Modern population

Bedzan

Bedzan

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

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Bakola, Baka and Biaka, and among ancient ones SMA (Iron Age, Cameroon), Shum Laka (Iron Age) and Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana).

Period
Modern
Country
Cameroon
Origin
Centre Region, Cameroon
Sampled near
Adamawa 7.20, 12.30
Samples
2
Catalogue
Bedzan

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
1BakolaBakola3.47
2BakaBaka4.85
3BiakaBiaka9.22
4Bantu S EBantu_S.E.17.38
5Bantu S WBantu_S.W.19.51
6NgumbaNgumba19.92
7NyanekaNyaneka20.81
8MakhuwaMakhuwa20.85
9RongaRonga21.05
10YaoYao21.17
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1SMA (Iron Age, Cameroon)Cameroon_SMA8.08
2Shum Laka (Iron Age)Shum_Laka8.09
3Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA16.28
4MWI Fingira (Iron Age)MWI_Fingira18.50
5Fingira LSA (Iron Age, c. 2500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_2500BP18.81
6Hora LSA (Hunter-Gatherer, c. 15500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Hora_LSA_15500BP18.93
7Fingira LSA (Chalcolithic, c. 6000 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_6000BP19.09
8MWI Chencherere (Bronze Age)MWI_Chencherere19.24
9Chencherere LSA (Bronze Age, c. 5200 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Chencherere_LSA_5200BP19.27
10Hora (Neolithic, c. 9000 BP)Hora_9000BP19.29

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
T_Bedzan-1.DGCentre Region, Cameroon
T_Bedzan-2.DGCentre Region, Cameroon