Human Y-chromosomes are characterized by nonrecombination and uniparental
inheritance, carrying traces of human history evolution and admixture. Large-scale …

East Asia harbors substantial genetic, physical, cultural and linguistic diversity, but the
detailed structures and interrelationships of those aspects remain enigmatic. This question …

The paternal haplogroup (hg) N is distributed from southeast Asia to eastern Europe. The
demographic processes that have shaped the vast extent of this major Y chromosome …

Background Sakha–an area connecting South and Northeast Siberia–is significant for
understanding the history of peopling of Northeast Eurasia and the Americas. Previous …

Genome sequencing of the 5,300-year-old mummy of the Tyrolean Iceman, found in 1991
on a glacier near the border of Italy and Austria, has yielded new insights into his origin and …

After 568 AD the Avars settled in the Carpathian Basin and founded the Avar Qaganate that
was an important power in Central Europe until the 9th century. Part of the Avar society was …

Abstract Background The Yakuts contrast strikingly with other populations from Siberia due
to their cattle-and horse-breeding economy as well as their Turkic language. On the basis of …

To reconstruct the phylogenetic structure of Y‐chromosome haplogroup (hg) C in
populations of northern Eurasia, we have analyzed the diversity of microsatellite (STR) loci …

The Y-chromosome haplogroup N-M231 (Hg N) is distributed widely in eastern and central
Asia, Siberia, as well as in eastern and northern Europe. Previous studies suggested a …

Evenks and Evens, Tungusic-speaking reindeer herders and hunter-gatherers, are spread
over a wide area of northern Asia, whereas their linguistic relatives the Udegey, sedentary …