Map of the Copper Age diffusion in Europe and the Near East

Expansion of the Copper Age around Europe and the Near East (5800-1800 BCE)

=> See also : Was copper metallurgy invented and spread by Y-haplogroup J2 ?

Haplogroup E1b1b (Y-DNA)
The main paternal lineage in North Africa.

Haplogroup I2 (Y-DNA)
The main paternal lineage of Mesolithic Europeans.

Haplogroup R1a (Y-DNA)
The dominant paternal lineage in Northeast Europe.

Haplogroup H (mtDNA)
The largest European maternal lineage.

Neanderthal facts & myths
How much did we inherit from Neanderthals ?

Haplogroup G2a (Y-DNA)
The main paternal lineage of Neolithic farmers.

Haplogroup J1 (Y-DNA)
The dominant Arabic paternal lineage.

Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)
The dominant paternal lineage in Western Europe.

MtDNA by country
Frequencies by regions in Europe and the Near East.

The origins of red hair
Where is it more common? Where did it come from?

Haplogroup I1 (Y-DNA)
The original paternal lineage of Nordic Europe.

Haplogroup J2 (Y-DNA)
The Greco-Anatolian paternal lineage.

Y-DNA Maps
Maps of the main paternal lineage in Europe.

Facts about DNA
Fun tutorial about the basics of genetics.

Medical DNA
SNP's linked with traits and medical conditions.

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