• Haplogroup M

    Haplogroup M, also known as M-P256 and Haplogroup K2b1d is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. M-P256 is a descendant haplogroup of Haplogroup K2b1, and is believed to have first appeared between 32,000 and 47,000 years ago (Scheinfeldt 2006). M-P256 is the most frequently occurring Y-chromosome haplogroup in West Papua and western Papua New Guinea.(Kayser 2003). It […]

    January 18, 2016 / rarikola / No Comments

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  • The human race – Rewriting the race categories

    Race is a word that comes with cultural, phenotypic and genotypic connotations. This mix of attributes usually leads to controversy and confusion. Sometimes at the degree that some people claim that the concept of race is meaningless, and therefore should be eradicated from language. But, if this word is so meaningless, why is it still […]

    February 20, 2017 / rarikola / 17 Comments

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  • Papua New Guinea – Haplogroups M-P256 and S-M230

    When Homo Sapiens decided to leave Africa ….OK, let’s skip around 40-50 thousand years of a journey and talk about Haplogroup K2 (K-M526), who ended up in southeast Asia around 47,000-55,000 years BP . Let’s call a guy, who’s gene mutated somewhere in SE Asia and belonged to Haplogroup K2 – Kadumba. This Kadumba guy […]

    May 15, 2017 / rarikola / 3 Comments

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