Overview
J2b-Z43592 represents a downstream component of the J2b-M241 lineage with demographic connections spanning the southern Balkans, the Aegean world and western Anatolia. Its formation is rooted in late Neolithic village networks and maritime-linked communities that bridged agricultural interiors with coastal trade hubs. These groups established long-lasting systems of ceramic style exchange, metallurgical innovation and maritime route integration.
In the Bronze Age, populations carrying Z43592 appear linked to Mycenaean-influenced coastal settlements, Aegean island communities and western Anatolian maritime centers. The phylogeny reveals substructuring tied to island-specific expansions, southern Balkan river systems and coastal Anatolian plains. Iron Age and classical archaeological genomes from the Aegean and Balkans preserve paternal signatures consistent with Z43592, indicating sustained continuity across key maritime-cultural zones.
Geographic distribution
Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, western Turkey; limited presence in Italy, Cyprus and along the Adriatic shore.
Ancient DNA
- Late Neolithic Balkan individuals display upstream J2b-M241 ancestry leading toward Z43592.
- Aegean Bronze Age individuals exhibit J2b lineages compatible with this clade’s position.
- Western Anatolian Bronze Age remains contain upstream branches ancestral to Z43592.
- Iron Age Aegean island and coastal Balkan remains reflect downstream structures of this lineage.
- Classical maritime populations maintain microbranches aligned with Z43592.
Phylogeny & subclades
A maritime-integrated J2b-M241 subclade with diversification across Aegean islands, southern Balkan lowlands and Anatolian coastal regions.
- Z43592*
- Aegean island microbranches
- Southern Balkan derivatives
Notes & context
J2b-Z43592 is key for understanding the demographic layering of the Aegean–Balkan–Anatolian maritime sphere through the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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