Modern population

Bitonga

Bitonga

Bitonga is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Bitonga), with 17 samples from Sinazongwe, Zambia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Changana, Chopi and Tswa, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Zambia
Origin
Sinazongwe, Zambia
Sampled near
Southern -17.36, 27.23
Samples
17
Catalogue
Bitonga

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
1ChanganaChangana0.57
2ChopiChopi0.61
3TswaTswa0.65
4ManyikaManyika0.87
5NyanjaNyanja1.04
6NdauNdau1.13
7YaoYao1.16
8SenaSena1.23
9RongaRonga1.40
10MakhuwaMakhuwa1.66
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP3.02
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP3.05
3Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.33
4Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.41
5Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.61
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP3.99
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.58
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.34
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA8.40
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.77

Individuals 17

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
001ASinazongwe, Zambia
002ASinazongwe, Zambia
003ASinazongwe, Zambia
009ASinazongwe, Zambia
010ASinazongwe, Zambia
014ASinazongwe, Zambia
020ASinazongwe, Zambia
021ASinazongwe, Zambia
027ASinazongwe, Zambia
036ASinazongwe, Zambia
048ASinazongwe, Zambia
8802103Sinazongwe, Zambia
8802104Sinazongwe, Zambia
8802202Sinazongwe, Zambia
S0048Sinazongwe, Zambia
VBM0008Sinazongwe, Zambia
VBM0036Sinazongwe, Zambia