What haplogroup is Slavic?

Some of them could possibly be traced back to at least ∼4 kya, which indicates that some of the ancestors of today’s Slavs (Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians and Russians) inhabited areas of Central and Eastern Europe much earlier than it was estimated on the basis of archaeological and historical data.

What is the oldest European haplogroup?

Haplogroup I is the oldest major haplogroup in Europe and in all probability the only one that originated there (apart from very minor haplogroups like C1a2 and deep subclades of other haplogroups).

How old is haplogroup I2a?

Origin & prehistoric presence A 2015 study found haplogroup I2a in 13,500 year old remains from the Azilian culture (from Grotte du Bichon, modern Switzerland).

What haplogroups are native?

The Maternal Line and Paternal Line elements of the Finder are pretty straightforward; certain mitochondrial DNA (maternal) and Y chromosome (paternal) haplogroups are often found among Native Americans. These include mitochondrial haplogroups A2, B2, C1, D1 and X2a – which are found exclusively among Native Americans.

What is the Viking haplogroup?

The most important or identifiable haplogroup for Vikings is I1, as well as R1a, R1b, G2, and N. A haplogroup is a group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor.

Which is the oldest Y haplogroup in Europe?

SUMMARY: I2 is the oldest Y-haplogroup of any size in Europe and is associated with the indigenous hunter-gatherer population that colonised Europe after the Ice Age. The I2 population coexisted with agricultural neolithic settlers after 4000 BC and adopted sedentary lifestyles in some places.

What is the origin of Y-haplogroup I2?

I is the only major Y-haplogroup to have originated in Europe, and very little can be found outside Europe. It has been found in one Aurignacian sample, prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. It branched into I1 and I2 around the time of the LGM (25000 ybp) and I2 has eight surviving lines from the Paleolithic, spread around Europe (Figure 1).

What is the i2-l38 subclade?

The Lichtenstein Cave in the Upper Harz Mountains of Northern Germany contains bodies of five generations of a family group tested as I2-L38, expected to be in the PH1237 subclade. The family were probably miners and metalworkers, as these mountains abound in copper, silver and lead ores and the area was a centre for trade and craftsmanship.

What is the I2 line in the Balkans?

The Balkans I2 is largely I2a1b2a (I2-CTS10936/L621). This line L621 appears to be originally Western European (Isles or German). It may have moved eastwards as hunter-gatherers overtook incoming neolithic settlers, becoming a significant subclade in the early Unetice expansion centred in Moravia, and in the Mycenaean expansion.