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Maciamo, as i have argued in my article on the topic (in French at bertrandjost.com/Francais/Monog-famille/Jost/Steppes/conquete-steppes.html) the ancestors of the R1b and R1a emigrated to the Ural from northern Pakistan AFTER the end of the ice age. They followed the retreating ice to the Urals...

I agree but where did these tribes come from? The region of Bashkortostan was not a wasteland. As a matter of fact the caves of Shulgan Tash and others in the region was a thriving center of human occupation after the ice age, around 10 000 BC. Later, these men moved south. The study of David...

In this post I wish to react to the excellent article of Maciamo on the origin of red haired people. I agree with everything that he wrote except on one point: the origin of R1b (and R1a). Maciamo favors “The theory of middle east origin (a point which very few population geneticists disagree)...

A must in my opinion for whoever is interested in the origin of Indo-European languages and the domestication of the horse. I should add to my previous quote that since the Bell Beaker culture originates in Portugal around 2900BC and then spreads east, it is unlikely that the spread of Bell...

Hello, After reading David Anthony's book "The wheel the Horse and Language" i became fairly convinced that the R1b and R1a haplogroups where at the origin of IE languages and spread to Western Europe through the Steppes thanks to early domestication of the horse and the mutation providing milk...

I believe that David Anthony's book (the Wheel the horse and Language) hold many hints with regards to the origins of the IE. First of all it is relatively obvious from the map of IE languages that both European R1b and R1a where of IE origin. R1b --> Centum languages (originated in Western...

I disagree with the initial statement: My opinion is that F and K originated in India and IJ probably originated in Iran. Please check the following link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Y-chromosome_DNA_haplogroup Also studying the descendants haplogroups of F and K (for instance F*, Q, NO, and...

There is one hypothesis that no one is ever willing to consider: It is that the Cro-magnon got instinct like the Neanderthal before them. Just because they were modern humans doesn't mean that they passed their genes on to us. Haplogroup I seems to have come to Europe around the Ice Age...

I agree with Maciamo, The arrival of a gene in a given region is NOT the date of birth of that gene. Given the high % of the R1-b subclasses in today's population of Europe, I would think that they were present in more than one individuals by 2500BC. For me the most likely scenario is still the...

as discussed several times, it is more likely that it is the tolerence to lactose that gave R1b an advantage in conquering western europe. the could survive on milk and dairy products and were less dependant on the failure of crops. Most other non european populations do not have this...

Guys, I already addressed the issue of the Tocharians in a previous post i believe. The tocharians, as expected were R1a. The reason why they are centum is because the development of the Satem distinction happened later, around 3000BC, while the Tocharian emigrated around 3700BC. (See "the Wheel...

Macimo, the book "the Wheel, the horse and the language" shows, in my opinion convincing evidence that the PIE of Anatolia were in fact immigrants from the pontic-caspian steppes. So i believe that the steppes is the best candidate for the origin of PIE. In addition, as i already pointed out...

Finally after months of empty debates about the Greek crisis the real question is on the table: Does Greece still have its place in the Euro-group? Immediately, this question raises a few others: - Do the Greeks still want to be part of the Euro? - Are they willing to make harsh sacrifices to...

The way the anglo-saxons operate is sometimes quite puzzling to us French. The French can be acused of many faults but it has always been an independently minded people. The UK on the other hand in spite of having been on the top of world at the head of a mighty empire, of having stood alone...