Ancient DNA analysis of human neolithic remains found in northeastern Siberia

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: RICAUT, Francois-Xavier, Fedoseeva, A., Keyser-Tracqui, Christine, Crubézy, Eric, Ludes, Bertrand, Ricaut, François-Xavier
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie (LA), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Médecine Légale - IML (Paris, France), Human Genetics
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2005
• Subjects: archeo; hist; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20257; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02112824

International audience We successfully extracted DNA from a bone sample of a Neolithic skeleton (dated 3,600 +/- 60 years BP) excavated in northeastern Yakutia (east Siberia). Ancient DNA was analyzed by autosomal STRs (short tandem repeats) and by sequencing of the hypervariable region I (HV1) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region. The STR profile, the mitochondrial haplotype, and the haplogroup determined were compared with those of modern Eurasian and Native American populations. The results showed the affinity of this ancient skeleton with both east Siberian/Asian and Native American populations.