Haplogroup L3
Widespread human mitochondrial DNA grouping indicating common ancestry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haplogroup L3 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. The clade has played a pivotal role in the early dispersal of anatomically modern humans.
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Haplogroup L3 | |
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Possible time of origin | 80,000–60,000 BP,[1] 70,000 BP[2] |
Possible place of origin | East Africa[3][4][5][2] or Asia[6] |
Ancestor | L3'4 |
Descendants | L3a, L3b'f, L3c'd, L3e'i'k'x, L3h, M, N |
Defining mutations | 769, 1018, 16311[7] |
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It is strongly associated with the out-of-Africa migration of modern humans of about 70–50,000 years ago. It is inherited by all modern non-African populations, as well as by some populations in Africa.[8][3]