Modern population

Esan Nigeria

Esan_Nigeria

Esan Nigeria is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Esan_Nigeria), with 8 samples from Edo, Nigeria.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Yoruba, Igbo and Mende Sierra Leone, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo) and Colonial African (Mexico).

Period
Modern
Country
Nigeria
Origin
Edo, Nigeria
Sampled near
Edo State 6.50, 6.00
Samples
8
Catalogue
Esan_Nigeria

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
1YorubaYoruba0.94
2IgboIgbo1.92
3Mende Sierra LeoneMende_Sierra_Leone3.48
4Senegal BedikSenegal_Bedik3.54
5MandenkaMandenka3.90
6GambianGambian4.09
7Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem4.11
8Cameroon BafutCameroon_Bafut4.18
9Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo4.27
10Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko4.46
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric6.64
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric6.83
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African7.23
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP8.85
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP9.13
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP10.12
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP10.34
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP10.38
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA13.89
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA16.83

Individuals 8

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.

SampleSexSite
HG02922FNigeria, modern 12
HG02923MNigeria, modern 12
HG02943FNigeria, modern 12
HG02974FNigeria, modern 12
HG03099FNigeria, modern 12
HG03100MNigeria, modern 12
HG03108FNigeria, modern 12
HG03109MNigeria, modern 12