Distribution
E-M215 is distributed as far south as South Africa, and northwards into North Africa, from where it has in more recent millennia expanded to Europe and Asia. E-M243 is the predominant subclade of E1b1b, representing almost exactly the same population. M215 was found to be older than M243 when individuals were found who have the M215 mutation, but do not have M243 mutation. The E-M215 clade is presently found in various forms in the Horn of Africa, North Africa, parts of Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa, West Asia, and Europe (especially the Mediterranean Spain and the Balkans). E-M215 and E-M243 are quite common among Afro-Asiatic speakers. The linguistic group and carriers of E-M243 lineage have a high probability to have arisen and dispersed together from the region of origin of this language family. Amongst populations with an Afro-Asiatic speaking history, a significant proportion of Jewish male lineages are E-M243. Haplogroup E-M243, which accounts for approximately 18% to 20% of Ashkenazi and 8.6% to 30% of Sephardi Y-chromosomes, appears to be one of the major founding lineages of the Jewish population.
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