Table 1 Ancestral components and proxy samples

From: Genome-wide genotype and sequence-based reconstruction of the 140,000 year history of modern human ancestry

Ancestral Component

Exemplara

Proportionb

Arabian

Qatari

91.5%

Berber

Tunisia

79.8%

Chinese

She

79.0%

Click Speaker

Ju/'hoan

96.5%

Indian

Arunthathiyar

75.5%

Japanese

JPT

86.3%

Kalash

Kalash

93.9%

Levantine-Caucasian

Georgia

50.0%

Lowland East Cushitic

Somali

56.2%

Melanesian

Melanesian

100%

Native American

Surui/Karitiana

100%

Niger-Congo

Yoruba

86.8%

Nilo-Saharan

Anuak

78.3%

Northern European

FIN

74.6%

Omotic

Ari Blacksmith

94.9%

Pygmy

Mbuti Pygmy

99.1%

Siberian

Yakut

87.3%

Southeast Asian

Singapore Malay

65.3%

Southern European

Sardinian

64.1%

  1. a“Exemplar” refers to the sample with the highest proportion of the given ancestral component.
  2. b“Proportion” refers to the percentage of the ancestral component in the exemplar.
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