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Crete and Minoan Civilization

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Creten and possible Creten descent DNA. This project is in the process of being set up. August 2017. If you are from Crete Please join. Following the discovery of the Minoan bones 2 of the 3 being M319 and the main M319 group in Crete being Z39482, which outside Crete seems limited to Langton, De Rijck and Walts, I decided we really need a Crete project to encourage people in Crete to test. This will not be limited to J-M319 but will include G2a (the other skeleton) and anyone from Crete. It will be a while before the project works properly-the website link doesn't work but join does. Y haplogroups on Crete: J2 34%, R1b 15%, E 11%, G 9.5%, R1a 9%, i2 8%, J1 5%, i1 4%, T 4%, Q 0.5% J-M319Z2254 * Z2256 * Z2253+18 SNPsformed 13400 ybp, TMRCA 12000 ybpinfo J-M319* Minoans, Haigios Charalambos Cave, Early Minoan III-Middle Minoan I, 2200-1950 BCE4210-3960 ybpCRETE id:YF08857MEX J-Y16817Y16820 * S7586 * Y16835+87 SNPsformed 12000 ybp, TMRCA 600 ybpinfo J-Y20889Z39620 * Y20890 * Y24846+58 SNPsformed 12000 ybp, TMRCA 3500 ybpinfo J-Y20889* Present-day Cretans Anatolians J-Y5009FGC17675/Y5041 * S23689 * Y5030+40 SNPsformed 12000 ybp, TMRCA 6500 ybpinfo J-Y5007Y5045/FGC17678 * Z17215/FGC17670/Y5029 * Z17231/S22109+27 SNPsformed 6500 ybp, TMRCA 3300 ybpinfo J-Y5177FGC17726/Y5178 * S18115 * FGC17716/Y5177+1 SNPsformed 3300 ybp, TMRCA 2800 ybpinfo J-Y5500FGC17722/Y5501 * FGC17721 * Y5498+15 SNPsformed 2800 ybp, TMRCA 600 ybpinfo Lebanese and Syrian Druze J-Z39482Z39482formed 2800 ybp, TMRCA 2700 ybpinfo J-Z39482* Present-day Cretans Tibetans