Modern population

Somali

Somali

Somali is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Somali), with 10 samples from Banaadir, Kenya.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Somali Kenya, Ethiopian Oromo and Ethiopian Wolayta, and among ancient ones Pastoral N Elmenteitan (Iron Age, Kenya), Pastoral N (Iron Age, Kenya) and Tanzania PN (Iron Age) · Tanzania_PN.

Period
Modern
Country
Kenya
Origin
Banaadir, Kenya
Sampled near
Galguduud 5.26, 47.05
Samples
10
Catalogue
Somali

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
1Somali KenyaSomali_Kenya2.10
2Ethiopian OromoEthiopian_Oromo3.27
3Ethiopian WolaytaEthiopian_Wolayta3.61
4RendilleRendille4.32
5Sudan Arab KababishSudan_Arab_Kababish6.02
6IraqwIraqw7.03
7Ethiopian JewEthiopian_Jew7.22
8Ethiopian AmharaEthiopian_Amhara7.98
9Ethiopian AgawEthiopian_Agaw8.12
10Ethiopian AfarEthiopian_Afar8.24
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pastoral N Elmenteitan (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_PastoralN_Elmenteitan2.27
2Pastoral N (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_PastoralN2.35
3Tanzania PN (Iron Age) · Tanzania_PNTanzania_PN2.82
4Hyrax Hill Pastoral N (Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_HyraxHill_PastoralN3.12
5Lukenya Hill Pastoral N (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_LukenyaHill_PastoralN4.14
6Tanzania Luxmanda (Iron Age, c. 3000 BP)Tanzania_Luxmanda_3000BP4.28
7Pastoral (Neolithic)Pastoral_N4.49
8Molo Cave (Iron Age, c. 1500 BP)MoloCave_1500BP6.75
9Early Pastoral N (Bronze Age, Kenya)Kenya_EarlyPastoralN7.62
10Molo Cave Pastoral N (Medieval, Kenya)Kenya_MoloCave_PastoralN7.94

Individuals 10

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
SOMALI1Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI12Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI13Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI14Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI15Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI2Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI3Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI4Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI6Banaadir, Kenya
SOMALI7Banaadir, Kenya