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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on November 01, 2021, 11:33:16 AM

Title: Tarim Basin mummies not Indo-Europeans
Post by: Duncan Head on November 01, 2021, 11:33:16 AM
Genetic analysis suggests that the Tarim Basin mummies from Xinjiang were not related to other ancient Indo-European populations, as previously suggested, but were indigenous "Ancient North Eurasians":

https://www.livescience.com/tarim-mummies-origins-uncovered
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211027121943.htm

Original paper at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04052-7
Title: Re: Tarim Basin mummies not Indo-Europeans
Post by: davidb on November 02, 2021, 12:53:05 AM
Very interesting