Modern population

Afghan Pashtun

Afghan_Pashtun

Afghan Pashtun is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Afghan_Pashtun), with 3 samples from Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Pashtun Afghanistan North, Tajik Afghanistan and Pashtun Afghanistan, and among ancient ones Xinjiang Junmachanyilian Historical (Antiquity, China), Udegram Ghaznavid (Medieval, Pakistan) and Raja Gira (Medieval, Pakistan).

Period
Modern
Origin
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Sampled near
Kandahar 31.62, 65.73
Samples
3
Catalogue
Afghan_Pashtun

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
1Pashtun Afghanistan NorthPashtun_Afghanistan_North0.00
2Tajik AfghanistanTajik_Afghanistan2.24
3Pashtun AfghanistanPashtun_Afghanistan2.24
4Pashtun Northeast AfghanistanPashtun_Northeast_Afghanistan2.31
5Pashtun Afghanistan PaktiaPashtun_Afghanistan_Paktia2.75
6Pashtun Afghanistan NortheastPashtun_Afghanistan_Northeast2.95
7Pashtun UthmankhelPashtun_Uthmankhel3.01
8UthmankhelUthmankhel3.01
9Tajik IshkashimTajik_Ishkashim3.12
10Pashtun TarkalaniPashtun_Tarkalani3.14
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Xinjiang Junmachanyilian Historical (Antiquity, China)China_Xinjiang_Junmachanyilian_Historical2.58
2Udegram Ghaznavid (Medieval, Pakistan)Pakistan_Udegram_Medieval_Ghaznavid3.18
3Raja Gira (Medieval, Pakistan)Pakistan_RajaGira_Medieval3.32
4Tajik BadakhshanTajik_Badakhshan3.50
5Singoor (Medieval, Pakistan)Pakistan_Singoor_Medieval3.62
6Udegram Ghaznavid (Medieval)Udegram_MA_Ghaznavid4.11
7Sarikoli (China)Sarikoli_China4.46
8Barikot (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Barikot_IA4.96
9Ksirov Kushan (Antiquity, Tajikistan)Tajikistan_Ksirov_Kushan5.91
10Udegram (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Udegram_IA6.51

Individuals 3

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Pashtun_20AfKandahar, Afghanistan
Pashtun_22AfKandahar, Afghanistan
Pashtun_8AfKandahar, Afghanistan