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  • Who are his people? The 4,000-year hunt for a warrior's kin

    05/08/2026 3:55:36 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    Science X ^ | May 4, 2026 | Sayan Tribed; iedited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan
    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......