Ancient population · Ancient

Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all

150BP_all

Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (150BP_all), with 3 samples from Shefa, Vanuatu, dated to about 1735 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · 1300BP_all, Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · Vanuatu_1300BP and Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · Vanuatu_500BP; the nearest living populations are Papuan Highland B, Australian and Nasoi.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup O1a (2); its mtDNA haplogroups include B4a, M28a and P1d.

Period
Ancient
Date
about 1735 CE
Country
Vanuatu
Origin
Shefa, Vanuatu
Sampled near
Wam Bay -17.15, 168.38
Sites
Wam Bay (2)
Pangpang
Samples
3
Catalogue
150BP_all

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Papuan Highland BPapuan_Highland_B4.72
2AustralianAustralian5.32
3NasoiNasoi11.69
4KosipeKosipe14.12
5PapuanPapuan16.33
6KoinanbeKoinanbe16.34
7Papuan Highland APapuan_Highland_A16.92
8JarawaJarawa44.07
9OngeOnge44.22
10AgtaAgta45.78

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 3

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
I4105_allM1650-1950 calCEWam BayO1a2 O-FT36387M28a
I4106_allM1670-1950 calCEWam BayO1a2 O-FT36387B4a1a1a11
I4450_allF1520-1950 calCEPangpangP1d2