Category: Haplogroups
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R1a
Source population: Steppe (Western Steppe Herders) R1a is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, which played a central and prominent role in the archaeogenetic history of Afghanistan. It is found among all ethnic groups in Afghanistan and in many, it is even the most frequent haplogroup. R1a peaks today not just in Afghanistan but also in…
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L-L1307 (L1a2)
L1a2-L1307, L1a2-M357 or in older publications L1c is one of the oldest, most widespread, and diverse haplogroups in Afghanistan and South Central Asia. It can also frequently be found in the Caucasus among people like Chechens, in East Anatolia and in the northwestern part of the Indian Subcontinent among people like Jatts, Rors, Khatris, and…
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G-M283
Neolithic source population: Iranian farmers G2b, known as G-M3115 on the phylogenetic tree, is a Y-DNA haplogroup with a high diversity among modern people in the Caucasus and the Middle East. It likely arose among Mesolithic West Eurasian Hunter Gathers living close to the Zagros Mountains around 20,000 BCE. Ancient skeletal evidence supporting this point…