South Asian Maternal Lineage haplogroup R30 Provides Phylogenetic Evidence of human dispersal across South Asia
Shailesh Desai, Vivek Adhikary, Mohak Bhattacharyya, Manoj Kumar Tharu, Abhishek Sharma, Jaison Jeevan Sequeira, Rudra Kumar Pandey, P S Pandey, Shivanand S. Shendre, Alnoman Mundher Tayyeh, Sajitha Lulu S, Mohammed S Mustak, Michael D. Petraglia, Gyaneshwer Chaubey
The paper analyzes haplogroup R30 in South Asia to trace human dispersal, finding it originated in the Indian subcontinent ~50 kya and shows evidence of multiple migrations.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology