Modern population

Yao

Yao

Yao is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Yao), with 11 samples from Niassa, Mozambique.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Nyanja, Sena and Changana, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Mozambique
Origin
Niassa, Mozambique
Sampled near
Kassala 14.66, 35.37
Samples
11
Catalogue
Yao

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
1NyanjaNyanja0.96
2SenaSena1.01
3ChanganaChangana1.02
4ChopiChopi1.04
5ManyikaManyika1.05
6MakhuwaMakhuwa1.14
7NdauNdau1.15
8BitongaBitonga1.16
9TswaTswa1.22
10RongaRonga1.40
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP2.46
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.68
3Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.49
4Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.49
5Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP3.54
6Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.54
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.13
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.40
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA7.60
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA12.03

Individuals 20

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
104602Niassa, Mozambique
402502Niassa, Mozambique
500401Niassa, Mozambique
502101Niassa, Mozambique
502701Niassa, Mozambique
514201Niassa, Mozambique
801501Niassa, Mozambique
804601Niassa, Mozambique
805301Niassa, Mozambique
805702Niassa, Mozambique
807801Niassa, Mozambique
107101 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
107602 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
200702 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
208801 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
306601 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
409701 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
505002 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
800402 outlierNiassa, Mozambique
801101 outlierNiassa, Mozambique