But the haplogroup might have been historically widespread in the Eurasian steppe and north Asia since it is found among Cimmerians in Moldova and Bronze Age natives of Khövsgöl.
The branch of Q-M120 including this sample has a calculated TMRCA of 5,000 to 7,000 years,[2] meaning that it may be the result of a later pre-Columbian immigration from North or East Asia.
[4][5][6] It has been found at low frequency in samples of Han Chinese,[5][6] Dungans,[7] Hmong Daw in Laos,[8] Japanese,[9] Dörwöd Kalmyks,[10] Koreans,[7] Mongols,[11][12] Tibetans,[6][13][14] Uygurs,[15] and Vietnamese.
[2][3] It also has been found among Bhutanese,[16] Murut people in Brunei,[17] Tuvans,[18] Nivkhs,[19] Koryaks,[19] Yukaghirs,[19] and Azerbaijanis.
[21] Di Cristofaro et al. (2013) tested the same sample of Pakistani Hazaras and reported that they belonged to the following Y-DNA haplogroups: 1/25 C-PK2/M386(xM407, M532), 9/25 C-M401, 1/25 I-M223, 1/25 J-M530, 2/25 O-M122(xM134), 1/25 Q-M242(xM120, M25, M346, M378), 1/25 Q-M378, 1/25 R-M124, 8/25 R-M478/M73.