Modern population

Ndau

Ndau

Ndau is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Ndau), with 18 samples from Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

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

Period
Modern
Country
Zimbabwe
Origin
Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Sampled near
Manicaland -19.99, 32.43
Samples
18
Catalogue
Ndau

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
1NyanjaNyanja0.59
2SenaSena0.68
3ChanganaChangana0.88
4ManyikaManyika1.08
5TswaTswa1.11
6BitongaBitonga1.13
7YaoYao1.15
8ChopiChopi1.18
9MakhuwaMakhuwa1.57
10MwaniMwani1.75
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP2.60
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.66
3Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.26
4Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.35
5Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP3.62
6Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.71
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP5.03
8Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA7.72
9Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP8.04
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.91

Individuals 18

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
S0014Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0026Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0030Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0034Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0047Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0133Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0141Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0150Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0163Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0167Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0171Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0173Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0183Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0185Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0197Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0199Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0212Manicaland, Zimbabwe
S0228Manicaland, Zimbabwe