The immediate ancestor pf haplogroups H and V, HV, peaks in the Middle East
https://images.app.goo.gl/zkUz2nbZ5Uo8J8CB7
But, today the subclades of haplogroups H and V peak in Western Europe.
The thing we should notice here, is that haplogroup H in Europe is dominated by the H1 subclade.
And as you can see here
https://haplotree.info/maps/ancient...mn=mtDNA_haplogroup&searchfor=H1&ybp=500000,0
At the beginning of the European Neolithic, some 7000 years ago, haplogroup H1 is very extended in France, with no presence whatsoever in Greece or other Balcanic countries.
If H1 is not in the Balkans (Europe's border with the Near East and corridor to Central Europe), and it's in France, that must mean it didn't enter the continent through that 1st route (the Balkans)
It rather followed a 2nd route known to science and mentioned here in Eupedia, that is the one through the Mediterranean and Atlantic countries.
Don't get me wrong, there's haplogroup H in Greece today and in prehistoric times, just not the H1 clade, that as I said, is the most common in Europe, particularly in the West.
Judging from the maps and the ancient samples, Greece/the Balkanic corridor most likely served for the expansion of UK and JT subclades directly from the Asian Near East, with previous ancestors living probably in the Arabian desert
https://images.app.goo.gl/nY4Pud6St3MV3TNw5
While 'the 3rd sister',HV came sailing between Southern Europe and the African Middle East (Sahara desert)
I mention Africa because H1 and V have left descendants there.
H1, even if it's the most common haplogroup in Europe, barely surpasses 15-20% frequency, while in the Tuareg population(Berbers) of the Lybian Sahara, they're 61%!!
Haplogroup V also has a lot of descendants among different Berber tribes.
https://images.app.goo.gl/zkUz2nbZ5Uo8J8CB7
But, today the subclades of haplogroups H and V peak in Western Europe.
The thing we should notice here, is that haplogroup H in Europe is dominated by the H1 subclade.
And as you can see here
https://haplotree.info/maps/ancient...mn=mtDNA_haplogroup&searchfor=H1&ybp=500000,0
At the beginning of the European Neolithic, some 7000 years ago, haplogroup H1 is very extended in France, with no presence whatsoever in Greece or other Balcanic countries.
If H1 is not in the Balkans (Europe's border with the Near East and corridor to Central Europe), and it's in France, that must mean it didn't enter the continent through that 1st route (the Balkans)
It rather followed a 2nd route known to science and mentioned here in Eupedia, that is the one through the Mediterranean and Atlantic countries.
Don't get me wrong, there's haplogroup H in Greece today and in prehistoric times, just not the H1 clade, that as I said, is the most common in Europe, particularly in the West.
Judging from the maps and the ancient samples, Greece/the Balkanic corridor most likely served for the expansion of UK and JT subclades directly from the Asian Near East, with previous ancestors living probably in the Arabian desert
https://images.app.goo.gl/nY4Pud6St3MV3TNw5
While 'the 3rd sister',HV came sailing between Southern Europe and the African Middle East (Sahara desert)
I mention Africa because H1 and V have left descendants there.
H1, even if it's the most common haplogroup in Europe, barely surpasses 15-20% frequency, while in the Tuareg population(Berbers) of the Lybian Sahara, they're 61%!!
Haplogroup V also has a lot of descendants among different Berber tribes.
