The peopling of Europe and the cautionary tale of Y chromosome lineage R-M269.

Recently, the debate on the origins of the major European Y chromosome haplogroup R1b1b2-M269 has reignited, and opinion has moved away from Palaeolithic origins to the notion of a younger Neolithic spread of these chromosomes from the Near East. Here, we address this debate by investigating frequen...

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Main Authors: Busby, G, Brisighelli, F, Sánchez-Diz, P, Ramos-Luis, E, Martinez-Cadenas, C, Thomas, MG, Bradley, D, Gusmão, L, Winney, B, Bodmer, W, Vennemann, M, Coia, V, Scarnicci, F, Tofanelli, S, Vona, G, Ploski, R, Vecchiotti, C, Zemunik, T, Rudan, I, Karachanak, S, Toncheva, D, Anagnostou, P, Ferri, G, Rapone, C, Hervig, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012