Haplogroup: U5, a subgroup of R
Age: 40,000 years
Region: Europe, Near East, North Africa
Populations: Basques, Saami (Lapps) of northern Scandinavia
Highlight: Though primarily a European haplogroup, U5 was recently found in mitochondrial DNA extracted from the remains of a 6th-century AD Chinese chieftain
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