On the origins of the Sakhas' paternal lineages: Reconciliation of population genetic / ancient DNA data, archaeological findings and historical narratives

• Published in: Siberian Research
• Main Authors: Dmitrii Tikhonov, GURKAN Cemal, DEMIRDOV Damla, BEYOGLU Erdem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Сибирские исследования 2020
• Subjects: geneology; elley and omogoy; haplogroup n; founder effect; xiongnu; History (General) and history of Europe; D; Medicine; R; Sakha; The ''Y''; Yakut; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33384/26587270.2019.01.004e; https://doaj.org/article/9ab05a9cc97f49ceabc7f6b82d3ea5fd

Sakhas are Turkic-speaking people from Northeastern Siberia, constituting the largest ethnic population in Yakutia. According to popular legends, two heroes who arrived from the Asian Steppe during the late medieval ages, namely Elley Bootur and Omogoy Baay, are the progenitors of all Sakhas. While...