Lin, Yuan
Yu, Ru
Dai, Qi
Si, Weiwei
Zhang, Quanchao
Hou, Liangliang
Funding for this research was provided by:
A bioarcheological perspective on early cross-cultural exchange in the Eurasian steppe (23VLS007)
A comprehensive physical anthropological analysis of Bronze to Early Iron Age populations in the eastern Eurasian steppe (23VRC034)
Chinese Modernization and New Form of Human Civilization" Philosophy and Social Science innovation team project (2023ONTD12)
Article History
Received: 10 August 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.