Modern population

Fulani

Fulani

Fulani is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Fulani), with 2 samples from Bauchi, Nigeria.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Fulani Burkina Faso Ziniare, Berber Algeria and Chad Daza, and among ancient ones Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya), Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya) and Molo Cave Pastoral N (Medieval, Kenya).

Period
Modern
Country
Nigeria
Origin
Bauchi, Nigeria
Sampled near
Sokoto State 13.05, 5.23
Samples
2
Catalogue
Fulani

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
1Fulani Burkina Faso ZiniareFulani_Burkina_Faso_Ziniare5.05
2Berber AlgeriaBerber_Algeria9.95
3Chad DazaChad_Daza12.48
4Baggara Arab SudanBaggara_Arab_Sudan12.60
5Baggara Arab Chad BBaggara_Arab_Chad_B12.90
6ElmoloElmolo15.12
7KikuyuKikuyu15.47
8Fulani GuineaFulani_Guinea16.18
9Zaghawa ChadZaghawa_Chad16.23
10DatogDatog16.29
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_IA_Pastoral16.22
2Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya)Kenya_Historic_217.51
3Molo Cave Pastoral N (Medieval, Kenya)Kenya_MoloCave_PastoralN17.73
4Tanzania Luxmanda (Iron Age, c. 3000 BP)Tanzania_Luxmanda_3000BP19.00
5Kenya (c. 400 BP) · KEN_400BPKEN_400BP19.32
6Kenya (c. 400 BP) · Kenya_400BPKenya_400BP19.32
7Pastoral N (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_PastoralN19.89
8Lukenya Hill Pastoral N (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_LukenyaHill_PastoralN19.93
9Hyrax Hill Pastoral N (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_HyraxHill_PastoralN20.11
10Tanzania PN (Iron Age) · Tanzania_PNTanzania_PN20.17

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
T_Fulani-1.DGBauchi, Nigeria
T_Fulani-2.DGBauchi, Nigeria