Ancient population · Neolithic

Belize (Neolithic, c. 7400 BP)

Belize_7400BP

Belize (Neolithic, c. 7400 BP) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Belize_7400BP), with 2 samples from Belize, dated to c. 5430–5420 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Western Archipelago Ayayema (Bronze Age, c. 5100 BP, Chile), Ayayema (Bronze Age, c. 5100 BP) and Belize (Neolithic, c. 9400 BP); the nearest living populations are Pima, Mixe and Cachi.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups I2a and Q1b; its mtDNA haplogroup is D1 (2).

Period
Neolithic
Date
c. 5430–5420 BCE
Country
Belize
Sampled near
Saki Tzul 16.52, -88.88
Samples
2
Published in
PosthReichCell2018
Catalogue
Belize_7400BP

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Western Archipelago Ayayema (Bronze Age, c. 5100 BP, Chile)Chile_WesternArchipelago_Ayayema_5100BP2.08
2Ayayema (Bronze Age, c. 5100 BP)Ayayema_5100BP2.13
3Belize (Neolithic, c. 9400 BP)Belize_9400BP2.52
4San Catalina Island (Medieval)San_Catalina_Island2.56
5Laguna Chica (Neolithic, c. 6800 BP, Argentina)Argentina_LagunaChica_6800BP2.58
6Lapa Do Santo (Neolithic, c. 9200 BP, Brazil)Brazil_LapaDoSanto_9200BP2.66
7Island Chumash San Cruz (Medieval)Island_Chumash_SanCruz2.68
8CA Late San Nicolas (Medieval)CA_Late_SanNicolas2.69
9Punta Santa Ana (Neolithic, c. 7300 BP, Chile)Chile_PuntaSantaAna_7300BP2.69
10Canimar Abajo Archaic (Medieval, Cuba)Cuba_CanimarAbajo_Archaic2.71
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1PimaPima2.98
2MixeMixe3.14
3CachiCachi3.18
4MayanMayan3.23
5ZapotecZapotec3.32
6HuicholHuichol3.33
7NahuaNahua3.42
8CollaColla3.50
9Bolivian La PazBolivian_LaPaz3.51
10MixtecMixtec3.56

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

Individuals 2

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.

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
I5456M5479-5419 calBCESaki TzulI2a1a1a1a1b1b Q-Y165186D1
I5457M5513-5372 calBCESaki TzulQ1b1a1a Q-M3D1