Modern population

Masai

Masai

Masai is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Masai), with 4 samples from Arusha, Kenya.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Ogiek, Elmolo and Sengwer, and among ancient ones Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya), Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya) and Kakapel (Medieval, c. 900 BP).

Period
Modern
Country
Kenya
Origin
Arusha, Kenya
Sampled near
Rift Valley -1.50, 35.20
Samples
4
Catalogue
Masai

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
1OgiekOgiek3.07
2ElmoloElmolo4.38
3SengwerSengwer5.02
4DatogDatog5.94
5Baggara Arab SudanBaggara_Arab_Sudan6.10
6Ethiopian Ari blacksmithEthiopian_Ari_blacksmith6.14
7Ethiopian Ari cultivatorEthiopian_Ari_cultivator6.48
8Zaghawa ChadZaghawa_Chad6.49
9Ethiopian AriEthiopian_Ari6.85
10Chad DazaChad_Daza7.10
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya)Kenya_Historic_23.73
2Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_IA_Pastoral4.97
3Kakapel (Medieval, c. 900 BP)Kakapel_900BP9.93
4Molo Cave Pastoral N (Medieval, Kenya)Kenya_MoloCave_PastoralN10.42
5Kenya (c. 400 BP) · KEN_400BPKEN_400BP11.59
6Kenya (c. 400 BP) · Kenya_400BPKenya_400BP11.59
7Mota (Ethiopia)ETH_Mota13.74
8Ethiopia (Bronze Age, c. 4500 BP)Ethiopia_4500BP13.92
9Tanzania Luxmanda (Iron Age, c. 3000 BP)Tanzania_Luxmanda_3000BP15.05
10Lukenya Hill Pastoral N (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_LukenyaHill_PastoralN15.10

Individuals 8

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average. Sex, date, site and haplogroups are from the Allen Ancient DNA Resource; Y-DNA calls are mostly automatic, from the shown terminal SNP.

SampleSexSite
NA21400Arusha, Kenya
NA21487FKinyawa
NA21581MKinyawa
NA21648MKinyawa
Ayodo_101M outlierFNarok
Ayodo_103M outlierFNarok
NA21425 outlierFKinyawa
NA21514 outlierMKinyawa