What is the Haplogroup T ? and how is it originated ?

[EvilDave]

Where is most common and can you post some photos of people that "represent" the original people that had this haplogroup ?

[EvilDave]

can someone answer ?

[Peasant]

Might help if you specified if this is Y-DNA or mtDNA T.

[Amapola]

the paternal T, you mean?

[Sikeliot]

Paternal haplogroup T is from Ethiopia, isn't it?

[Amapola]

Paternal haplogroup T is from Ethiopia, isn't it?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg/2000px-Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg.png

No...


K2-M70 is believed to have originated in Asia after the emergence of the K-M9 polymorphism (45–30 ky) (Underhill et al. 2001a). As deduced from the collective data (Underhill et al. 2000; Cruciani et al. 2002; Semino et al. 2002; present study), K2-M70 individuals, at some later point, proceeded south to Africa. While these chromosomes are seen in relatively high frequencies in Egypt, Oman, Tanzania, Ethiopia, they are especially prominent in the Fulbe 18%( [Scozzari et al. 1997, 1999])"

— J. R. Luis et al.: The Levant versus the Horn of Africa: Evidence for Bidirectional Corridors of Human Migrations (Errata), American Journal of Human Genetics, 74: 532-544.

[EvilDave]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg/2000px-Distribution_Haplogroup_T_Y-DNA_II.svg.png

No...

Can you post some photos (of people) that can represent this haplogroup ?

[Oreka Bailoak]

Can you post some photos (of people) that can represent this haplogroup ?

The Haplogroup tells you almost nothing about the look of an individual. If you were to look at pictures of average people of Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt, India, Israel, Turkey, Spain, Netherlands, Estonia- that's what people with T look like.

Thomas Jefferson is the only famous T that comes to my mind.

[Pallantides]

Thomas Jefferson is the only famous T that I know.

He also had mtDNA V... but he didn't look much like a Saami:D

[EvilDave]

And which (ancient) population was of this haplogroup ?

[Agrippa]

T is quite old, it seems to have come from East Africa, but that's a long time ago. Generally speaking one can just consider it an Europid (Caucasoid race) yDNA-haplogroup.