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Haplogroup I-M438 | |
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Possible time of origin | 28–33,000 years ago[1] |
Possible place of origin | South-Eastern or Eastern Europe. |
Ancestor | I-M170 |
Descendants | I-L460, I-L1251 |
Defining mutations | M438/P215/S31 |
Highest frequencies | I2a1a: Sardinia[2]
I2a1b: Bosnia and Herzegovina,[3] I2a2: Britain, Germany, and Sweden[2] |
Haplogroup I-M438, also known as I2 (ISOGG 2019), is a human DNA Y-chromosome haplogroup, a subclade of haplogroup I-M170. Haplogroup I-M438 originated some time around 26,000–31,000 BCE. It originated in Europe and developed into several main subgroups: I2-M438*, I2a-L460, I2b-L415 and I2c-L596.[2] The haplogroup can be found all over Europe and reaches its maximum frequency in the Dinaric Alps (Balkans) via founder effect, related to the migrations of the Early Slavs to the Balkan peninsula.
The oldest example so far found is that of Hohle Fels (49) from Germany, being at least 14,200 years old.[4]
Peter Underhill 2007 pp. 33-42
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