R1b Haplogroup
This haplogroup is associated with the yamna Culture and its derivation in Asia named Afanasievo Culture.
Published works indicate that R1b was a predominant haplogroup from the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age, notably in the Bell Beaker and Yamnaya cultures. Nearly 100% of the tested Afanasievo men belonged to the R1b1a1a subhaplogroup and at least three of them to the L23 (xM412) subclade.
More than 30% of modern day Armeninans belong to a haplogroup R1b-L23.
R1b was detected in two male skeletons from a German Bell Beaker site dated to 2600 – 2500 BC at Kromsdorf, one of which tested positive for R1b-M269 but negative for its U106 subclade, while for the other skeleton the R1b-M269 test was unclear. A later Bell Beaker male skeleton from Quedlinburg, Germany dated to 2296 – 2206 BC tested positive for R1b-M269-P312 subclade.
One sample from Varna Culture is R1b-V88. Another burial from this culture called "The Golden Man", with the largest gold collection found in prehistoric Europe, is identified as haplogroup T-M184.
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