Modern population

Gambian

Gambian

Gambian is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Gambian), with 6 samples from Kanifing, Gambia.

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

Period
Modern
Country
Gambia
Origin
Kanifing, Gambia
Sampled near
Banjul 13.40, -16.70
Samples
6
Catalogue
Gambian

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
1MandenkaMandenka1.15
2Senegal BedikSenegal_Bedik1.31
3Mende Sierra LeoneMende_Sierra_Leone3.07
4IgboIgbo3.57
5LakaLaka3.67
6YorubaYoruba3.79
7Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko3.82
8Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem3.86
9KabaKaba3.91
10LemandeLemande4.01
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric5.78
2Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African6.22
3Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric6.26
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP7.25
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP7.64
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP8.84
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP9.31
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP10.00
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA11.37
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA14.87

Individuals 6

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
HG02464MWestern Divisions
HG02465FWestern Divisions
HG02570MWestern Divisions
HG02571FWestern Divisions
HG02573MWestern Divisions
HG02574FWestern Divisions