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Mother line N-general
The other great line
Age about 50,000 to 70,000 yearsPassed down mother to childStops 5 on the road
THE ROAD OF THIS LINE. GOLD COUNTRIES ARE WHERE IT IS COMMON. SHAPES ARE SCHEMATIC.
The story
More than 50,000 years ago, a woman walked out of Africa. Her daughters, and their daughters, became line N, the second of the two great mother lines of the first people outside Africa. N spread west into West Asia and Europe and east along the coasts to India and Southeast Asia, where some of its oldest branches still live. You still carry it.
The road, stop by stop
- East AfricaMore than 50,000 years agoThe mothers whose line becomes N leave Africa with some of Asia's first settlers.
- West AsiaSoon afterSome branches of N grow up in West Asia.
- South AsiaTens of thousands of years agoOthers reach India and follow the coasts east.
- Mainland Southeast AsiaLong agoOld branches such as N21 and N22 are found in Southeast Asia.
- MalaysiaTodayYou. Your result on atgc.asia shows how common this line is among the Malaysians we have tested.
Where it is found today
Its many branches are found from Europe and West Asia to India and Southeast Asia.
Most often found in: India, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
