It is estimated that the SNP M89 appeared 38,700-55,700 years ago, most likely in South Asia It has also been suggested by previous research that F-M89 first appeared in the Arabian Peninsula, Levant or North Africa, about 43,800-56,800 years ago. The location of this lineage's first expansion and rise to prevalence appears to have been in the Indian Subcontinent, or somewhere close to it, and most of the descendant subclades and haplogroups appear to have radiated outward from South Asia and/or neighbouring parts of the Middle East and Southeast Asia.