Modern population
Nivkh
Nivkh
Nivkh is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Nivkh), with 9 samples from Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.
Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Ulchi, Nanai and Negidal, and among ancient ones Boisman (Middle Neolithic, Russia), Amur River (Mesolithic, China) and Devils Gate Cave (Neolithic).
- Period
- Modern
- Country
- Russia
- Origin
- Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
- Sampled near
- Sakhalin 52.49, 142.04
- Samples
- 9
- Published in
- JeongKrauseNatEcolEvol2019
- Catalogue
Nivkh
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.
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UlchiUlchi | 2.71 |
| 2 | NanaiNanai | 4.44 |
| 3 | NegidalNegidal | 5.24 |
| 4 | OroqenOroqen | 5.41 |
| 5 | HezhenHezhen | 6.75 |
| 6 | DaurDaur | 7.99 |
| 7 | KhamneganKhamnegan | 9.15 |
| 8 | Mongol IMARMongol_IMAR | 10.24 |
| 9 | XiboXibo | 10.45 |
| 10 | MongolMongol | 10.79 |
| # | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boisman (Middle Neolithic, Russia)Russia_Boisman_MN | 3.63 |
| 2 | Amur River (Mesolithic, China)China_AmurRiver_Mesolithic | 4.24 |
| 3 | Devils Gate Cave (Neolithic)Devils_Gate_Cave_N | 4.25 |
| 4 | Devils Cave (Neolithic, Russia)Russia_DevilsCave_N | 4.26 |
| 5 | Boisman (Middle Neolithic)Boisman_MN | 4.36 |
| 6 | Amur River (Neolithic, China)China_AmurRiver_N | 4.62 |
| 7 | Amur River (Neolithic, c. 10600 BP)Amur_River_10600BP | 4.63 |
| 8 | Amur River (Hunter-Gatherer, c. 11000 BP)Amur_River_11000BP | 4.75 |
| 9 | Amur River (Neolithic, c. 10500 BP)Amur_River_10500BP | 5.04 |
| 10 | Amur River (Chalcolithic, c. 6320 BP)Amur_River_6320BP | 5.05 |
Individuals 9
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.
| Sample | Sex | Site |
|---|---|---|
AMU-031 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-039 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-042 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-052 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-064 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-066 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-072 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
AMU-596 | M | Ulchsky and Nikovaevsky Districts |
Nivkh120 | Sakhalin Oblast, Russia |