Anthro-inclined
Regular Member
It seems that Across the world of genetics, everyone is in universal acceptance of HG I being native to the European continent, while i see little argument for the idea that it, like most other major HG in Europe, originated in West Asia. By now ( if you get your info from this site ), are probably thinking what i am saying is pretty odd, but id like to give some evidence to show what I'm talking about. The base Haplogroup for I is M170, or HG I*, when an individual tests for this, it means he carries the oldest mutation of HG I, so one would think that the highest frequency of the oldest form would be found around the origin point of the mutation. Well if HG I is native to Europe, this is not the case, the highest frequencies of M170 are found in the Caucasus(the Lak people display the highest frequency of any group at 14%) and Adygea and appears at low levels in the Middle East in Turkey and Iraq. I* does appear in Europe, but at similar small frequencies like in the Mid east and is absent from the Balkans, as it appears in the Spanish,French and Saami. With this distribution of the earliest I, i see little evidence to corroborate an origin in Europe. Also the parent group of HG IJ isn't found in Europe, but it has been found in Iran. I am not saying that it didn't enter Europe during the paleolithic, but rather that it did not originate there. Another point i should make is that I shows higher frequencies in Dagestan( also in the Caucasus) at 58%, than in Scandinavia. Also worthy of note, is that there is no paleolithic ancient DNA to prove that it was even in Europe before the Mesolithic. So with my points presented, please give me some feedback.
To clarify i am just presenting a new outlook on HG I, don't really like it when everyone agrees, makes me suspicious.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M170_(Y-DNA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_IJ_(Y-DNA)
To clarify i am just presenting a new outlook on HG I, don't really like it when everyone agrees, makes me suspicious.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M170_(Y-DNA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_IJ_(Y-DNA)