Contrary to previous interpretations of the burials, genetic analysis shows that none of the individuals are closely related (none of the individuals were third-degree relatives or closer). Sungir III was previously thought to be female however, genetic analysis shows that all four of the tested individuals at Sungir were male. The younger adolescent from Burial 2, Sunghir III, yielded high coverage genomes. In 2017, researchers successfully sequenced the DNA of multiple individuals from Sungir, including one from Burial 1 ( Sunghir I) and three from Burial 2: the two adolescent burials ( Sunghir II and Sunghir III) and the adult femur accompanying the burial ( Sunghir IV). It has an illustrated catalogue of all the skeletal materials. Alexeeva et al., includes articles published since the first book, and new anthropological data derived from morphology, palaeopathology, X-ray study, histology, trace elements and molecular genetic analyses. The second book, Homo Sungirensis (2000) edited by T.I. The second part of the book displays the reconstruction of the environment by geological, palinological, zoological data. Upper Palaeolithic Site Sungir (graves and environment) (1998) was the first complete publication about the site, including an inventory of artifacts, reconstruction of the Paleolithic man's clothes, archaic counting and calendar. Two books have been published in Moscow about the findings. It is the second of two major conferences about this site. In 2004, the International Seminar, "Upper Paleolithic People from Sunghir, Russia," was hosted by the Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, U.K. The remains are held by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of R.A.S., Moscow. Two other remains at the site are partial skeletons.
The extraordinary collection of grave goods, the position of the bodies, and other factors all indicate it was a burial of high importance. The site is one of the earliest examples of ritual burials and constitutes important evidence of the antiquity of human religious practices. The children had the same mtDNA, which may indicate the same maternal lineage, but new analyses determined they were not siblings. The findings of such complete skeletons are rare in late Stone Age, and indicate the high status of the male adult and children. The children are considered a twin burial, thought to have ritual purpose, possibly sacrifice. Red ochre, an important ritual material associated with burials at this time, covered the burials. More than 13,000 beads were found (which would have taken 10,000 hours to produce). The three people buried at Sungir were all adorned with elaborate grave goods that included ivory-beaded jewelry, clothing, and spears. The adult male was buried in what is called Grave 1 and the two adolescent children in Grave 2, placed head-to-head, together with an adult femur filled with red ochre. Graves 1 and 2 at Sungir are described as "the most spectacular" among European Gravettian burials. The grave is located at the center-right.
In addition, a skull and two fragments of human femur were also found at the settlement area, and two human skeletons outside the settlement area without cultural remains.
The settlement area was found to have four burials: the remains of an older man and two adolescent children are particularly well-preserved, and the nature of the rich and extensive burial goods suggests they belonged to the same class. between the 305th and 301st centennia BCE as most probable dates. Additional pollen finds suggest the relative warm spell of the "Greenland interstadial (GI) 5" It is dated by calibrated carbon analysis to between 32,050 and 28,550 BC. It is situated about two hundred kilometres east of Moscow, on the outskirts of Vladimir, near the Klyazma River. Sungir ( Russian: Сунгирь, sometimes spelled Sunghir) is an Upper Paleolithic archaeological site in Russia and one of the earliest records of modern Homo sapiens in Eurasia.