Modern population

Sengwer

Name: Sengwer (Sengwer)
Creator: Genoplot

Sengwer

Sengwer is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Sengwer), with 2 samples from Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Masai, Ethiopian Mursi and Sudan Daju, and among ancient ones Kakapel (Medieval, c. 900 BP), Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya) and Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya).

Period: Modern
Country: Kenya
Origin: Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya
Sampled near: Rift Valley 2.60, 35.80
Samples: 2
Catalogue: Sengwer

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
#	Population	Distance
1	Masai`Masai`	5.02
2	Ethiopian Mursi`Ethiopian_Mursi`	5.08
3	Sudan Daju`Sudan_Daju`	5.21
4	Ethiopian Gumuz`Ethiopian_Gumuz`	5.56
5	Ogiek`Ogiek`	5.72
6	Zaghawa Sudan`Zaghawa_Sudan`	6.17
7	Zaghawa Chad`Zaghawa_Chad`	6.67
8	Elmolo`Elmolo`	7.97
9	Sudan Nuba Koalib`Sudan_Nuba_Koalib`	8.11
10	Ethiopian Ari blacksmith`Ethiopian_Ari_blacksmith`	8.34

Ancient
#	Population	Distance
1	Kakapel (Medieval, c. 900 BP)`Kakapel_900BP`	6.73
2	Historic 2 (Antiquity, Kenya)`Kenya_Historic_2`	7.16
3	Pastoral (Iron Age, Kenya)`Kenya_IA_Pastoral`	9.39
4	Mota (Ethiopia)`ETH_Mota`	10.93
5	Ethiopia (Bronze Age, c. 4500 BP)`Ethiopia_4500BP`	11.06
6	Kenya (c. 400 BP) · KEN_400BP`KEN_400BP`	11.55
7	Kenya (c. 400 BP) · Kenya_400BP`Kenya_400BP`	11.55
8	LSA (Antiquity, Kenya)`Kenya_LSA`	14.09
9	Molo Cave Pastoral N (Medieval, Kenya)`Kenya_MoloCave_PastoralN`	14.50
10	Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 1400 BP)`Tanzania_Pemba_1400BP`	16.02

Individuals 2

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

Sample	Origin
`T_Sengwer-1.DG`	Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya
`T_Sengwer-2.DG`	Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya