Ancient population · Hunter-Gatherer

Karelia (Hunter-Gatherer, Russia)

Russia_Karelia_HG

Karelia (Hunter-Gatherer, Russia) is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Russia_Karelia_HG), with 2 samples from Russia, dated to c. 6500 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to Sidelkino (Hunter-Gatherer, Russia), Russia (Eastern Hunter-Gatherer) and Sidelkino (Hunter-Gatherer); the nearest living populations are Saami Kola, Russian Leshukonsky and Russian Pinezhsky.

Its men carry Y-DNA haplogroups F3 and R1a; its mtDNA haplogroups include C1 and U4a.

Date
c. 6500 BCE
Country
Russia
Sampled near
Yuzhny Oleniy Ostrov 61.94, 35.26
Samples
2
Catalogue
Russia_Karelia_HG

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Sidelkino (Hunter-Gatherer, Russia)Russia_Sidelkino_HG3.89
2Russia (Eastern Hunter-Gatherer)Russia_EHG3.95
3Sidelkino (Hunter-Gatherer)Sidelkino_HG4.05
4Veretye (Mesolithic)Veretye_Meso4.24
5Samara (Hunter-Gatherer, Russia)Russia_Samara_HG4.26
6Comb Ware (Middle Neolithic, Latvia)Latvia_MN_Comb_Ware4.52
7Arkhangelsk Veretye (Mesolithic, Russia)Russia_Arkhangelsk_Veretye_Mesolithic4.65
8Volga-Kama (Neolithic)Volga-Kama_N5.06
9Vologda Veretye (Mesolithic)Vologda_Veretye_Meso7.04
10Khvalynsk (Eneolithic, Russia)Russia_Khvalynsk_Eneolithic8.36
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Saami KolaSaami_Kola17.60
2Russian LeshukonskyRussian_Leshukonsky17.74
3Russian PinezhskyRussian_Pinezhsky18.02
4Finnish EastFinnish_East18.14
5Russian PinegaRussian_Pinega18.28
6KarelianKarelian18.36
7SaamiSaami18.37
8Komi AKomi_A18.43
9VepsianVepsian18.56
10KomiKomi18.68

Haplogroups

Y-DNA

2 men with a call

mtDNA

2 individuals with a call

Individuals 2

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
I0061M7050-5950 BCEYuzhny Oleniy OstrovR1a1b R-YP1306C1
I0211M7050-5950 BCEYuzhny Oleniy OstrovF3 F3U4a