tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post839823079815697889..comments2024-03-27T22:28:06.861-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: How Much Lower Was Matriline DNA Turnover?Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-30242712387069957082011-10-12T17:18:10.295-06:002011-10-12T17:18:10.295-06:00"The site suggests that Y-DNA haplogroup I wa..."The site suggests that Y-DNA haplogroup I was indigenous, but there seems to be at least some emerging evidence that there was at least one layer of significant genetic shift even within the Neolitic in some parts of Europe at least, and that I is itself mostly a Neolithic or later arrival in Europe."<br /><br />I am curious as to what data you've seen to come to this conclusion. Nordtvedt certainly believes that all Haplogroup I subclades are European in origin, and the STR dating of Haplogroup I places it firmly in the Paleolithic.<br /><br />I think you might be confusing Neolithic "arrival" with Neolithic "expansion"; for example, I2a1a is an indigenous European I subclade that clearly expanded within Europe during the Neolithic.sparkeynoreply@blogger.com