Ancient population · Neolithic
Belize (Neolithic, c. 9400 BP)
Belize_9400BP
Belize (Neolithic, c. 9400 BP) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Belize_9400BP), with 2 samples from Belize, dated to c. 7580–7350 BCE.
Among ancient populations it sits closest to Island Chumash San Cruz (Medieval), Greater Antilles Archaic and CA San Cruz Island Chumash (Medieval); the nearest living populations are Mixe, Pima and Huichol.
Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup Q1b; its mtDNA haplogroups include C1b and D4h.
- Period
- Neolithic
- Date
- c. 7580–7350 BCE
- Country
- Belize
- Sampled near
- Mayahak Cab Pek 16.49, -88.91
- Samples
- 2
- Published in
- KennettReichNatComm2022
PosthReichCell2018 - Catalogue
Belize_9400BP
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Chumash San Cruz (Medieval)Island_Chumash_SanCruz | 2.23 |
| 2 | Greater Antilles ArchaicGreater_Antilles_Archaic | 2.28 |
| 3 | CA San Cruz Island Chumash (Medieval)CA_SanCruz_IslandChumash | 2.43 |
| 4 | Colonial Maya (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_Maya | 2.47 |
| 5 | Canimar Abajo Archaic (Medieval, Cuba)Cuba_CanimarAbajo_Archaic | 2.50 |
| 6 | CA LSCI (Medieval)CA_LSCI | 2.50 |
| 7 | Belize (Neolithic, c. 7400 BP)Belize_7400BP | 2.52 |
| 8 | Western Archipelago Ayayema (Bronze Age, c. 5100 BP, Chile)Chile_WesternArchipelago_Ayayema_5100BP | 2.52 |
| 9 | Playadel Mango Archaic (Antiquity, Cuba)Cuba_PlayadelMango_Archaic | 2.57 |
| 10 | Laguna Chica (Neolithic, c. 6800 BP)LagunaChica_6800BP | 2.58 |
Haplogroups
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.