Modern population

Tswa

Tswa

Tswa is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Tswa), with 6 samples from Inhambane, Mozambique.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Bitonga, Chopi and Changana, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Mozambique
Origin
Inhambane, Mozambique
Sampled near
Inhambane -22.78, 34.31
Samples
6
Catalogue
Tswa

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
1BitongaBitonga0.65
2ChopiChopi0.71
3ChanganaChangana0.75
4NyanjaNyanja1.01
5ManyikaManyika1.05
6NdauNdau1.11
7SenaSena1.16
8YaoYao1.22
9RongaRonga1.34
10MakhuwaMakhuwa1.43
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP2.87
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.93
3Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.14
4Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.32
5Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.37
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP4.01
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.65
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.36
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA8.30
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.67

Individuals 6

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
012AInhambane, Mozambique
039AInhambane, Mozambique
053AInhambane, Mozambique
4203402Inhambane, Mozambique
S0029Inhambane, Mozambique
S0037Inhambane, Mozambique