
Originally Posted by
Kelmendasi
Personally I do not think that J1-PF4816 (as a subclade of L620) could have originated in the Arabian Peninsula or a southern location of West Asia. Parallel to L620>PF4816 is L620>FGC6064 which currently has a distribution limited to northern and (north-)eastern West Asia (e.g., Armenia and Iran), as well as more recent branches in Europe which are ostensibly tied to the movements of Iranian-speakers. Even under PF4816 there is a major branch (PF4816>ZS6599) which is overwhelmingly distributed north of the Arabian Peninsula and archaeogenetics currently corroborates a movement of this branch from north of Mesopotamia (eastern Anatolia, Transcaucasia, northernmost Mesopotamia, and NW Iran). As such, PF4816>L136 also must have arisen in such a location.