Table 1 Coalescence age estimates for several human mtDNA-based evolutionary events
From: Counterbalancing the time-dependent effect on the human mitochondrial DNA molecular clock
Haplogroup split | Evolutionary event | Mean age in years | 95% Coefficient interval |
|---|---|---|---|
L0/L1’2′5’6′4’3 | Most recent African common ancestor | 317,814 ya | (352755–282,873 ya) |
L3’4 | Out of Africa | 165,610 ya | (190833–140,387 ya) |
L3 | Return to Africa of L3 | 112,829 ya | (133648–92,010 ya) |
P | Reaching the Pacific | 106,752 ya | (127003–86,501 ya) |
P | Reaching Australia | 108,034 ya | (128406–87,662 ya) |
P | Reaching Philippines | 111,545 ya | (132244–90,846 ya) |
P | Reaching New Guinea | 112,070 ya | (132818–91,322 ya) |
B2 | Expansion Americas | 37,701 ya | (49735–25,667 ya) |