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I was looking at the map of the spread of R1b. It makes parts of Kazachstan and Iran the source of R1b, obviously due to the existence of people carrying M-343. However, the Kazach source of these R1b are the so called "Kazach Kurds", Kurds that were deported by Stalin from the Caucasus, to wit Nakhchivan and Georgia. That would place the origin of R1b in the Caucasus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Kazakhstan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1b_(Y-DNA)#R1b_.28R-M343.29
Any thoughts on this? There has been more very, very effective deportations and ethnic cleansing in the Caucasus and north of it which may defy the idea that people replacement can never be so complete as to cover all traces of former people. I call in mind the Circassian wars, or genocides as some would call it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian–Circassian_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Kazakhstan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1b_(Y-DNA)#R1b_.28R-M343.29
Any thoughts on this? There has been more very, very effective deportations and ethnic cleansing in the Caucasus and north of it which may defy the idea that people replacement can never be so complete as to cover all traces of former people. I call in mind the Circassian wars, or genocides as some would call it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian–Circassian_War