Modern population

Ganguela

Ganguela

Ganguela is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Ganguela), with 6 samples from Huambo, Angola.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Umbundu, Kongo and Nyaneka, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo) and Colonial African (Mexico).

Period
Modern
Country
Angola
Origin
Huambo, Angola
Sampled near
Huambo -12.77, 15.74
Samples
6
Catalogue
Ganguela

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
1UmbunduUmbundu0.82
2KongoKongo1.30
3NyanekaNyaneka1.58
4Tikar SouthTikar_South1.71
5LemandeLemande1.87
6Cameroon MboCameroon_Mbo1.90
7Cameroon BafutCameroon_Bafut1.98
8TswaTswa2.05
9ChanganaChangana2.15
10NyanjaNyanja2.15
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric2.18
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric2.83
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African2.93
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP3.58
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP3.93
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP5.01
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP5.71
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.67
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA9.28
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA13.22

Individuals 6

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Nab14Huambo, Angola
Nab226Huambo, Angola
Nab227Huambo, Angola
Nab26Huambo, Angola
Nab353Huambo, Angola
Nab494Huambo, Angola