Tarim Basin mummies not Indo-Europeans

[Duncan Head]

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

[davidb]

Very interesting