Modern population

Bakola

Bakola

Bakola is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Bakola), with 2 samples from Bipindi, Cameroon.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Bedzan, Baka and Biaka, and among ancient ones Shum Laka (Iron Age), SMA (Iron Age, Cameroon) and Fingira LSA (Iron Age, c. 2500 BP, Malawi).

Period
Modern
Country
Cameroon
Origin
Bipindi, Cameroon
Sampled near
Adamawa 7.20, 12.30
Samples
2
Catalogue
Bakola

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
1BedzanBedzan3.47
2BakaBaka3.92
3BiakaBiaka7.42
4Bantu S EBantu_S.E.20.15
5Bantu S WBantu_S.W.22.63
6NgumbaNgumba23.14
7MakhuwaMakhuwa23.99
8NyanekaNyaneka23.99
9RongaRonga24.16
10YaoYao24.28
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Shum Laka (Iron Age)Shum_Laka8.73
2SMA (Iron Age, Cameroon)Cameroon_SMA8.78
3Fingira LSA (Iron Age, c. 2500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_2500BP17.58
4MWI Fingira (Iron Age)MWI_Fingira17.65
5Hora LSA (Hunter-Gatherer, c. 15500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Hora_LSA_15500BP17.95
6Fingira LSA (Chalcolithic, c. 6000 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_6000BP18.26
7Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA18.57
8Chencherere LSA (Bronze Age, c. 5200 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Chencherere_LSA_5200BP18.58
9MWI Chencherere (Bronze Age)MWI_Chencherere18.64
10Hora (Neolithic, c. 9000 BP)Hora_9000BP18.68

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
T_Bakola-1.DGBipindi, Cameroon
T_Bakola-2.DGBipindi, Cameroon