Modern population

Cameroon Bafut

Cameroon_Bafut

Cameroon Bafut is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Cameroon_Bafut), with 11 samples from Northwest Region, Cameroon.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Cameroon Aghem, Cameroon Mbo and Lemande, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo) and Colonial African (Mexico).

Period
Modern
Country
Cameroon
Origin
Northwest Region, Cameroon
Sampled near
Adamawa 6.44, 11.42
Samples
11
Catalogue
Cameroon_Bafut

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
1Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem0.76
2Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo0.86
3LemandeLemande1.12
4Tikar SouthTikar_South1.50
5GanguelaGanguela1.98
6UmbunduUmbundu2.13
7Cameroon BangwaCameroon_Bangwa2.14
8Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko2.31
9KongoKongo2.31
10Mende Sierra LeoneMende_Sierra_Leone2.73
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric2.95
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.60
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.76
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP4.88
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP5.27
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP6.35
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP7.07
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP8.33
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA10.35
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA14.19

Individuals 11

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
CMF-BAK-074Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF003Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF009Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF011Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF012Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF030Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF032Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF045Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF052Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF081Northwest Region, Cameroon
TK-KVBAF082Northwest Region, Cameroon