar burials (27–336 CE) showing steppe lifeways and mixed ancestry
Late Maikop of the Kuban Steppe
Six genomes from Sinjucha and Sinyukha illuminate a late Maikop presence on the Kuban steppe
Lena River Neolithic Echoes
Riverine foragers of Yakutia and Cis‑Baikal seen through archaeology and ancient DNA
Lokomotiv Eneolithic Echoes
Four ancient lives from Lokomotiv reveal early north Eurasian genetic threads
Poltavka: Voices of the Middle Volga
River-valley herders and kurgan graves revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
Taiga Bronze: Krasnoyarsk MLBA
Bronze Age communities of the Krasnoyarsk region revealed through burials and ancient DNA.
Boisman of the Far East
Coastal foragers of Primorsky Krai whose bones speak to Neolithic seas and ancient lineages
Sintashta of the Russian Steppe
Fortified Bronze Age communities tied to early chariots, metalwork, and steppe genetic lineages.
Ol'skaia: Magadan Bronze Age Shore
Coastal lives on the Okhotsk — fragments of people, pots and maternal lineages
Voices of Ice: Veretye Mesolithic
Stone-age shorelines in northwest Russia revealed through archaeology and ancient DNA
Mezhovskaya Echoes
Bronze Age lives from Kapova Cave revealed through stones, bones and DNA