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.
Haplogroup C-B477 | |
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Possible place of origin | Sahul Shelf |
Ancestor | (Grandparent)C1 |
Descendants | C1b2a-M38 C1b2b-M347 |
Defining mutations | B477 |
Highest frequencies | Papuan people, Indigenous Australians, Melanesian people, Polynesian people |
It is distributed in high frequency in Indigenous Australians, Papuan people, Melanesian people, and Polynesian people.
Haplogroup C-B477 took a southern route after the Out of Africa through the Indian subcontinent to the Sahul Shelf.[8] C-M38 was born 49,600 years before present around New Guinea.[9]