Posted on 05/08/2026 3:55:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
For 4,200 years, the Y chromosome of a Yakutian warrior has quietly echoed in Siberia's Arctic peoples. His extraordinary Stone Age grave was discovered in Russia's far northeast near Yakutsk in 2004 by scientists. The middle-aged hunter's skeleton was found on its back with arms at its side. Dozens of elk-bone plates were laid as a shield over the chest.
Analysis of the radiocarbon data hints that the person died nearly 4,000 years ago. The person is presumed to be from the Ymyyakhtakh cultural horizon. This cultural horizon contains the nomadic hunter-gatherers who used more sophisticated bone and antler weapons...
The geneticists collected complete genome sequences from 256 men belonging to 11 native Russian groups hailing from the Far East region of Russia. Considering the Y chromosome lineage (transmitted only from father to son), researchers assigned the warrior to the haplogroup N-L708 lineage. The findings have been published in the Journal of Human Genetics.
Surprisingly, that exact branch survives in people living today. The researchers found the warrior's Y-DNA signature in multiple modern Siberian groups. For example, about 19% of sampled Chukchi men in Kamchatka carry this haplogroup (versus 0% in, say, neighboring Eskimos).
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencex.com ...
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Following the ancient paths: This map illustrates the widespread genetic footprint of the N-L708 haplogroup, showing the Kyordyughen warrior's origin in Yakutia and the modern distribution of his descendants across Northeast Eurasia.Credit: Dmitry Adamov et al, Modern descendants of Kyordyughen warrior (Yakutia, 4200 years before present) in populations of Far East, Journal of Human Genetics (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s10038-026-01459-w
I think he might be an uncle. Did he have money?
Maybe you deserve reparations from Pooty-Poot?
If his name is Leo, maybe.
“Did he have money?”
Sure - elk bone plates. You buy the first round when you collect.
Great post, Civ.
He got around........
My pleasure. It would be nice to find a more up-to-date way to check for all these ancient DNA finds against our own DNA files.
Some of these elk bone plates have appreciated in value...
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