(1963) therefore suggested that high R0 frequencies were likely characteristic of the ancient Judea Jews, who had emigrated from Egypt prior to their dispersal throughout the Mediterranean Basin and Europe.[15] However, more recent studies have found R0 frequencies as low as 24.3% among some Afroasiatic-speaking groups in the Horn of Africa,[16] as well as higher R0 frequencies among certain other Afroasiatic speakers in North Africa (37.3%)[17] and among some Palestinians in the Levant (30.4%).[18]