A Spatio Temporal Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup I
The recent recovery of ancient DNA from a growing number of human samples shows that mitochondrial DNA haplogroup I was introduced to Europe after the end of the Last Glacial Maximum. This paper provides a spatio temporal analysis of the various subhaplogroups of mitochondrial DNA I. The study suggests that haplogroup I diversified into haplogroups I1, I2'3, I4 and I5 at specific regions in Eurasia and then spread southward to Crete and Egypt.