Ancient DNA from Moldova

Main archaeological groups: Moldova EBA Yamnaya (26), Moldova Scythian (7), Moldova MBA Catacomb (4), Moldova BA (3), Moldova Cimmerian (3).
Most frequent Y-DNA lines: R1b (21), R1a (5), P1 (4), F (3), Q (3), I2a (2).
Most frequent mtDNA lines: U5a (12), H (5), H13a (5), H6a (5), H13 (3), H2a (3).

📊 How Moldova's DNA changed over 10,000 years: hunter-gatherers, farmers, steppe herders and later arrivals, period by period.

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Period by period

Excavation sites

• Crihana-Veche 16, 2,743 BC to 1,500 BC
• Hlinaia 11, 874 BC to AD 334
• Sărăteni 7, 2,711 BC to 2,500 BC
• Tiraspol 5, 2,710 BC to 2,500 BC
• Bursuceni 4, 3,210 BC to 3,207 BC
• Ciumai 4, 2,961 BC to 2,000 BC
• Giurgiuleşti 4, 4,403 BC to 4,218 BC
• Slobodzeya 4, 2,900 BC to 2,053 BC
• Crasnaia Gorca 3, 3,215 BC
• Mereni 3, 3,217 BC
• Cimișlia 2, 3,735 BC
• Dănceni 2, 3,108 BC to 799 BC
• Hlinaia-Sad 2, 872 BC to 858 BC
• Ocnița 2, 2,835 BC
• Pocrovca V 2, 3,300 BC
• Taraclia 2, 3,210 BC to 2,499 BC
• Cioburciu 1, 2,900 BC
• Cotiujeni 1, 2,771 BC
• Gordinesti 1, 3,300 BC
• Mărculeşti 1, 2,900 BC
• Mokra 1, 925 BC
• Purcari 1, 2,710 BC
• Șoldănești 1, 3,214 BC
• Țânțăreni 1, 1,950 BC

Source: Allen Ancient DNA Resource v66 (Mallick et al. 2024), individuals with a date and coordinates; samples the AADR flags as misdated are left out. Group names are those of the original studies. Haplogroups are shown when they could be read from the ancient DNA.