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Ancient Genomes from Eastern Arabia
Generated ancient human genomes to investigate ancestry, mobility and population history in Eastern Arabia.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Bahrain and Oman / Eastern Arabia
- Project type
- Ancient-DNA project
- Research domain
- Archaeogenomics and population history
- Years
- Not stated
- Lifecycle status
- completed
- Status basis
- The studies were deposited in ENA in 2024 with linked project records.
- Status evidence date
- 2024-03-06
- Scale
- Parent ancient-genomes study plus a four-genome Tylos-period Bahrain child project.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Wellcome Sanger Institute
- Partner organizations
- Regional archaeology collaborators
- Organism / population
- Ancient human remains from Eastern Arabia, including four Tylos-period genomes from Bahrain
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- ancient DNA
- whole-genome sequencing
- population genetics
Data access
Public ENA study metadata and linked sequence data
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJEB31781 - BioProject
PRJEB71330
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Cross-GCC ancient-genomics project with durable repository accessions.
Editorial note
Treat PRJEB71330 as a child dataset of the broader Eastern Arabia project when counting initiatives.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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