Maternal line · mitochondrial DNA
The Arabian and Near Eastern line
mtDNA R0
Where it is common today
The Near East and Arabia.
Ancient people who carried it
39 ancient genomes in the Allen Ancient DNA Resource carry this line. The oldest is from Raqefet Cave, Israel, around 11,340 BC.
- 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan6,750 BC – 2,410 BC3 people
- Peki'in, Israel4,380 BC – 4,200 BC3 people
- Zaflah, YemenAD 690 – AD 1,0203 people
- Akhziv, Israel700 BC – 650 BC2 people
- Raqefet Cave, Israel11,340 BC1 people
- Ulan-4, Russia3,960 BC1 people
- Hergla, Tunisia3,910 BC1 people
- Ozera, Ukraine3,000 BC1 people
- Hazor, Israel1,700 BC1 people
- Noratus, Armenia1,420 BC1 people
- Le Cailar "Place de la Saint-Jean", France350 BC1 people
- Lilybaeum-Tribunale, Italy340 BC1 people
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