Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2, published online 09 May 2018.

In this Article, Angela M. Taravella and Melissa A. Wilson Sayres should have been listed as authors, with the affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. These authors provided an overview of major Y-chromosomal haplogroups in Supplementary Information Section 8. The author list and Author Information section have been corrected online.