- The Subclades of mtDNA Haplogroup J and Proposed Motifs for Assigning Control-Region Sequences into these Clades
- A New Subclade of Y Haplogroup J2b
- Where Did European Men Come From (18MB pdf)
I recommend, in particular, the last article by Finnish scholar Kalevi Wiik, for its maps and tables of data if nothing else. I will probably comment on Wiik's attempt at synthesis of European origins based on Y-chromosome data.
Wiik's attempt is basically old National Geographic stuff . Geneticists really shouldnt play archaeologists.
ReplyDeleteGenetics and archeology play into each other and overlap; they just haven't met in the middle yet.The article titled "Where Did European Men Come From? I'm wondering where did European WOMEN come from?
ReplyDelete>> Wiik's attempt is basically old National Geographic stuff . Geneticists really shouldnt play archaeologists.
ReplyDeleteWiik is not a geneticist. No matter what one thinks of his synthesis, it is a brave effort.
HAHA OK, I see he's a linguist. Then what the hell is he doing posting on Genetics and Genealogy for?! I guess I shouldve said, "Linguists really shouldnt play geneticists/or archaeologists". LOL
ReplyDeleteIt really is basically just a rehash of older stuff. R1b or R1a wouldve only entered Europe during the past 6,000 years. That whole Old vs New European stuff is bad, I agree with Ponto Hardbottle there.
Crimson Guard. I agree "It really is basically just a rehash of older stuff" but what a stunning amount of work! As Dienekes said, "a brave effort".
ReplyDeleteI was particularly taken with map 13, haplogroup E3b. The author mentions peaks in Albania, parts of the Balkans and in Southern Italy. This all adds up to the possibility the haplogroup crossed the Mediterranean direct from North Africa via Malta, Sicily etc. rather than via the Middle East. Possibility?