Haplogroup C-V20
Haplogroup C-V20 is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is one of two primary branches of Haplogroup C1a, one of the descendants of Haplogroup C1. Haplogroup C-V20 is now distributed in Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and South Asia with very low frequency.Haplogroup C1a2 has been discovered in the remains of Palaeolithic people in Czech Republic, Belgium, and the Sunghir archaeological site near Vladimir, Russia. Regarding more recent prehistory, Haplogroup C-V20 has been found in the remains of a male associated with a late group of the Alföld Linear Pottery culture at Kompolt-Kigyósér, Hungary whose mtDNA belonged to haplogroup J1c1, the remains of a male associated with the LBK Culture at Apc-Berekalja, Hungary whose mtDNA belonged to haplogroup K1a3a3, and the remains of a male associated with Mesolithic culture at La Braña-Arintero, León, Spain whose mtDNA belonged to haplogroup U5b2c1. It has also been found in ancient DNA from Anatolia, specifically in the remains of an Anatolian hunter-gatherers dating from 13.642-13.073 BCE and belonging to mitochondrial haplogroup K2b.
Haplogroup C-V20 Y-DNA also has been found in a small number of modern Europeans, Algerian Berbers, Armenians, and Nepalis. It includes many Y-DNA samples associated with the oldest currently known population of anatomically modern humans in Europe, and it is considered to be a carrier of the Upper Paleolithic Aurignacian culture that began 40,000 years ago.
