Modern population

Cherkes

Cherkes

Cherkes is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Cherkes), with 10 samples from Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Circassian, Kabardin and Karachay, and among ancient ones Caucasus (Medieval, Russia), Anapa (Medieval) and Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan).

Period
Modern
Country
Russia
Origin
Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Sampled near
Krasnodar Krai 43.60, 39.70
Samples
10
Catalogue
Cherkes

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
1CircassianCircassian0.90
2KabardinKabardin1.17
3KarachayKarachay1.23
4BalkarBalkar1.36
5AbazinAbazin1.45
6KumykKumyk2.40
7North OssetianNorth_Ossetian2.53
8AdygeiAdygei2.64
9IngushianIngushian2.64
10OssetianOssetian3.29
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Caucasus (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Medieval2.50
2Anapa (Medieval)Anapa_MA2.56
3Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan)Uzbekistan_Dzharkutan_BA_23.25
4North Ossetian (Russia)Russia_NorthOssetian3.37
5Alan (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Alan3.43
6Alan (Medieval)Alan_MA3.56
7TVC (Middle Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_MBA_TVC4.96
8Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · ARM_LBAARM_LBA5.20
9Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age)Armenia_LBA_EIA5.27
10Armenia (Middle Bronze Age) · Armenia_MBAArmenia_MBA5.28

Individuals 10

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
730_R01C01Krasnodar Krai, Russia
730_R01C02Krasnodar Krai, Russia
730_R02C01Krasnodar Krai, Russia
730_R02C02Krasnodar Krai, Russia
759_R01C02Krasnodar Krai, Russia
759_R02C01Krasnodar Krai, Russia
759_R02C02Krasnodar Krai, Russia
773_R01C01Krasnodar Krai, Russia
773_R01C02Krasnodar Krai, Russia
773_R02C01Krasnodar Krai, Russia