Ancient population · Iron Age

Mustang Chokhopani (Iron Age, Nepal)

Nepal_Mustang_Chokhopani_IA

Mustang Chokhopani (Iron Age, Nepal) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Nepal_Mustang_Chokhopani_IA), with 1 sample from Nepal, dated to c. 700 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2700 BP), Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2800 BP, Nepal) and Mustang Mebrak EMiddle Kingdoms (Late Iron Age, Nepal); the nearest living populations are Nepali Tamang Tashinam, Nepali Sherpa Rolwaling and Rai.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup O2a; its mtDNA haplogroup is A17.

Period
Iron Age
Date
c. 700 BCE
Country
Nepal
Sampled near
Chokhopani Tomb 28.72, 83.67
Samples
1
Catalogue
Nepal_Mustang_Chokhopani_IA

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
1Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2700 BP)Chokhopani_2700BP2.02
2Chokhopani (Iron Age, c. 2800 BP, Nepal)Nepal_Chokhopani_2800BP2.03
3Mustang Mebrak EMiddle Kingdoms (Late Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Mebrak_LIA_EMiddleKingdoms2.15
4Mustang Rhirhi (Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Rhirhi_IA2.19
5Manang Kyang (Late Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Manang_Kyang_LIA2.22
6Mustang Samdzong Middle Kingdoms (Medieval, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Samdzong_MiddleKingdoms2.32
7Mustang Lubrak (Early Iron Age, Nepal)Nepal_Mustang_Lubrak_EIA2.97
8Samdzong (Antiquity, c. 1500 BP)Samdzong_1500BP2.98
9Samdzong (Antiquity, c. 1500 BP, Nepal)Nepal_Samdzong_1500BP3.12
10Mebrak (Iron Age, c. 2125 BP)Mebrak_2125BP3.16
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Nepali Tamang TashinamNepali_Tamang_Tashinam2.06
2Nepali Sherpa RolwalingNepali_Sherpa_Rolwaling2.11
3RaiRai2.45
4SherpaSherpa2.49
5Tibetan ShigatseTibetan_Shigatse2.67
6TibetanTibetan2.74
7Tibetan ShannanTibetan_Shannan2.77
8Tibetan LhasaTibetan_Lhasa3.04
9GurungGurung3.08
10Tibetan NagquTibetan_Nagqu3.30

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call

mtDNA

1 individual with a call

Individuals 1

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

SampleSexDateSiteY-DNAmtDNA
CNE1_noUDGM850-550 BCEChokhopani TombO2a2b1a1a1a4a O-CTS4658A17