Table 3.

Coalescence age estimates for the main H-subclades

Sub-clade	N	ρ (HVS-I)	σ	Age (years)	95% C.I.
H1	1524	0.99	0.21	16,480	[9687–23,273]
H1 Iberia	591	0.80	0.20	13,375	[6892–19,859]
H1 North Africa	191	0.63	0.11	10,478	[6756–14,200]
H2	244	1.42	0.70	23,648	[899–46,397]
H3	391	0.78	0.20	13,085	[6442–19,728]
H3 Iberia	236	0.57	0.15	9469	[4420–14,518]
H3 North Africa	37	0.49	0.17	8113	[2526–13,700]
H4	129	0.57	0.13	9437	[5243–13,632]
H5	324	0.61	0.14	10,140	[5686–14,594]
H6	177	0.78	0.19	13,002	[6931–19,074]
H7	120	0.66	0.19	10,979	[4756–17,202]
H10	69	0.88	0.41	14,743	[1286–28,201]
H11	59	1.27	0.41	21,200	[7823–34,577]
H13	120	1.00	0.20	16,677	[10,154–23,200]
H20	46	1.07	0.50	17,789	[1353–34,225]

Values of the parameter ρ were based on HVS-I sequences detailed in Additional file 4 and transformed into years by using the corrected molecular clock proposed by [24]