Haplogroup C-B477

Haplogroup C-B477, also known as Haplogroup C1b2, is a Y-chromosome haplogroup. It is one of two primary branches of Haplogroup C1b, one of the descendants of Haplogroup C1. Previously, this haplogroup was called C4.
It is distributed in high frequency in Indigenous Australians, Papuan people, Melanesian people, and Polynesian people.

Subgroups

C1b2
*C1b2a Papuan people and other Oceanians
*C1b2b Indigenous Australians

Frequency

C-M347

Indigenous Australians 60.2%-68.7%

Migration history

Haplogroup C-B477 took a southern route, after the Out of Africa expansion, through the Indian subcontinent to the Sahul Shelf. The C-M38 lineage is estimated to have diverged around 49,600 years ago, most likely around New Guinea.