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 de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-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: [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02112824; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20257

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.