Modern population

Newar

Newar

Newar is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Newar), with 7 samples from Bagmati, Nepal.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Nyishi, Brahmin Manipuri and Tharu, and among ancient ones Khuvsgul MLBALate Medieval (Medieval, Mongolia), Tianyuan (Hunter-Gatherer, China) · CHN_Tianyuan and Tianyuan (Hunter-Gatherer, China) · China_Tianyuan.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroup C2b; its mtDNA haplogroups include D4b, D4m and R11.

Period
Modern
Country
Nepal
Origin
Bagmati, Nepal
Sampled near
Bagmati Zone 27.71, 85.20
Sites
Kathmandu (4)
Zhaodong on the northern bank of the Songhua River (3)
Samples
7
Catalogue
Newar

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
1NyishiNyishi2.08
2Brahmin ManipuriBrahmin_Manipuri3.16
3TharuTharu4.52
4KusundaKusunda7.27
5DamaiDamai10.83
6RohingyaRohingya11.90
7Nepali Indo-Aryan DNepali_Indo-Aryan_D11.92
8Rajput GarhwalRajput_Garhwal13.05
9HazaraHazara13.18
10Nepali Tamang SimigaonNepali_Tamang_Simigaon13.18
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Khuvsgul MLBALate Medieval (Medieval, Mongolia)Mongolia_Khuvsgul_MLBALateMedieval10.72
2Tianyuan (Hunter-Gatherer, China) · CHN_TianyuanCHN_Tianyuan12.18
3Tianyuan (Hunter-Gatherer, China) · China_TianyuanChina_Tianyuan12.18
4Amur River (Hunter-Gatherer, c. 33000 BP)Amur_River_33000BP12.58
5Arkhangai Xiongnu Early Medieval 3 (Medieval, Mongolia)Mongolia_Arkhangai_XiongnuEarlyMedieval_312.70
6Amur River (Paleolithic, China)China_AmurRiver_Paleolithic12.93
7Xinjiang Baiyanghe Historical (Antiquity, China)China_Xinjiang_Baiyanghe_Historical13.47
8Hoabinhian (Hunter-Gatherer, Laos)Laos_Hoabinhian13.83
9Salkhit (Upper Paleolithic)Salkhit_UP13.85
10Guangxi Longlin Epipaleolithic (Hunter-Gatherer, China)China_Guangxi_Longlin_Epipaleolithic14.29

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

1 man with a call of 4

mtDNA

3 individuals with a call

Individuals 7

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
Ne08MKathmandu
Ne30M8175-7750 calBCEZhaodong on the northern bank of the Songhua RiverC2b1a2a C-F1319D4m
Ne35F7172-6831 calBCEZhaodong on the northern bank of the Songhua RiverR11
Ne41MKathmandu
Ne611510-1425 calBCEZhaodong on the northern bank of the Songhua RiverD4b1a2a
Ne66MKathmandu
Ne72FKathmandu