Modern population
Libyan Jew
Libyan_Jew
Libyan Jew is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Libyan_Jew), with 11 samples from Cyrenaica, Libya.
Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Tunisian Jew, Algerian Jew and Moroccan Jew, and among ancient ones Erfurt1 (Medieval), Numido Roman Berber (Antiquity, Algeria) and Lebanese Muslim Sunni.
- Period
- Modern
- Country
- Libya
- Origin
- Cyrenaica, Libya
- Sampled near
- 32.92, 13.18
- Samples
- 11
- Published in
- LazaridisKrauseNature2014
- Catalogue
Libyan_Jew
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisian JewTunisian_Jew | 1.09 |
| 2 | Algerian JewAlgerian_Jew | 2.11 |
| 3 | Moroccan JewMoroccan_Jew | 2.42 |
| 4 | Romaniote JewRomaniote_Jew | 3.36 |
| 5 | Turkish JewTurkish_Jew | 3.50 |
| 6 | Sephardic JewSephardic_Jew | 3.64 |
| 7 | Syrian JewSyrian_Jew | 3.69 |
| 8 | Bulgarian JewBulgarian_Jew | 3.77 |
| 9 | Italian JewItalian_Jew | 3.88 |
| 10 | JordanianJordanian | 4.02 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erfurt1 (Medieval)MA_Erfurt1 | 4.04 |
| 2 | Numido Roman Berber (Antiquity, Algeria)Algeria_NumidoRoman_Berber | 4.21 |
| 3 | Lebanese Muslim SunniLebanese_Muslim_Sunni | 4.45 |
| 4 | Levant Beirut IAIII (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII | 4.49 |
| 5 | Chhim Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_Chhim_Phoenician | 4.61 |
| 6 | Lebanese Muslim ShiaLebanese_Muslim_Shia | 4.63 |
| 7 | Ej Jaouze Phoenician (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_EjJaouze_Phoenician | 4.82 |
| 8 | IA3 (Iron Age, Lebanon)Lebanon_IA3 | 4.83 |
| 9 | Lebanon (Medieval)Lebanon_Medieval | 4.87 |
| 10 | Roman (Antiquity, Lebanon)Lebanon_Roman | 4.91 |
Individuals 11
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.
| Sample | Sex | Site |
|---|---|---|
LibyaJew1405 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyaJew1439 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyaJew1465 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyaJew1579 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyaJew1605 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyaJew1611 | Cyrenaica, Libya | |
LibyanJew1104 | F | Libya, modern |
LibyanJew1263 | F | Libya, modern |
LibyanJew1438 | F | Libya, modern |
LibyanJew1462 | F | Libya, modern |
LibyanJew1601 | M | Libya, modern |