Haplogroup L1 (mtDNA)

In, Haplogroup L1 is a.

Haplogroup L1 is found in West and Central. Some of its branches (L1d, L1k, L1a, L1f) were recently re-classified into haplogroup L0 as L0d, L0k, L0a and L0f.

Haplogroup L1 arose with and  is an offshoot.

The descendants of haplogroup L1 are also African haplogroups and, the latter of which gave rise to all non-African haplogroups.

Haplogroup L1 is believed to have first appeared in Africa approximately 150,000 to 170,000 years ago.