Located in the Eurasian heartland, Central Asia has played a major role in both the early
spread of modern humans out of Africa and the more recent settlements of differentiated
populations across Eurasia. A detailed knowledge of the peopling in this vast region would
therefore greatly improve our understanding of range expansions, colonizations and
recurrent migrations, including the impact of the historical expansion of eastern nomadic
groups that occurred in Central Asia. However, despite its presumable importance, little is …

Located in the Eurasian heartland, Central Asia has played a major role in both the early
spread of modern humans out of Africa and the more recent settlements of differentiated
populations across Eurasia. A detailed knowledge of the peopling in this vast region would
therefore greatly improve our understanding of range expansions, colonizations, and
recurrent migrations, including the impact of the historical expansion of eastern nomadic
groups that occurred in Central Asia. However, despite its presumable importance, little is …