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Summary[edit]

World map of human migrations, with the North Pole at center. Africa, harboring the start of the migration, is at the top left and South America at the far right. Migration patterns are based on studies of mitochondrial (matrilinear) DNA. Dashed lines are hypothetical migrations.

Numbers represent thousand years before present.

The blue line represents area covered in ice or tundra during the last great ice age.

The letters are the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups (pure motherly lineages); Haplogroups can be used to define genetic populations and are often geographically oriented. For example, the following are common divisions for mtDNA haplogroups:

  • African: L, L1, L2, L3
  • Near Eastern: J, N
  • Southern European: J, K
  • General European: H, V
  • Northern European: T, U, X
  • Asian: A, B, C, D, E, F, G (note: M is composed of C, D, E, and G)
  • Native American: A, B, C, D, and sometimes X

Data derivation[edit]

  • All migration data based on mitomap.
  • Geographic data from [1]
  • and adding the following data [2] we get this interesting result [3]

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current03:10, 22 May 2012Thumbnail for version as of 03:10, 22 May 2012889 × 635 (274 KB)84user (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 19:10, 12 August 2005
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21:05, 5 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:05, 5 August 2005536 × 380 (80 KB)Stevertigo (usurped) (talk | contribs)reupload with similar changes, but without compression/artifacts
21:00, 5 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:00, 5 August 2005536 × 380 (30 KB)Stevertigo (usurped) (talk | contribs)altered brightness contrast - black/brown blending was distracting in last version
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18:08, 16 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:08, 16 July 2005745 × 380 (99 KB)Avsa (talk | contribs)Map of human races migration, according to the mithocondrial dna. All data based on mitomap http://www.mitomap.org/WorldMigrations.pdf I ignored all data I could not understand (for example a dotted line, the +/- and the letters). If someone explains to
18:03, 16 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:03, 16 July 2005745 × 380 (99 KB)Avsa (talk | contribs)Map of human races migration, according to the mithocondrial dna. All data based on mitomap http://www.mitomap.org/WorldMigrations.pdf I ignored all data I could not understand (for example a dotted line, the +/- and the letters). If someone explains to
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