Modern population

Akha

Akha

Akha is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Akha), with 30 samples from Kachin, Myanmar (Burma).

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Hani, Lahu and Manchu Jinsha, and among ancient ones Guangxi Huaqiao Ming (Medieval, China), Guangxi Huatuyan Ming (Medieval, China) and Huatuyan (c. 400 BP).

Period
Modern
Origin
Kachin, Myanmar (Burma)
Sampled near
Shan State 21.01, 100.01
Sites
Ban Pa Hi (8)
Ban Lo Cha (6)
Ban Pa Bong Ngam Bon (6)
Ban Pa Mi (6)
Ban Kio Sa Tai (4)
Samples
30
Catalogue
Akha

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
1HaniHani1.06
2LahuLahu4.06
3Manchu JinshaManchu_Jinsha4.40
4Miao SongtaoMiao_Songtao4.41
5Manchu BijieManchu_Bijie4.47
6MiaoMiao4.59
7TujiaTujia4.84
8KukiKuki4.96
9KomKom5.05
10HmongHmong5.06
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Guangxi Huaqiao Ming (Medieval, China)China_Guangxi_Huaqiao_Ming5.39
2Guangxi Huatuyan Ming (Medieval, China)China_Guangxi_Huatuyan_Ming5.73
3Huatuyan (c. 400 BP)Huatuyan_400BP6.26
4SEast Asia Coastal Historic (Antiquity, China)China_SEastAsia_Coastal_Historic7.17
5Chuanyun Historic (Antiquity)Chuanyun_Historic7.28
6Thailand (Iron Age)Thailand_IA7.39
7Historical (Antiquity, Vietnam)Vietnam_historical7.98
8Vietnam (Bronze Age) · Vietnam_BAVietnam_BA8.19
9Vietnam (Bronze Age) · VNM_BAVNM_BA8.41
10YR (Late Neolithic, China)China_YR_LN8.46

Individuals 30

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.

SampleSexSite
AKHA1FBan Kio Sa Tai
AKHA12FBan Kio Sa Tai
AKHA14FBan Kio Sa Tai
AKHA17FBan Lo Cha
AKHA18FBan Lo Cha
AKHA20FBan Lo Cha
AKHA21MBan Lo Cha
AKHA23FBan Lo Cha
AKHA27FBan Lo Cha
AKHA29MBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA30FBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA31FBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA33FBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA34FBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA37FBan Pa Bong Ngam Bon
AKHA39MBan Pa Mi
AKHA40FBan Pa Mi
AKHA41FBan Pa Mi
AKHA44FBan Pa Mi
AKHA46MBan Pa Mi
AKHA47FBan Pa Mi
AKHA5MBan Kio Sa Tai
AKHA52FBan Pa Hi
AKHA53FBan Pa Hi
AKHA54FBan Pa Hi
AKHA56MBan Pa Hi
AKHA57MBan Pa Hi
AKHA58MBan Pa Hi
AKHA59MBan Pa Hi
AKHA60FBan Pa Hi