Tomenable
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- Y-DNA haplogroup
- R1b-L617
- mtDNA haplogroup
- W6a
By the way - where in Europe can the most basal subclades of I1 be found today ???
If I recall correctly, most basal subclades are found in Central Europe, rather than in Scandinavia.
This would suggest that the most recent common ancestor of all modern I1 could indeed live there.
Another thing is, that recently haplogroup I (not I1, but some kind of I) has been found in Neolithic remains from Western Anatolia. And since we have absolutely no pre-Neolithic I1 from Europe, we can no longer be sure if I1 was in Europe in Mesolithic times, or came later from Anatolia.
Of course I don't claim that I is more native to Anatolia than to Europe, but it is possible, that groups of WHG hunters with I moved from the Balkans to Anatolia, where haplogroup I1 multiplied in numbers, was absorbed by predominantly G2a farmers, and then "re-emigrated" back to Europe.
The other option is, that Neolithic farmers absorbed haplogroup I from WHG hunters already after moving into the Balkans and Hungary.
In any case, it seems that "WHG-type" hunters were not limited just to Europe, some groups also inhabited Mesolithic Western Anatolia.
If I recall correctly, most basal subclades are found in Central Europe, rather than in Scandinavia.
This would suggest that the most recent common ancestor of all modern I1 could indeed live there.
Another thing is, that recently haplogroup I (not I1, but some kind of I) has been found in Neolithic remains from Western Anatolia. And since we have absolutely no pre-Neolithic I1 from Europe, we can no longer be sure if I1 was in Europe in Mesolithic times, or came later from Anatolia.
Of course I don't claim that I is more native to Anatolia than to Europe, but it is possible, that groups of WHG hunters with I moved from the Balkans to Anatolia, where haplogroup I1 multiplied in numbers, was absorbed by predominantly G2a farmers, and then "re-emigrated" back to Europe.
The other option is, that Neolithic farmers absorbed haplogroup I from WHG hunters already after moving into the Balkans and Hungary.
In any case, it seems that "WHG-type" hunters were not limited just to Europe, some groups also inhabited Mesolithic Western Anatolia.