The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains
Abstract Seventeen years of archaeological and anthropological expeditions in North-Eastern Siberia (in the Sakha Republic, Yakutia) have permitted the genetic analysis of 150 ancient (15th-19th century) and 510 modern individuals. Almost all males were successfully analysed (Y-STR) and this allowed...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s42003-020-01307-3 2023-05-15T18:08:26+02:00 The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains Zvénigorosky, Vincent Duchesne, Sylvie Romanova, Liubomira Gérard, Patrice Petit, Christiane Petit, Michel Alexeev, Anatoly Melnichuk, Olga Gonzalez, Angéla Fausser, Jean-Luc Solovyev, Aisen Romanov, Georgii Barashkov, Nikolay Fedorova, Sardana Ludes, Bertrand Crubézy, Eric Keyser, Christine 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01307-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01307-3.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01307-3 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Communications Biology volume 3, issue 1 ISSN 2399-3642 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Medicine (miscellaneous) journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01307-3 2022-01-04T07:10:43Z Abstract Seventeen years of archaeological and anthropological expeditions in North-Eastern Siberia (in the Sakha Republic, Yakutia) have permitted the genetic analysis of 150 ancient (15th-19th century) and 510 modern individuals. Almost all males were successfully analysed (Y-STR) and this allowed us to identify paternal lineages and their geographical expansion through time. This genetic data was confronted with mythological, historical and material evidence to establish the sequence of events that built the modern Yakut genetic diversity. We show that the ancient Yakuts recovered from this large collection of graves are not representative of an ancient population. Uncommonly, we were also able to demonstrate that the funerary preference observed here involved three specific male lineages, especially in the 18 th century. Moreover, this dominance was likely caused by the Russian conquest of Siberia which allowed some male clans to rise to new levels of power. Finally, we give indications that some mythical and historical figures might have been the actors of those genetic changes. These results help us reconsider the genetic dynamics of colonization in some regions, question the distinction between fact and myth in national histories and provide a rare insight into a funerary ensemble by revealing the biased process of its composition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sakha Sakha Republic Yakut Yakutia Yakuts Siberia Springer Nature (via Crossref) Sakha Communications Biology 3 1 |
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Abstract Seventeen years of archaeological and anthropological expeditions in North-Eastern Siberia (in the Sakha Republic, Yakutia) have permitted the genetic analysis of 150 ancient (15th-19th century) and 510 modern individuals. Almost all males were successfully analysed (Y-STR) and this allowed us to identify paternal lineages and their geographical expansion through time. This genetic data was confronted with mythological, historical and material evidence to establish the sequence of events that built the modern Yakut genetic diversity. We show that the ancient Yakuts recovered from this large collection of graves are not representative of an ancient population. Uncommonly, we were also able to demonstrate that the funerary preference observed here involved three specific male lineages, especially in the 18 th century. Moreover, this dominance was likely caused by the Russian conquest of Siberia which allowed some male clans to rise to new levels of power. Finally, we give indications that some mythical and historical figures might have been the actors of those genetic changes. These results help us reconsider the genetic dynamics of colonization in some regions, question the distinction between fact and myth in national histories and provide a rare insight into a funerary ensemble by revealing the biased process of its composition. |
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Zvénigorosky, Vincent Duchesne, Sylvie Romanova, Liubomira Gérard, Patrice Petit, Christiane Petit, Michel Alexeev, Anatoly Melnichuk, Olga Gonzalez, Angéla Fausser, Jean-Luc Solovyev, Aisen Romanov, Georgii Barashkov, Nikolay Fedorova, Sardana Ludes, Bertrand Crubézy, Eric Keyser, Christine |
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Zvénigorosky, Vincent Duchesne, Sylvie Romanova, Liubomira Gérard, Patrice Petit, Christiane Petit, Michel Alexeev, Anatoly Melnichuk, Olga Gonzalez, Angéla Fausser, Jean-Luc Solovyev, Aisen Romanov, Georgii Barashkov, Nikolay Fedorova, Sardana Ludes, Bertrand Crubézy, Eric Keyser, Christine |
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The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains |
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The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains |
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The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains |
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The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains |
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The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains |
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