Modern population

Georgian Ajar

Georgian_Ajar

Georgian Ajar is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Georgian_Ajar), with 3 samples from Adjara, Georgia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian West, Georgian Imer and Georgian Guria, and among ancient ones Maykop Late (Bronze Age), Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia) and Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Georgia
Origin
Adjara, Georgia
Sampled near
Tbilisi 41.72, 44.79
Samples
3
Catalogue
Georgian_Ajar

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
1Georgian WestGeorgian_West1.55
2Georgian ImerGeorgian_Imer1.65
3Georgian GuriaGeorgian_Guria1.91
4Georgian LazGeorgian_Laz2.01
5Turkish AhiskaTurkish_Ahiska2.12
6Georgian RatchaGeorgian_Ratcha2.18
7Georgian KakhGeorgian_Kakh2.18
8Georgian MegrGeorgian_Megr2.19
9Georgian KartGeorgian_Kart2.36
10Georgian JavakhetiGeorgian_Javakheti2.40
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late2.55
2Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kaps3.22
3Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Maikop_Novosvobodnaya3.28
4Kura-Araxes KapsKura-Araxes_Kaps3.30
5Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.38
6Kura Araxes Berkaber (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Berkaber3.44
7Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan3.61
8Beniamin Sasanian (Antiquity, Armenia)Armenia_Beniamin_Sasanian3.63
9Kura-Araxes Talin (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Talin3.69
10Antiquity (Antiquity, Armenia)Armenia_Antiquity3.71

Individuals 3

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
AJAR1Adjara, Georgia
AJAR2Adjara, Georgia
AJAR3Adjara, Georgia