Explore the ancient reference England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man), its closest modern genetic matches, ancestry models, and genetic distance heatmap.
England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) is a reference in the World Genetics ancient G25 dataset. This page compares its coordinates with modern and ancient references. Labels may identify a sampled group, archaeological context, individual, or simulation; they do not necessarily describe an entire ancient population.
The map shows similarity to present-day reference populations, not the historical territory of this ancient group. Genetic similarity alone does not establish direct descent.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) is Lithuanian North Žemaitija. Other nearby references include Lithuanian West Žemaitija, Estonian, Lithuanian South Žemaitija, and Lithuanian. This gives the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestral breakdown below loads the best-fitting World Genetics calculator for the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) average. It should be read as a model of deep ancestry components, while the closest-match table is the better guide to which modern populations are most similar in G25 space.
The heatmap gives the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Lithuanian North Žemaitija. Other nearby references include Lithuanian West Žemaitija, Estonian, Lithuanian South Žemaitija, and Lithuanian.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Lithuanian North Žemaitija is the closest listed match to the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) average after removing England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the England Mesolithic Gough's Cave (Cheddar Man) G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
