Modern population

Saudi A

SaudiA

Saudi A is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (SaudiA), with 11 samples from Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Saudi Najd, Yemenite Amran and Yemenite Jew, and among ancient ones Jordan (Early Bronze Age), IBA (Bronze Age, Israel) and Levant Beirut IAIII Egyptian (Iron Age).

Period
Modern
Origin
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Sampled near
Makkah 21.44, 39.85
Samples
11
Catalogue
SaudiA

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
1Saudi NajdSaudi_Najd1.86
2Yemenite AmranYemenite_Amran2.50
3Yemenite JewYemenite_Jew2.70
4Emirati AEmiratiA2.81
5Saudi MeccaSaudi_Mecca3.19
6SaudiSaudi3.19
7Yemenite Al JawfYemenite_Al_Jawf3.24
8Yemenite Ma'ribYemenite_Ma'rib3.26
9Yemenite Al BaydaYemenite_Al_Bayda3.38
10Yemenite DhamarYemenite_Dhamar3.64
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Jordan (Early Bronze Age)Jordan_EBA4.23
2IBA (Bronze Age, Israel)Israel_IBA5.12
3Levant Beirut IAIII Egyptian (Iron Age)Levant_Beirut_IAIII_Egyptian5.50
4Tell Qarassa Umayyad (Medieval, Syria)Syria_TellQarassa_Umayyad5.98
5Third Intermediate Period (Iron Age, Egypt)Egypt_ThirdIntermediatePeriod6.05
6Jordan (Late Bronze Age)Jordan_LBA6.11
7Lebanon (Middle Bronze Age)Lebanon_MBA6.19
8Israel (Middle–Late Bronze Age)Israel_MLBA6.29
9Jordan (Late Bronze Age–Iron Age)Jordan_LBA_IA6.42
10Levant Sidon (Middle Bronze Age)Levant_Sidon_MBA6.45

Individuals 11

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
APPG7555949Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7555950Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7555951Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7555952Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7555953Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7623350Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7623351Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7836393Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7836398Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7836403Mecca, Saudi Arabia
APPG7836408Mecca, Saudi Arabia