r1b

We have discussed this topic extensively in various threads on the forum over the years, but there doesn't seem to be one thread dedicated to the subject. I will summarise my thoughts here so that I don't have to repeat myself every time. As I have explained in my R1b history, between 2500 and...

I recently was added as a co-admin to the "R1b and Subcllades" project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/r1b/ I volunteered for this because I want to see broader and deeper testing of R1b people with the hope of better understanding where we started out and how we got to where we are...

Hello everyone, I've read this site for several years but this will be my first post and appreciate your responses. Does anyone know anything about these two markers DYS490=10 and DYS534=16? It appears from reading various blogs that SRY-2627 can be divided into two groups: 1) =12, =15...

A new paper on haplogroup G by Rootsi et al. was published two days ago. They compiled a new database of some 1500 members of hg G spread over nearly 100 regions and listed frequencies in all these regions for 17 subclades of G. This is by far the most comprehensive study of hg G so far. I am...

Emerging genetic patterns of the european neolithic: Perspectives from a late neolithic bell beaker burial site in Germany† Esther J. Lee et al. Abstract The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in Europe is associated with demographic changes that may have shifted the...

Begoña Martínez-Cruz et al. (2012) studied the frequencies of Y-haplogroups in the Spanish and French Basque country, Gascony, Navarra, La Rioja, northern Aragon, Cantabria, and northern Castille & Leon. There are 835 samples, making it the biggest and most detailed study for the region so far...

I originally wanted to post this in Linguistics, but I realized that this is a topic that straddles both linguistics and genetics, so I decided to post it here. The Beaker-Bell Culture is one of the most puzzling archaeological cultures, and it has been frquently discussed on the forum as s...

I am looking to find out how, exactly, a DNA sample goes from an R1b1b2 to, say, an R1b1b2aib4. As I am relatively new to this disciplins please forgive my naivete as to how difficult this may be. My results were: 393 390 19a 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389I 392 389II 458 459a 459b 455 454 447...