Modern population

Papuan Highland B

Papuan_Highland_B

Papuan Highland B is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Papuan_Highland_B), with 3 samples from Papua New Guinea.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Australian, Kosipe and Nasoi, and among ancient ones Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · Vanuatu_500BP, Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all and Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · Vanuatu_1300BP.

Period
Modern
Origin
Papua New Guinea
Samples
3
Catalogue
Papuan_Highland_B

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
1AustralianAustralian9.29
2KosipeKosipe12.65
3NasoiNasoi13.18
4KoinanbeKoinanbe14.76
5PapuanPapuan14.90
6Papuan Highland APapuan_Highland_A15.41
7BajoBajo46.65
8JarawaJarawa46.69
9OngeOnge46.83
10AgtaAgta47.04
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · Vanuatu_500BPVanuatu_500BP4.69
2Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · 150BP_all150BP_all4.72
3Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · Vanuatu_1300BPVanuatu_1300BP4.80
4Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 500 BP) · 500BP_all500BP_all4.85
5Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1300 BP) · 1300BP_all1300BP_all4.92
6Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · 2300BP_all2300BP_all5.60
7Vanuatu (Iron Age, c. 2300 BP) · Vanuatu_2300BPVanuatu_2300BP5.65
8Vanuatu (c. 200 BP)Vanuatu_200BP5.80
9Vanuatu (c. 150 BP) · Vanuatu_150BPVanuatu_150BP6.57
10Vanuatu (Medieval, c. 1200 BP)Vanuatu_1200BP7.67

Individuals 6

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
GRC11052293_PNG_Highland15Papua New Guinea
GRC11052298_PNG_Highland56Papua New Guinea
GRC11052303_PNG_Highland64Papua New Guinea
GRC11052286_PNG_Highland03 outlierPapua New Guinea
GRC11052294_PNG_Highland27 outlierPapua New Guinea
GRC11052300_PNG_Highland61 outlierPapua New Guinea