Ancient population · Iron Age

Mebrak (Iron Age, c. 2125 BP)

Mebrak_2125BP

Mebrak (Iron Age, c. 2125 BP) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Mebrak_2125BP), with 1 sample from Gandaki, Nepal, dated to about 175 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Mebrak (Iron Age, c. 2125 BP, Nepal), Mustang Samdzong Middle Kingdoms (Medieval, Nepal) and Mustang Mebrak EMiddle Kingdoms (Late Iron Age, Nepal); the nearest living populations are Sherpa, Tibetan Shigatse and Tibetan.

Period
Iron Age
Date
about 175 BCE
Country
Nepal
Origin
Gandaki, Nepal
Samples
1
Catalogue
Mebrak_2125BP

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Mebrak (Iron Age, c. 2125 BP, Nepal)Nepal_Mebrak_2125BP1.10
2Mustang Samdzong Middle Kingdoms (Medieval, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Samdzong_MiddleKingdoms2.50
3Mustang Mebrak EMiddle Kingdoms (Late Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Mebrak_LIA_EMiddleKingdoms2.50
4Manang Kyang (Late Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Manang_Kyang_LIA2.86
5Mustang Rhirhi (Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Rhirhi_IA3.12
6Mustang Chokhopani (Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Chokhopani_IA3.16
7Mustang Lubrak (Early Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Lubrak_EIA3.27
8Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2700 BP)Chokhopani_2700BP3.38
9Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2800 BP, Nepal)Nepal_Chokhopani_2800BP3.43
10Samdzong (Antiquity, c. 1500 BP)Samdzong_1500BP3.56
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1SherpaSherpa2.90
2Tibetan ShigatseTibetan_Shigatse2.93
3TibetanTibetan3.11
4RaiRai3.12
5Tibetan ShannanTibetan_Shannan3.26
6Nepali Sherpa RolwalingNepali_Sherpa_Rolwaling3.28
7Tibetan LhasaTibetan_Lhasa3.35
8Tibetan NagquTibetan_Nagqu3.39
9Nepali Tamang TashinamNepali_Tamang_Tashinam3.73
10Tibetan YajiangTibetan_Yajiang3.88

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleDateOrigin
M63175 BCEGandaki, Nepal