Modern population

Georgian West

Georgian_West

Georgian West is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Georgian_West), with 10 samples from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian Imer, Georgian Megr and Georgian Ajar, and among ancient ones Maykop Late (Bronze Age), Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia) and Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Georgia
Origin
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Sampled near
Tbilisi 41.72, 44.79
Samples
10
Catalogue
Georgian_West

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 ImerGeorgian_Imer1.03
2Georgian MegrGeorgian_Megr1.22
3Georgian AjarGeorgian_Ajar1.55
4Georgian GuriaGeorgian_Guria1.57
5Georgian RatchaGeorgian_Ratcha2.12
6AbkhasianAbkhasian2.52
7Georgian SvanetiGeorgian_Svaneti2.57
8Georgian LechkhumiGeorgian_Lechkhumi2.61
9Turkish AhiskaTurkish_Ahiska2.76
10Georgian LazGeorgian_Laz2.87
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late2.45
2Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Maikop_Novosvobodnaya2.92
3Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.35
4Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kaps3.59
5Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan3.73
6Kura-Araxes KapsKura-Araxes_Kaps3.74
7Kura Araxes Berkaber (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Berkaber3.79
8Kura-Araxes Berkaber (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Berkaber4.03
9Bragdzor (Early Iron Age)Bragdzor_EIA4.07
10Kura-Araxes Talin (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Talin4.26

Individuals 10

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
WG1Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG10Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG2Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG3Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG4Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG5Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG6Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG7Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG8Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
WG9Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia