Modern population

Saudi Najd

Saudi_Najd

Saudi Najd is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Saudi_Najd), with 6 samples from Saudi Arabia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Saudi, Saudi A and Yemenite Jew, and among ancient ones Jordan (Early Bronze Age), Tell Qarassa Umayyad (Medieval, Syria) and Levant Beirut IAIII Egyptian (Iron Age).

Period
Modern
Origin
Saudi Arabia
Samples
6
Catalogue
Saudi_Najd

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
1SaudiSaudi1.70
2Saudi ASaudiA1.86
3Yemenite JewYemenite_Jew1.97
4Yemenite Al JawfYemenite_Al_Jawf2.22
5Emirati AEmiratiA2.31
6Bedouin BBedouinB2.37
7Yemenite Ma'ribYemenite_Ma'rib2.49
8Yemenite Al BaydaYemenite_Al_Bayda2.71
9Saudi MeccaSaudi_Mecca2.82
10Yemenite AmranYemenite_Amran2.86
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Jordan (Early Bronze Age)Jordan_EBA4.64
2Tell Qarassa Umayyad (Medieval, Syria)Syria_TellQarassa_Umayyad4.76
3Levant Beirut IAIII Egyptian (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII_Egyptian5.95
4IBA (Bronze Age, Israel)Israel_IBA6.09
5Third Intermediate Period (Iron Age, Egypt)Egypt_ThirdIntermediatePeriod6.27
6Hellenistic (Antiquity)Hellenistic7.15
7Jordan (Late Bronze Age)Jordan_LBA7.29
8Lebanon (Middle Bronze Age)Lebanon_MBA7.43
9Israel (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Israel_MLBA7.52
10Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age)Levant_Sidon_MBA7.70

Individuals 6

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Najd01Saudi Arabia
Najd02Saudi Arabia
Najd03Saudi Arabia
Najd04Saudi Arabia
Najd05Saudi Arabia
Najd06Saudi Arabia