Ancient human genomes from the Altai region reveal population continuity and shifts in the 4th-12th centuries
Yusuf Can Özdemir, Balázs Gyuris, Kristóf Jakab, Tamás Szeniczey, Botond Heltai, Melinda Megyes, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, István Major, Николай Николаевич Серегин, Vadim V. Gorbunov, Sergey Grushin, Petr Konstantinovich Dashkovskiy, Mikhail A. Demin, Kirill Yu. Kiryushin, Yury T. Mamadakov, , Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy
This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Altai region to show genetic continuity and shifts between the 4th and 12th centuries, including the spread of East Asian ancestry and a unique lineage with Ancient North Eurasian ancestry.
bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2026 · PreprintGenetics