Ancient population · Medieval

South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · ZAF_1200BP

ZAF_1200BP

South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · ZAF_1200BP is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (ZAF_1200BP), with 1 sample from Western Cape, South Africa, dated to about 751 CE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · South_Africa_1200BP, Hora LSA (Neolithic, c. 8500 BP, Malawi) and Hora (Neolithic, c. 9000 BP); the nearest living populations are Khomani San, Hadza and Sandawe.

Period
Medieval
Date
about 751 CE
Origin
Western Cape, South Africa
Samples
1
Catalogue
ZAF_1200BP

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.

Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · South_Africa_1200BPSouth_Africa_1200BP1.04
2Hora LSA (Neolithic, c. 8500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Hora_LSA_8500BP9.47
3Hora (Neolithic, c. 9000 BP)Hora_9000BP9.48
4MWI Chencherere (Bronze Age)MWI_Chencherere9.54
5Chencherere LSA (Bronze Age, c. 5200 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Chencherere_LSA_5200BP9.70
6Fingira LSA (Chalcolithic, c. 6000 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_6000BP10.33
7MWI Fingira (Iron Age)MWI_Fingira11.33
8Hora LSA (Hunter-Gatherer, c. 15500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Hora_LSA_15500BP11.87
9Fingira LSA (Iron Age, c. 2500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_2500BP13.25
10Tanzania Zanzibar (Medieval, c. 1300 BP)Tanzania_Zanzibar_1300BP14.96
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Khomani SanKhomani_San18.14
2HadzaHadza22.13
3SandaweSandawe24.83
4BakolaBakola26.27
5BedzanBedzan26.85
6Bantu S EBantu_S.E.27.53
7Ethiopian Ari blacksmithEthiopian_Ari_blacksmith28.19
8Ethiopian AriEthiopian_Ari28.29
9Ethiopian Ari cultivatorEthiopian_Ari_cultivator28.68
10BakaBaka28.83

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleDateOrigin
I9134751 CEWestern Cape, South Africa