Thomas James Johnson III Vincek
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• Mitochondrial Haplogroup: J → J1 → J1c → J1c5a3a
• Y-Chromosome Haplogroup: J → J1 → J-L1253 → J-FTE7366
The World Atlas of Genetic Haplogroups
A story of admixture, movement, and adaptation, revealed by the human genome, inspired by and grounded in peer-reviewed research in ancient DNA and population genomics.
We tend to think of history as something carved in stone, written in books, or passed down in stories. But the deepest record of where we've been isn't in any archive or museum. It's inside every one of us, encoded in our DNA. Long before national borders existed, before empires rose, and before colonialism mixed and displaced populations across the globe, our ancestors spread across the Earth. This Atlas reconstructs those journeys.
It does so by focusing on two special types of DNA: the Y-chromosome, passed unchanged from fathers to sons, and mitochondrial DNA, passed unchanged from mothers to children. Together these create an unbroken biological record stretching back tens of thousands of years.
That record reveals three great chapters of the human story:
• Where we came from: The migrations out of Africa, and our ancestors' encounters with earlier human species like Neanderthals and Denisovans, whose DNA we still carry today.
• How we spread: The farmers, herders, and seafarers who carried their genes, and their ways of life, across continents and oceans.
• How we adapted: How small groups survived and thrived in every environment on Earth, developing resistance to disease, tolerance for new diets, and responses to climate and altitude, leaving distinct genetic signatures of natural selection behind.
Thirty-four chapters. Thirty-four corners of the Earth, each shaped by a distinct human journey. This is the story of the first populations, the grand expansions, and the resilient lineages that made the world human.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20951567
• Mitochondrial Haplogroup: J → J1 → J1c → J1c5a3a
• Y-Chromosome Haplogroup: J → J1 → J-L1253 → J-FTE7366
The World Atlas of Genetic Haplogroups
A story of admixture, movement, and adaptation, revealed by the human genome, inspired by and grounded in peer-reviewed research in ancient DNA and population genomics.
We tend to think of history as something carved in stone, written in books, or passed down in stories. But the deepest record of where we've been isn't in any archive or museum. It's inside every one of us, encoded in our DNA. Long before national borders existed, before empires rose, and before colonialism mixed and displaced populations across the globe, our ancestors spread across the Earth. This Atlas reconstructs those journeys.
It does so by focusing on two special types of DNA: the Y-chromosome, passed unchanged from fathers to sons, and mitochondrial DNA, passed unchanged from mothers to children. Together these create an unbroken biological record stretching back tens of thousands of years.
That record reveals three great chapters of the human story:
• Where we came from: The migrations out of Africa, and our ancestors' encounters with earlier human species like Neanderthals and Denisovans, whose DNA we still carry today.
• How we spread: The farmers, herders, and seafarers who carried their genes, and their ways of life, across continents and oceans.
• How we adapted: How small groups survived and thrived in every environment on Earth, developing resistance to disease, tolerance for new diets, and responses to climate and altitude, leaving distinct genetic signatures of natural selection behind.
Thirty-four chapters. Thirty-four corners of the Earth, each shaped by a distinct human journey. This is the story of the first populations, the grand expansions, and the resilient lineages that made the world human.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20951567
