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Mota (Ethiopia)

ETH_Mota

Mota (Ethiopia) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (ETH_Mota), with 1 sample from Amhara, Ethiopia.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Ethiopia (Bronze Age, c. 4500 BP), LSA (Antiquity, Kenya) and Tanzania PN (Iron Age) · Tanzania_PN_IA; the nearest living populations are Hadza, Ethiopian Gumuz and Ethiopian Mursi.

Period
Ancient
Country
Ethiopia
Origin
Amhara, Ethiopia
Samples
1
Catalogue
ETH_Mota

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Ethiopia (Bronze Age, c. 4500 BP)Ethiopia_4500BP2.64
2LSA (Antiquity, Kenya)Kenya_LSA5.78
3Tanzania PN (Iron Age) · Tanzania_PN_IATanzania_PN_IA8.39
4Gishimangeda (Iron Age, Tanzania)TZA_Gishimangeda8.59
5Nyarindi LSA Kansyore (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_Nyarindi_LSA_Kansyore8.74
6Kakapel LSA Kansyore (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LSA_Kansyore9.45
7Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 1400 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_1400BP9.59
8Tanzania Kisese LSA (Neolithic)Tanzania_Kisese_LSA9.71
9Kenya (c. 400 BP) · KEN_400BPKEN_400BP9.82
10Kenya (c. 400 BP) · Kenya_400BPKenya_400BP9.82
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1HadzaHadza4.95
2Ethiopian GumuzEthiopian_Gumuz8.90
3Ethiopian MursiEthiopian_Mursi10.22
4SandaweSandawe10.33
5SengwerSengwer10.93
6Ethiopian Ari blacksmithEthiopian_Ari_blacksmith11.73
7Ethiopian AriEthiopian_Ari12.26
8Ethiopian AnuakEthiopian_Anuak12.77
9Ethiopian Ari cultivatorEthiopian_Ari_cultivator12.82
10SudaneseSudanese13.34

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
I5950_new_WGS.SGAmhara, Ethiopia