Population History of the Red Sea - Genetic Exchanges Between the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa Signaled in the Mitochondria! DNA HV1 Haplogroup
2011
Abstract
The mitochondrial haplogroup HV1 that is present in both the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa is analyzed in this article. Detailed phylogeography of HV1 haplotypes showed that recent demographic upheavals contributed to their spread from Arabia to East Africa.
It is concordant with the archaeological records suggesting intensive maritime trade in the Red Sea from the sixth millennium BC onwards.