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Kumar, Vikas;Wang, Wenjun;Zhang, Jie;Wang, Yongqiang;Ruan, Qiurong(en anglès)Science,376,6588,4-2022,p.62–69. Bibcode: 2022Sci...376...62K. DOI: 10.1126/science.abk1534. ISSN: 0036-8075. PMID: 35357918.«Of these, the Sakas were the descendants of Late Bronze Age (LBA) herders (such as the Andronovo, Srubnaya, and Sintashta) with additional ancestries derived from Lake Baikal (Shamanka_EBA) (EBA, Early Bronze Age) and BMAC populations (1, 17, 18). Sakas have been associated with the Indo-Iranian Khotanese language, which was spoken in southern Xinjiang before spreading to other parts of the region (19).»
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Kumar, Vikas;Wang, Wenjun;Zhang, Jie;Wang, Yongqiang;Ruan, Qiurong(en anglès)Science,376,6588,4-2022,p.62–69. Bibcode: 2022Sci...376...62K. DOI: 10.1126/science.abk1534. ISSN: 0036-8075. PMID: 35357918.«Of these, the Sakas were the descendants of Late Bronze Age (LBA) herders (such as the Andronovo, Srubnaya, and Sintashta) with additional ancestries derived from Lake Baikal (Shamanka_EBA) (EBA, Early Bronze Age) and BMAC populations (1, 17, 18). Sakas have been associated with the Indo-Iranian Khotanese language, which was spoken in southern Xinjiang before spreading to other parts of the region (19).»