Modern population
Circassian
Circassian
Circassian is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Circassian), with 9 samples from Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Karachay, Cherkes and Balkar, 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
- Karachay-Cherkess Republic 44.20, 41.83
- Samples
- 9
- Published in
- JeongKrauseNatEcolEvol2019
- Catalogue
Circassian
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 | KarachayKarachay | 0.88 |
| 2 | CherkesCherkes | 0.90 |
| 3 | BalkarBalkar | 1.07 |
| 4 | KabardinKabardin | 1.12 |
| 5 | AbazinAbazin | 1.43 |
| 6 | North OssetianNorth_Ossetian | 2.18 |
| 7 | AdygeiAdygei | 2.36 |
| 8 | IngushianIngushian | 2.43 |
| 9 | KumykKumyk | 2.47 |
| 10 | OssetianOssetian | 2.84 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caucasus (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Medieval | 2.49 |
| 2 | Anapa (Medieval)Anapa_MA | 2.56 |
| 3 | Dzharkutan 2 (Bronze Age, Uzbekistan)Uzbekistan_Dzharkutan_BA_2 | 2.90 |
| 4 | North Ossetian (Russia)Russia_NorthOssetian | 3.19 |
| 5 | Alan (Medieval, Russia)Russia_Alan | 3.36 |
| 6 | Alan (Medieval)Alan_MA | 3.45 |
| 7 | TVC (Middle Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_MBA_TVC | 4.91 |
| 8 | Armenia (Middle Bronze Age) · Armenia_MBAArmenia_MBA | 5.05 |
| 9 | Armenia (Late Bronze Age) · ARM_LBAARM_LBA | 5.11 |
| 10 | Armenia (Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age)Armenia_LBA_EIA | 5.15 |
Individuals 9
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.
| Sample | Sex | Site |
|---|---|---|
CHRK-544 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1337 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1436 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1444 | F | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1491 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1497 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1526 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1527 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |
KCHE-1530 | M | Karachaevo-Cherkessia Republic, modern 2 |