Recent content by Abernathy

Well, I respect your own opinion, but I have to say that most genetists are convinced that R1a was the original lineage of Indo-Aryan people (who, indeed, were IE nomads coming from present Turkestan -Adronovo/Sintashta cultures-, keen to proven R1a Tocharian folks), while J2a is thought to be a...

Actually, there's no evidence of a Sumerian/Near-Eastern-lead spreading of agriculture in the Indus Valley, nor genetically nor archaeologically. Talking about genetics, haplo J2 in India is linked to bronze-age Indo-aryan newcomers: as I said above, it's major presence amongst brahmins and...

Not sure all of these ancient people could easily be linked to hg J2. J2 was probably the main haplo amongst Minoans, and this can explain references in both Europa's and Theseus' myths, since both of them are referring to Crete, but it was not a major haplogroup in Ancient Egypt, so I can't...

First of all, I'd like to greet you all: though I've been reading Eupedia Forum for quite a lot of time, this is the first time i dare to post in here. So, thank you all for what you taught me about Y-haplogroups and genetics :) I apologize for my bad English too, hope what I'm going to...