Haplogroup C-B477

Haplogroup C-B477, also known as Haplogroup C1b2, is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is one of two primary branches of Haplogroup C1b, one of the descendants of Haplogroup C1. Previously, this haplogroup was called C4 (C-M347).

It is distributed in high frequency in Indigenous Australians, Papuan people, Melanesian people, and Polynesian people.

Subgroups C1b2 (C-B477) C1b2a (C-M38) Papuan people and other Oceanians C1b2b (C-M347) Indigenous Australians

Frequency C-M38

C-M347 Indigenous Australians 60.2%-68.7%

Migration history

Haplogroup C-B477 took a southern route, after the Out of Africa expansion, through the Indian subcontinent to the Sahul Shelf.崎谷満『DNA・考古・言語の学際研究が示す新・日本列島史』（勉誠出版　2009年）(in Japanese) The C-M38 lineage is estimated to have diverged around 49,600 years ago, most likely around New Guinea.

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