DNA 专题

West Liao River — Erdaojingzi Lineage

Late Neolithic–early Bronze Age people of Erdaojingzi, Inner Mongolia — genetic glimpses from three individuals

• Inner Mongolia (Chifeng), Northeast China
• 2050 CE - 1517 BCE

West Liao River Neolithic Echoes

Banla Mountain lives—fragments of people, pottery and DNA from 3550–3050 BCE

• Liaoning, Northeast China
• 3550 CE - 3050 BCE

Wuzhuangguoliang: Voices of Late Neolithic Shaanxi

Shaanxi community (3400–2702 BCE) revealed by archaeology and 11 ancient genomes

• Shaanxi, China (Wuzhuangguoliang)
• 3400 CE - 2702 BCE

Shirenzigou Echoes

Iron Age Xinjiang at the crossroads of Steppe and East Asia

• Northwest China (Xinjiang)
• 550 CE - 150 BCE

Abusanteer: Iron Age Yili Frontier

A small Iron Age community on the Yili (Ili) corridor linking steppe and oasis worlds.

• Xinjiang (Yili/Ili Region), China
• 789 CE - 202 BCE

Altay Echoes: Ayituohan Afanasievo

Bronze Age herders in Xinjiang where steppe genes met mountain landscapes

• Xinjiang (Altay, Habahe County, Ayituohan)
• 2850 CE - 2472 BCE

Ayousaigoukou Iron Age Echoes

Tiny sample from Xinjiang reveals a stirring, mixed ancestry at the heart of the Yili corridor.

• Xinjiang, Yili Region (Xinyuan County)
• 754 CE - 204 BCE

Caishichang: Echoes of the Iron Age

Xinjiang burials (800–1 BCE) revealing a tentative blend of eastern and western maternal and paternal lineages.

• Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County)
• 800 CE - 1 BCE

Dongtalede Iron Age Echoes

Three burials in Xinjiang that hint at a borderland of east and west

• Xinjiang, China (Aletai Region, Habahe County)
• 755 CE - 420 BCE

Dongmaili: Iron Age Crossroads

Three mitochondrial genomes from Dongmaili hint at east–west maternal threads in Iron Age Xinjiang

• Xinjiang (Yili, Nileke County), China
• 743 CE - 386 BCE

Echoes of the Afanasievo in Xinjiang

Early Bronze Age pastoralists at G218 (3013–2576 BCE) linking steppe lifeways and West-Eurasian genes

• Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County)
• 3013 CE - 2576 BCE

Echoes of the Steppe: G218 Scythian‑Era Graves

Iron Age burials from Xinjiang that hint at steppe ties and mixed west‑east ancestry

• Xinjiang, China (Yili Region, Nileke County, G218)
• 386 CE - 8 BCE