Recent content by Zenati

E1b1b1 is indeed the Berber modal haplotype and does indeed originate from the horn of Africa, Ethiopia or Yemen. But this haplotype has spread all around the Mediterranean sea during the neolithic agricultural revolution. In fact it is the only Y haplotype fund all around the Mediterranean...

You are absolutely right, Vandal army included a lot of Alans, I have also thought about this. But Alans were less numerous than Vandals proper, which have been described as Germanic (although at that time the Germans, Baltic and Slav populations might have been much more intermixed and...

Hi Imperium Romanorum, You are absolutely right, nations are artificial constructs which often do not overlap with human populations that they are supposed to describe. And of course the nations do not overlap with the human genetics. :rolleyes2:

Hi Shetop, I agree with your conclusion about Vandals and R1a. I too have come to the conclusion that Vandals might have been R1a bearers when I read about the Y haplogroup sampling of the Algerian Kabyles. The Kabyles are the central Algeria mountain dweller Berbers which very often display...

Wend vs. Vlakh Thanks for this overwhelming amount of information, I learn a lot from you guys! Now just a few points that I would like to clarify: 1) Veneds/Wends was the name used by the German tribesmen for all their Slavic neighbors. At the time of the German-Slavic coexistence on the...

Dig deeper Hi to all of you folks, First, let me congratulate you on the very interesting topic that you have developed. In my humble opinion you have asked very interesting questions and proposed original and quite exciting answers. However, there are some problems with your basic...