Modern population

Cameroon Bangwa

Cameroon_Bangwa

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

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

Period
Modern
Country
Cameroon
Origin
West Region, Cameroon
Sampled near
Adamawa 6.44, 11.42
Samples
2
Catalogue
Cameroon_Bangwa

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
1LemandeLemande1.78
2Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo1.99
3Cameroon BafutCameroon_Bafut2.14
4Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem2.16
5Tikar SouthTikar_South2.43
6GanguelaGanguela2.58
7UmbunduUmbundu2.73
8KongoKongo2.77
9Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko2.78
10IgboIgbo3.60
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.51
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric4.23
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African4.34
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP5.24
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP5.45
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP6.48
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP7.85
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP9.33
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA10.21
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA14.99

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
CAM-PYKL-244West Region, Cameroon
CMF-BAK-001West Region, Cameroon