From the post of Janez, I conclude, it shall be hard to restrain 'Middle Eastern' origin exclusively on I1b:
"Thus, it appears that I1a, I1b, and I1c all diverged from I* in the Late Upper Paleolithic/Mesolithic period..."
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Awar
I think it developed in the Balkans, but I read that it came from the Middle East.
A while back  |
Circa 28,000-23,000 years ago races of what we know now as 'the Middle East' weren't the same as now or in more recent past.
Besides, we all had to come from somewhere, otherwise the entire continent would be settled exclusively by Cromagnon/Paleolithic inhabitants.
Perhaps we shall find more recent Middle-Eastern (J) haplotype in South-Eastern Balkans when we receive more precise Serbian and Montenegrin data.
