tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post8898004484974320179..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Human mtDNA expansions in AfricaDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-38093092583037585552008-10-02T23:44:00.000+03:002008-10-02T23:44:00.000+03:00You're right, certainly. Like you, I have my doub...You're right, certainly. Like you, I have my doubts about the lineage's authenticity, but I just wanted to throw the asterisk out there on the idea that only L3's left Africa. (*)<BR/><BR/>* (unless Mungo's MtDNA is accurate)<BR/><BR/>But either way, only L3's are represented today.Kosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156165962330239126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-58867854288938423872008-10-02T23:29:00.000+03:002008-10-02T23:29:00.000+03:00I was speaking of the present. With the exception ...I was speaking of the present. With the exception of lineages representing more recent African admixture, Eurasians are exclusively N and M. So they have exclusive Afrasian ancestry, with a little bit of more recent African admixture, but no evidence of non-African mtDNA (due to Neanderthal etc. introgression)<BR/><BR/>If Mungo Man's reported lineage is authentic (which I doubt as per my previous comments), his lineage didn't contribute to Eurasians.Dienekeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-12255313701497915342008-10-02T21:22:00.000+03:002008-10-02T21:22:00.000+03:00"The fact that L3 is the only haplogroup with desc..."The fact that L3 is the only haplogroup with descendants outside Africa..." <BR/><BR/>It was brought up in comments several months ago that Mungo Man might be part of an earlier pre-L lineage to leave Africa. I do understand the mtDNA evidence is still being contested though and may be the result of contamination--but as far as I know, the jury is still out on that. <BR/><BR/>This link, anyway, is still standing:<BR/>http://donsmaps.com/mungo.htmlKosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156165962330239126noreply@blogger.com