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ArticleZoological research2026

Ancient genomes reveal the genetic history of domestic goats on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau approximately 3 600 years ago.

Tian-You Bai, Ya-Hui Qiu, Hai-Feng He, Hong Wang, Le Tao, Li-Min Qiu, Kong-Yang Zhu, Yu Xu, Rui Wang, Jia-Jing Zheng and 6 more

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Tian-You BaiSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Ya-Hui QiuShaanxi Academy of Archaeology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710109, China.
Hai-Feng HeSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Hong WangInterdisciplinary Research Center of Earth Science Frontier, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
Le TaoInstitute of Forensic Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Li-Min QiuSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Kong-Yang ZhuSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Yu XuSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Rui WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jia-Jing ZhengSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Xiao-Min YangFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Bioanthropology, Institute of Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.
Qu ShenFujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Bioanthropology, Institute of Anthropology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.
Hao MaSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.
Jing ZhaoCollege of Environment and Life Sciences, Weinan Normal University, Weinan, Shaanxi 714099, China. E-mail: 465582984@qq.com.
Pei-Xian ShuState Key Laboratory of Loess Science, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, China.
Chuan-Chao WangSchool of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China.

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The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau imposes severe environmental pressures that have driven extensive adaptive responses in both humans and animals. Among the domestic species that underpin high-altitude pastoral livelihoods, goats are of particular importance, yet their historical origins remain poorly resolved. In this study, ancient genomic data were generated from five goat remains recovered from the Lake Qinghai Basin and dated to approximately 3 600 years ago. After stringent authentication and filtering, three individuals with genomic coverages ranging from 0.152× to 1.45× were retained for subsequent population genetic analysis. These data revealed a close genetic affinity between ancient goats from the Lake Qinghai Basin and goat populations from West Eurasia. In contrast, most present-day Chinese goats predominantly carried ancestry related to Neolithic Iran. Notably, modern Dazu black goats (

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DNA, AncientGenomeGoatsAnimalsChinaGenetic VariationPhylogenyDNA, AncientAncient DNAChinese goatsGenetic historyLake Qinghai BasinPAPSS2

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