Modern population

Abkhasian

Abkhasian

Abkhasian is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Abkhasian), with 5 samples from Abkhazia, Georgia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian Svaneti, Georgian Megr and Georgian Lechkhumi, and among ancient ones Maykop Late (Bronze Age), Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia) and Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Georgia
Origin
Abkhazia, Georgia
Sampled near
Abkhazia 43.00, 41.00
Samples
5
Catalogue
Abkhasian

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
1Georgian SvanetiGeorgian_Svaneti1.18
2Georgian MegrGeorgian_Megr1.91
3Georgian LechkhumiGeorgian_Lechkhumi2.39
4Georgian ImerGeorgian_Imer2.41
5Georgian WestGeorgian_West2.52
6Abkhasian GudautaAbkhasian_Gudauta2.91
7OssetianOssetian2.92
8Georgian North EastGeorgian_NorthEast2.97
9Georgian AjarGeorgian_Ajar2.99
10Georgian GuriaGeorgian_Guria3.03
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late3.02
2Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.19
3Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Maikop_Novosvobodnaya3.66
4Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan)Uzbekistan_Dzharkutan_BA_23.83
5Armenia (Iron Age)Armenia_IA4.06
6Himera 480BCE 5 (Iron Age, Sicily)Sicily_Himera_480BCE_54.28
7Armenia (Early Iron Age)Armenia_EIA4.35
8Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan4.38
9Kura-Araxes Berkaber (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Berkaber4.52
10Darkveti-Meshoko En (Chalcolithic)Darkveti-Meshoko_En4.52

Individuals 9

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
349_R02C02Abkhazia, Georgia
350_R02C02Abkhazia, Georgia
460_R02C01Abkhazia, Georgia
462_R01C01Abkhazia, Georgia
462_R01C02Abkhazia, Georgia
350_R01C02 outlierAbkhazia, Georgia
460_R01C01 outlierAbkhazia, Georgia
460_R02C02 outlierAbkhazia, Georgia
ABKH1 outlierAbkhazia, Georgia