Genetic population structure of the Xiongnu Empire at imperial and local scales
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- Juhyeon Lee
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Bryan K. Miller
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Erik Johannesson
- Circle CRM Group Inc., Calgary, AB T2B 2X3, Canada.
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- Alicia Ventresca Miller
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Christina Warinner
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.
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- Choongwon Jeong
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2023-04-14
- DOI
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- 10.1126/sciadv.adf3904
- 公開者
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
説明
<jats:p>The Xiongnu established the first nomadic imperial power, controlling the Eastern Eurasian steppe from ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. Recent archaeogenetic studies identified extreme levels of genetic diversity across the empire, corroborating historical records of the Xiongnu Empire being multiethnic. However, it has remained unknown how this diversity was structured at the local community level or by sociopolitical status. To address this, we investigated aristocratic and local elite cemeteries at the western frontier of the empire. Analyzing genome-wide data from 18 individuals, we show that genetic diversity within these communities was comparable to the empire as a whole, and that high diversity was also observed within extended families. Genetic heterogeneity was highest among the lowest-status individuals, implying diverse origins, while higher-status individuals harbored less genetic diversity, suggesting that elite status and power was concentrated within specific subsets of the broader Xiongnu population.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Science Advances
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Science Advances 9 (15), 2023-04-14
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)