Ancient population · Iron Age

Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · 2300BP_all

2300BP_all

Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · 2300BP_all is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (2300BP_all), with 1 sample from Shefa, Vanuatu, dated to about 310 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · Vanuatu_2300BP, Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all and Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · 1300BP_all; the nearest living populations are Papuan Highland B, Australian and Kosipe.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup S; its mtDNA haplogroup is M28a.

Period
Iron Age
Date
about 310 BCE
Country
Vanuatu
Origin
Shefa, Vanuatu
Sampled near
Mele-Taplins -17.69, 168.29
Samples
1
Catalogue
2300BP_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_B5.60
2AustralianAustralian8.75
3KosipeKosipe10.78
4KoinanbeKoinanbe12.93
5PapuanPapuan12.93
6Papuan Highland APapuan_Highland_A13.49
7NasoiNasoi15.44
8JarawaJarawa47.71
9OngeOnge47.87
10AgtaAgta49.48

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

  • S S-Y26122

mtDNA

1 individual with a call

Individuals 1

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
I4451_allM410-210 calBCEMele-TaplinsS S-Y26122M28a7a