Haplogroup H

There's an interesting article about haplogroup H members having an increased chance of surviving sepsis (blood poisoning) on Mathilda's Anthropology blog.
MtDNA haplogroup H was a strong independent predictor of outcome during severe sepsis, conferring a 2.12-fold (95% CI 1.02-4.43) increased chance of survival at 180 days compared with individuals without the haplogroup H....

The title says it all, All About Haplogroup H, from Mathilda's Anthropology Blog. This is an article that pulls together what is know about Haplogroup H all in one place. Lot of colorful diagrams too. A bit more scientific than I like but you'll find...

Here's one of the most in depth series of articles on Haplogroup H I've come across. It's called "The mtDNA and it's role in Ancestry" from The Genebase Blog. The first 9 articles are about genetic genealogy in general and would be of interest to those...

In my quest to learn more about my deep ancestry I've discovered that anthropology blogs provide a nice resource for information on the life and times of those who lived in Europe a very long time ago.
Lately I've been reading Mathilda's Anthropology Blog with great interest. Mathilda had a fascinating article (reprinted) last month titled, "How To Lose a Mitochondrial DNA Lineage". "The study sought to answer the crucial question of whether Europeans...