Haplogroup Q-M120

Haplogroup Q-M120
Possible time of origin15 400 ybp
Possible place of originAsia or South Siberia[1]
AncestorQ1a1a (F746/NWT01)
Defining mutationsM120 and M265 (AKA N14)

Haplogroup Q-M120, also known as Q1a1a1, is a Y-DNA haplogroup. It is the only primary branch of haplogroup Q1a1a (F746/NWT01). The lineage is most common amongst modern populations in eastern Eurasia.

But the haplogroup might have been historically widespread in the Eurasian steppe and north Asia since it is found among Cimmerians in Moldova and Bronze Age natives of Khövsgöl.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sun, Na; Ma, Peng-Cheng; Yan, Shi; et al. (2019). "Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup Q1a1a-M120, a paternal lineage connecting populations in Siberia and East Asia". Annals of Human Biology. 46 (3): 261–266. doi:10.1080/03014460.2019.1632930. PMID 31208219 – via Taylor & Francis Online.