Ancient population · Iron Age

South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2000 BP) · ZAF_2000BP

ZAF_2000BP

South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2000 BP) · ZAF_2000BP is an ancient population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (ZAF_2000BP), with 1 sample from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, dated to about 20 BCE.

Among ancient populations it sits closest to South Africa (Antiquity, c. 1900 BP), South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2200 BP) and South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2000 BP) · South_Africa_2000BP; the nearest living populations are Khomani San, Ju hoan North and Bakola.

Period
Iron Age
Date
about 20 BCE
Origin
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Samples
1
Catalogue
ZAF_2000BP

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 (Antiquity, c. 1900 BP)South_Africa_1900BP1.16
2South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2200 BP)South_Africa_2200BP2.23
3South Africa (Iron Age, c. 2000 BP) · South_Africa_2000BPSouth_Africa_2000BP2.29
4Fingira LSA (Iron Age, c. 2500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_2500BP22.47
5Fingira LSA (Chalcolithic, c. 6000 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Fingira_LSA_6000BP23.52
6MWI Fingira (Iron Age)MWI_Fingira23.53
7South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · ZAF_1200BPZAF_1200BP23.69
8South Africa (Medieval, c. 1200 BP) · South_Africa_1200BPSouth_Africa_1200BP23.74
9Hora LSA (Neolithic, c. 8500 BP, Malawi)Malawi_Hora_LSA_8500BP23.77
10MWI Chencherere (Bronze Age)MWI_Chencherere23.95
Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Khomani SanKhomani_San6.23
2Ju hoan NorthJu_hoan_North13.29
3BakolaBakola34.55
4BedzanBedzan36.33
5BakaBaka37.41
6BiakaBiaka37.99
7Bantu S EBantu_S.E.40.80
8HadzaHadza43.07
9Bantu S WBantu_S.W.46.11
10SandaweSandawe46.63

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleDateOrigin
I913320 BCEKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa