: At moderate frequencies, often reflecting ancient trans-Saharan trade and contact.

Genetic research, such as that detailed by DNA Genics , suggests that E1b1a originated during the , approximately 40,000 to 50,000 years ago . While there is ongoing scholarly debate regarding its exact point of origin, many researchers point to East Africa or the Horn of Africa as the likely cradle for the basal E1b1 lineages.

Provide more information on to see if you belong to this lineage. Y-DNA Haplogroup E: E1b1b and E1b1a - Diahan Southard