Zayukovo-3-8
also recorded as Koban sample 8
- Y-DNA
- D-M533
- mtDNA
- HV1a1a
- Major branch
- D-F6251 (continental)
- Sex
- Male
- Site
- Zayukovo-3
- Region
- Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
- Age
- Koban culture
- Culture
- Koban
Publication
Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the prehistoric Koban culture of the North Caucasus
A D‑M533 lineage in the North Caucasus
This individual is the reason the source study singles him out. Fourteen skeletons of the Koban archaeological culture were analysed — five from the barrow Klin‑Yar 3 near Kislovodsk (excavated 1994–96) and nine from sites near the village of Zayukovo in Kabardino‑Balkaria. The Y‑haplogroups recovered are otherwise exactly what the Caucasus and Iron‑Age Europe would predict: E1a2a, G2a1a, R1b and R1a.
This man is the exception. His paternal line is D‑M533, a lineage the authors note “has been widely described in Eastern Asia.” His mitochondrial haplogroup HV1a1a is also unusual — HV entered Europe through the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum.
Table 3 — Koban culture samples
Transcribed from the source publication. Dashes mark results not obtained.
| No. | Burial site | mtDNA (Sanger) | mtDNA (Illumina) | Y‑DNA (Illumina) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klin-Yar-3 | H20a | – | – |
| 2 | Klin-Yar-3 | J1c | J1b1 | E1a2a1b1b |
| 6 | Zayukovo-3 | N | – | – |
| 7 | Zayukovo-3 | U5a1a1h | U5a1a2 | G2a1a1a2 |
| 8 | Zayukovo-3 | HV1 | HV1a1a | D‑M533 |
| 9 | Zayukovo-3 | T1a | T1a1 | G2a1a |
| 10 | Zayukovo-3 | H1e | – | – |
| 11 | Zayukovo-3 | W5a | N | R1b1a1b |
| 12 | Zayukovo-3 | R6/H1e | – | – |
| 13 | Zayukovo-3 | – | – | R1a |
| 14 | Zayukovo-3 | R6 | – | – |
| 15 | Zayukovo-3 | I1 | – | – |