Haplogroup M-P256 | |
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Possible time of origin | 32,000-47,000 years BP (Scheinfeldt 2006) |
Possible place of origin | Wallacea (eastern Indonesia) or New Guinea [1] |
Ancestor | K2b1 |
Defining mutations | P256 |
Haplogroup M, AKA M-P256 and Haplogroup K2b1b (previously K2b1d) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. M-P256 is a descendant haplogroup of Haplogroup K2b1, and is believed to have first appeared between 32,000 and 47,000 years ago (Scheinfeldt 2006).
M-P256 is the most frequently occurring Y-chromosome haplogroup in West Papua and western Papua New Guinea (Kayser 2003). It is also found in neighboring parts of Melanesia, Indonesia and among indigenous Australians.