On the Origin of the Neolithic Population of Northeast Asia

• Main Authors: T. A. Chikisheva, Т. А. Чикишева
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian; English
• Published: IAET SB RAS 2016
• Subjects: тихоокеанская ветвь монголоидной расы; Beringia; Ymyiakhtakh culture; Belkachi culture; Boisman culture; Pacific Mongoloids; Берингия; ымыяхтахская культура; белькачинская культура; бойсманская культура; Belkachi; Pacific; Chukchi; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/207

A hypothesis regarding the origin of certain Neolithic groups of Yakutia is put forward. Neolithic crania from that region are Mongoloid and exhibit traits peculiar to present-day Tungus as well as to Chukchi and Eskoaleuts. Their distinctive feature is high braincase, seen nowhere else in eastern S...