Modern population

Ngumba

Name: Ngumba (Ngumba)
Creator: Genoplot

Ngumba

Ngumba is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Ngumba), with 2 samples from Kasaï-Central, Congo.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Nyaneka, Tikar South and Umbundu, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Colonial African (Mexico) and Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo).

Period: Modern
Country: Congo
Origin: Kasaï-Central, Congo
Sampled near: South 3.06, 10.30
Samples: 2
Catalogue: Ngumba

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
#	Population	Distance
1	Nyaneka`Nyaneka`	2.14
2	Tikar South`Tikar_South`	2.18
3	Umbundu`Umbundu`	2.34
4	Kongo`Kongo`	2.47
5	Ganguela`Ganguela`	2.52
6	Lemande`Lemande`	2.96
7	Makhuwa`Makhuwa`	3.07
8	Cameroon Mbo`Cameroon_Mbo`	3.10
9	Cameroon Aghem`Cameroon_Aghem`	3.17
10	Cameroon Bafut`Cameroon_Bafut`	3.22

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)`Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric`	2.20
2	Colonial African (Mexico)`Mexico_Colonial_African`	2.64
3	Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)`Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric`	3.71
4	Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)`Pemba_600BP`	4.26
5	Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)`Tanzania_Pemba_600BP`	4.93
6	Munsa (c. 500 BP)`Munsa_500BP`	5.85
7	South Africa (c. 400 BP)`South_Africa_400BP`	5.90
8	Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)`Taukome_1100BP`	7.46
9	Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)`Kenya_Kakapel_LIA`	9.77
10	Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)`Botswana_Xaro_EIA`	12.51

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

Sample	Origin
`T_Ngumba-1.DG`	Kasaï-Central, Congo
`T_Ngumba-2.DG`	Kasaï-Central, Congo