Zhaoguo Cave, Tomb M2

zhaoguoM2 (published as ZG2) was a male individual excavated from Tomb M2 at Zhaoguo Cave, Gaofeng Town, Gui’an New Area, Guizhou. The individual is dated to 11,000–10,000 BP. The study reports mitochondrial haplogroup F1+16189 and Y-chromosome haplogroup D; this database records the maternal lineage as F1 and the paternal lineage at the currently supported level D‑F6251.

Ancestry-profile comparison for ZhaoguoM1 and zhaoguoM2 alongside other ancient populations in southwestern East Asia. The figure shows ZhaoguoM2 with a predominantly Longlin-related component (orange) and a smaller Boshan-related component (blue).

Map of southwestern East Asian archaeological sites including Zhaoguo Cave — Map of archaeological sites included in the southwestern East Asian analysis. Zhaoguo Cave is shown on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, alongside nearby Guizhou sites such as Niupodong and Dadong.

Supplementary Table S1 showing the ZG2 record — Supplementary Table S1, “Information of newly sequenced Guizhou samples.” The ZG2 row records a male from Zhaoguo Cave, Tomb M2, with mitochondrial haplogroup F1+16189, Y-chromosome haplogroup D, and an assigned age of 11,000–10,000 years BP.

Source: Paleogenomics retraces the ancient population history of Southwestern East Asia for the past 12 000 years.