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very little is known about I2b/I2c
very few subclades and SNPs are know
no acurate TMRCA dates
Haak et al mentions 2 I2c2 samples : Motola 2 , Sweden, 7700 year old mesolithic and Esperstedt 4 , Germany +/- 4000 year old Unetice EBA
present distrbution of I2b and I2c is very peculiar, it is both in Trancaucasia and parts of Europe (Central & west, not mediterranean)
eastern Epigravettian could explain this :
- it probably originated north of the Black Sea during LGM
- it reached eastern Carpathians (Moldavia & Roumania) some 9000 years ago
- it was in Transcaucasia 17-13000 years ago http://www.digitorient.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Montoya-et-al.-2013-JHE-in-press.pdf
the question remains then : how did it spread all over Europe, and how did it survive there while many other tribes got extinct? maybe picked up in IE expansion, but Motola 2 was there even before
what's your guess?
very few subclades and SNPs are know
no acurate TMRCA dates
Haak et al mentions 2 I2c2 samples : Motola 2 , Sweden, 7700 year old mesolithic and Esperstedt 4 , Germany +/- 4000 year old Unetice EBA
present distrbution of I2b and I2c is very peculiar, it is both in Trancaucasia and parts of Europe (Central & west, not mediterranean)
eastern Epigravettian could explain this :
- it probably originated north of the Black Sea during LGM
- it reached eastern Carpathians (Moldavia & Roumania) some 9000 years ago
- it was in Transcaucasia 17-13000 years ago http://www.digitorient.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Montoya-et-al.-2013-JHE-in-press.pdf
the question remains then : how did it spread all over Europe, and how did it survive there while many other tribes got extinct? maybe picked up in IE expansion, but Motola 2 was there even before
what's your guess?