Modern population

Makhuwa

Makhuwa

Makhuwa is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Makhuwa), with 16 samples from Nampula, Mozambique.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Yao, Sena and Nyanja, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo) and Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP).

Period
Modern
Country
Mozambique
Origin
Nampula, Mozambique
Sampled near
Nampula -15.12, 39.27
Samples
16
Catalogue
Makhuwa

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
1YaoYao1.14
2SenaSena1.20
3NyanjaNyanja1.27
4ChanganaChangana1.38
5ChopiChopi1.40
6NyanekaNyaneka1.42
7TswaTswa1.43
8MwaniMwani1.45
9RongaRonga1.50
10NdauNdau1.57
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP2.52
2Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric2.82
3Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.89
4Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African2.93
5Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.27
6South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.04
7Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP4.08
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.10
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA7.85
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA11.63

Individuals 19

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
19Nampula, Mozambique
201005Nampula, Mozambique
201230Nampula, Mozambique
201231Nampula, Mozambique
201312Nampula, Mozambique
201323Nampula, Mozambique
201428Nampula, Mozambique
201503Nampula, Mozambique
201512Nampula, Mozambique
201711Nampula, Mozambique
2101005Nampula, Mozambique
2102605Nampula, Mozambique
2201005Nampula, Mozambique
2203505Nampula, Mozambique
602605Nampula, Mozambique
902605Nampula, Mozambique
1002605 outlierNampula, Mozambique
201508 outlierNampula, Mozambique
704205 outlierNampula, Mozambique