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ArticleScientific reports2026

Population history and subsistence of farming communities in an agro-pastoral transition zone of northern China: ancient DNA and isotopic evidence from the Erdaojingzi site.

Xiaohong Lv, Yao Yu, Lin Ban, Panxin Du, Jianxue Xiong, Xin Chang, Baoshuai Zhang, Bangyan Wang, Yiran Xu, Chunxue Wang and 2 more

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Xiaohong Lv *Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Yao Yu *Department of History, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Lin Ban *Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Panxin DuInstitute of Archaeological Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jianxue XiongInstitute of Archaeological Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xin ChangInstitute of Archaeological Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Baoshuai ZhangUSTC Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Bangyan WangHuman Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yiran XuSchool of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Chunxue WangResearch Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology, Jilin University, Changchun, China. chunxuewang@jlu.edu.cn.
Jianen CaoInner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China. cje8888@sohu.com.
Shaoqing WenInstitute of Archaeological Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. wenshaoqing@fudan.edu.cn.

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Major Project of the Key Research Base for Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education 22JJD780009
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Abstract

This study investigates the population history and subsistence of farming communities at the Erdaojingzi site (ca. 3700-3330 cal. BP), a well-preserved Bronze Age settlement located in the agro-pastoral transition zone of the West Liao River Basin in northern China. We apply a multidisciplinary approach, combining ancient DNA, carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis, zooarchaeological data and archaeobotanical evidence, to evaluate population affinities at the site and to characterise subsistence practices in relation to environmental and cultural conditions. Ancient DNA from two individuals shows ancestry profiles closely related to farming populations of the Yellow River Basin, rather than to previously published Neolithic groups from the western Liao region, indicating strong genetic connections with Central Plains related farming communities. Stable isotope results from 43 animal and two human bone samples demonstrate that millet and its by-products formed dietary staples for both humans and domestic animals. Humans, pigs and dogs primarily relied on C

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AgricultureDNA, AncientAnimalsArchaeologyBone and BonesCarbon IsotopesCattleChinaDietHistory, AncientHumansNitrogen IsotopesSheepSwineCarbon IsotopesDNA, AncientNitrogen IsotopesAgro-pastoral transition zoneAncient DNAErdaojingzi siteFarming communitiesStable isotopesSubsistence

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