Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic History of Uralic and Yeniseian Populations in Northern Eurasia
New genome-wide analysis of 180 ancient individuals from Northern Europe to Siberia sheds light on prehistoric migrations and language spread, linking Uralic and Yeniseian-speaking communities. One of the co-authors is Pavel Flegontov from the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS.
Published in Nature, researchers report a continuous genomic gradient from European to East Asian ancestry across Northern Eurasia and identify two key genetic lineages: Cis-Baikal LNBA and Yakutia LNBA.
The study highlights both cultural exchange and migration as drivers shaping the genetic makeup and linguistic landscape of these populations.
Zeng T.C., Vyazov L.A., Kim A., Flegontov P., Sirak K., Maier R., Lazaridis I., Akbari A., Frachetti M., Tishkin A.A., Ryabogina N.E., Agapov S.A., Agapov D.S., Alekseev A.N., Boeskorov G.G., Derevianko A.P., Dyakonov V.M., Enshin D.N., Fribus A.V., Frolov Y.V., Grushin S.P., Khokhlov A.A., Kiryushin K.Y., Kiryushin Y.F., Kitov E.P., Kosintsev P., Kovtun I.V., Makarov N.P., Morozov V.V., Nikolaev E.N., Rykun M.P., Savenkova T.M., Shchelchkova M.V., Shirokov V., Skochina S.N., Sherstobitova O.S., Slepchenko S.M., Solodovnikov K.N., Solovyova E.N., Stepanov A.D., Timoshchenko A.A., Vdovin A.S., Vybornov A.V., Balanovska E.V., Dryomov S., Hellenthal G., Kidd K., Krause J., Starikovskaya E., Sukernik R., Tatarinova T., Thomas M.G., Zhabagin M., Callan K., Cheronet O., Fernandes D., Keating D., Candilio F., Iliev L., Kearns A., Özdoğan K.T., Mah M., Micco A., Michel M., Olalde I., Zalzala F., Mallick S., Rohland N., Pinhasi R., Narasimhan V.M., Reich D. 2025: Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples. Nature (in press). [IF = 50.5]
