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mtDNA V distribution is very similar to Eupedia's U5 map(click here)
In the Sami of far northern Scandinavia, north Africa, and Near east U5 and V distribution is almost identical. This makes a lot of sense since European mtDNA U5b1b in north Africa has been connected with V. They may have all migrated to north Africa from Iberia with H1 and H3 over 8,000 years ago. In Ancient North African DNA there are two V?'s in Mooroco from 12,000ybp. I think the way V is distributed is evidence it originated in Europe and did not come from the Near east in Neolithic. If Maciamo also makes distribution map of H1 and also H3 I bet in the Near east and North Africa they will have very similar distribution to U5 and V. But it is not good to generalize H1,H3, and V because there are many subclades and I have noticed in FTDNA's mtDNA of countries that most of Europe have very similar percentages of H1 subclades. So just because H1 is estimated to be around 15,000 years old does not mean that's when it spread the age of subclades that are in all Europeans is when it would have spread. I do think though that H1, H3, and V all originated in Palaeloithic Europe and spread around 10,000-15,000ybp.
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