: At moderate frequencies, often reflecting ancient trans-Saharan trade and contact.
The map of E1b1a extends far beyond the African continent. Due to the , this lineage is the most common paternal haplogroup among African American and Afro-Caribbean populations. Smaller frequencies of E1b1a can also be found in: e1b1a-map
Compare E1b1a with its "brother" lineage, , which dominates North Africa. Smaller frequencies of E1b1a can also be found
Genetic research, such as that detailed by DNA Genics , suggests that E1b1a originated during the , approximately 40,000 to 50,000 years ago . While there is ongoing scholarly debate regarding its exact point of origin, many researchers point to East Africa or the Horn of Africa as the likely cradle for the basal E1b1 lineages. The most dramatic chapter in the E1b1a map is the
The most dramatic chapter in the E1b1a map is the . Beginning roughly 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, speakers of Bantu languages began a massive southward and eastward migration from their West-Central African homeland (near modern-day Nigeria and Cameroon).