[3] However, subsequent genetic studies have indicated that samples previously reported as Q-NWT01 within Eskimo-Aleut populations are more likely to belong to the Q-B143 subclade.
However, haplogroup Q-M120 is spread widely in Asia, from Azerbaijan and Kalmykia in the west to Japan in the east and from Mongolia in the north to Brunei in the south, and the entire Q-M120 clade has been determined to be a subclade of Q-NWT01.
[6] Upper Paleolithic individual from the Afontova Gora 2 site, dating to approximately 17,000 years ago and representing the Ancient North Eurasian ancestry,[7] is the earliest known member of haplogroup Q1a1-F746.
[8] A 2023 study published in Nature found that haplogroup Q1a1-F746/NWT01 was highly prevalent among individuals from the Murzihinskiy II and Yuzhny Oleny archaeological sites in western Russia, dating back to c. 6,500 and 8,200 years ago, respectively.
[2] It can also be called PR4083 as it was labeled in a primate sample sequenced at Family Tree DNA's Genomic Research Center.