Quote Originally Posted by Polska View Post
The owner of Eupedia believes that R-M269 descends from the Southern Arc and crossed the Caucasus on to the steppe sometime in the 5th millennium BC.

https://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplo...1b_Y-DNA.shtml
I think that the R1b could not originate in the Southern Arc considering M73.

m73
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