Category: C1e haplogroup

  • Icelanders descended from Native Americans?

    That is the question, and tentatively answered in the affirmative according to a new paper in The American Journal of Physical Anthropology. A new subclade of mtDNA haplogroup C1 found in icelanders: Evidence of pre-columbian contact?: Although most mtDNA lineages observed in contemporary Icelanders can be traced to neighboring populations in the British Isles and…

Razib Khan