Modern population

Papuan Highland A

Papuan_Highland_A

Papuan Highland A is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Papuan_Highland_A), with 7 samples from Papua New Guinea.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Papuan, Koinanbe and Kosipe, and among ancient ones Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · Vanuatu_2300BP, Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · 2300BP_all and Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · Vanuatu_1300BP.

Period
Modern
Origin
Papua New Guinea
Samples
7
Catalogue
Papuan_Highland_A

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
1PapuanPapuan1.26
2KoinanbeKoinanbe1.67
3KosipeKosipe3.04
4Papuan Highland BPapuan_Highland_B15.41
5AustralianAustralian21.42
6NasoiNasoi28.14
7JarawaJarawa60.76
8OngeOnge60.92
9BajoBajo61.95
10AgtaAgta62.26
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · Vanuatu_2300BPVanuatu_2300BP13.01
2Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · 2300BP_all2300BP_all13.49
3Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · Vanuatu_1300BPVanuatu_1300BP16.23
4Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · 1300BP_all1300BP_all16.74
5Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all150BP_all16.92
6Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · Vanuatu_500BPVanuatu_500BP18.16
7Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · 500BP_all500BP_all18.31
8Vanuatu (c. 200 BP)Vanuatu_200BP18.88
9Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · Vanuatu_150BPVanuatu_150BP20.89
10Cairns (Medieval, c. 420 BP)Cairns_420BP21.39

Individuals 7

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
GRC11052285_PNG_Highland02Papua New Guinea
GRC11052287_PNG_Highland06Papua New Guinea
GRC11052288_PNG_Highland09Papua New Guinea
GRC11052292_PNG_Highland14Papua New Guinea
GRC11053268_PNG_Highland04Papua New Guinea
GRC11053269_PNG_Highland10Papua New Guinea
GRC11053270_PNG_Highland11Papua New Guinea