#  Prof. Tina Warinner co-authors article about unexpected ancestry of Western Chinese mummies 

 





November 03, 2021

 

 

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 Read more about these findings in the articles below:

 **Nature**: “DNA reveals surprise ancestry of mysterious Chinese mummies,” by Smriti Mallapaty, October 27. 2021. [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02948-y](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nature.com_articles_d41586-2D021-2D02948-2Dy&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=Xq82JlpiiwebXaLu7fE_TB2tcYy3EuiqEvz8XisR0o0&m=MihmobnFCU5porC_NSDPi9oYn_uB_gA2VA3uU6MpHWS3fB5bikVZeL5_oGvaGB0f&s=tl7GwqzClQ0DSLdwsN5KZhtOj7v8uVLeyNDzcrRELLE&e=)  
  
**Science**: “[Western China’s mysterious mummies were local descendants of ice age ancestors](https://www.science.org/content/article/western-china-s-mysterious-mummies-were-local-descendants-ice-age-ancestors),” by Ann Gibbons, October 27, 2021. **CNN**: “DNA reveals unexpected origins of enigmatic mummies buried in a Chinese desert,” by Katie Hunt, October 27, 2021.

 **CNN**: “[DNA reveals unexpected origins of enigmatic mummies buried in a Chinese desert](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/27/asia/mummies-tarim-basin-china-scn/index.html),” by Katie Hunt, October 27, 2021.

 **South China Morning Post**: “[Xinjiang mummies’ origins closer to home than we thought, study finds](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3153905/xinjiang-mummies-origins-closer-home-we-thought-study-finds?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3153905),” by Holly Chik, October 27, 2021.

 **Nature News and Views**: “[The unexpected ancestry of Inner Asian mummies](/%C2%A0https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02872-1),” by Paula N. Doumani Dupuy, October 27 2021.

 **Nature Podcast**: “[Genomics unwraps mystery of the Tarim mummies](/%C2%A0https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02969-7),” by Nick Petrić Howe & Shamini Bundell, October 27, 2021.



 

 

 



 

 

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