Modern population

Mada

Name: Mada (Mada)
Creator: Genoplot

Mada

Mada is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Mada), with 2 samples from Nasarawa, Nigeria.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Kaba, Laka and Luo, and among ancient ones Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya), Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP).

Period: Modern
Country: Nigeria
Origin: Nasarawa, Nigeria
Sampled near: Far North 10.88, 14.11
Samples: 2
Catalogue: Mada

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
#	Population	Distance
1	Kaba`Kaba`	5.35
2	Laka`Laka`	5.36
3	Luo`Luo`	6.48
4	Chad Dangaleat`Chad_Dangaleat`	7.22
5	Luhya Kenya`Luhya_Kenya`	7.47
6	Gambian`Gambian`	7.60
7	Bantu Kenya`Bantu_Kenya`	7.66
8	Senegal Bedik`Senegal_Bedik`	7.70
9	Mandenka`Mandenka`	7.76
10	Mwani`Mwani`	7.89

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)`Kenya_Kakapel_LIA`	7.58
2	Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)`Pemba_600BP`	7.73
3	Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)`Tanzania_Pemba_600BP`	8.20
4	Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)`Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric`	8.49
5	Munsa (c. 500 BP)`Munsa_500BP`	8.75
6	Colonial African (Mexico)`Mexico_Colonial_African`	8.77
7	Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)`Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric`	8.98
8	South Africa (c. 400 BP)`South_Africa_400BP`	10.91
9	Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)`Taukome_1100BP`	12.91
10	Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)`Botswana_Xaro_EIA`	15.19

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

Sample	Origin
`T_Mada-1.DG`	Nasarawa, Nigeria
`T_Mada-2.DG`	Nasarawa, Nigeria