The line of the first farmers

Where it is common today

The Caucasus, Anatolia, Iran and Sardinia — spread with the first farmers.

How old it is

This branch split from its parent about 48,500 years ago (between 46,200 and 50,900).

Every man who carries it today descends from one man who lived about 25,200 years ago (between 23,300 and 27,200).

From the big letter down to this branch

1. A1
2. A1b
3. BT
4. CT
5. CF
6. F
7. GHIJK
8. G

Every test reads your line to a different depth. One report says J1, another J-P58, another a code four steps further down — all of them are right, the longer one is simply more detailed. HealthOS reads as deep as your file allows.

Ancient people who carried it

573 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Shanidar, Iraq, around 8,180 BC.

• Gurgy Les Noisats, France4,980 BC – 4,120 BC57 people
• Nitra-Horné-Krškany, Slovakia5,150 BC – 5,110 BC19 people
• Asparn Schletz, Austria5,580 BC – 4,120 BC15 people
• Mödling-An der Goldenen Stiege, AustriaAD 72014 people
• Rákóczifalva-Bivaly-Tó, Hungary5,180 BC – 4,180 BC13 people
• Halberstadt-Sonntagsfeld, Germany5,180 BC – 5,000 BC12 people
• Potočani, Croatia4,100 BC12 people
• Oberbipp Horgen, Switzerland3,220 BC – 2,810 BC12 people
• Aesch, Switzerland3,020 BC – 2,770 BC12 people
• Verteba Cave, Ukraine3,750 BC – 3,650 BC11 people
• Urziceni, Romania4,140 BC – 3,950 BC9 people
• Pietrele Măgura Gorgana, Romania4,580 BC – 4,280 BC8 people

Paternal lines (Y-DNA)