Brian E. Hemphill

TL;DR: Analysis of ancient whole-genome sequences from across Inner Asia and Anatolia shows that the Botai people associated with the earliest horse husbandry derived from a hunter-gatherer population deeply diverged from the Yamnaya, and suggests distinct migrations bringing West Eurasian ancestry into South Asia before and after, but not at the time of, YamNaya culture.

TL;DR: Results obtained by this analysis provide little support for either the steppe hypothesis or the Bactrian oasis hypothesis, but the pattern of phenetic affinities manifested by Bronze Age inhabitants of theTarim Basin suggests the presence of a population of unknown origin within the Tarim Basin during the early Bronze Age.

TL;DR: Cluster analysis of group-standardized odontometric mean parameter values indicates that Gujarati social groups, regardless of social status or caste adherence, are more similar to one another than to any other group included in this analysis and Gujarat social groups share closet affinities with geographically proximate social groups.

TL;DR: Bio-behavioral insights derived from the analysis of dental trauma compliment inferences gleaned from more traditional approaches, including the study of dental attrition and dental morphology.

TL;DR: The results indicate that these individuals most likely represent local elite inhabitants of Tepe Hissar, rather than the presence of an imposed foreign elite, although the conclusion must remain tentative.