A focused population profile of Papuan Highland, with modern genetic matches, ancestry modeling, and a World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Papuan Highland is included in the World Genetics modern G25 database as a reference population. This page uses that reference average to compare Papuan Highland with other modern populations in the database.
The label should be read as a population reference name rather than a complete description of every individual, family, language, region, or community history connected with Papuan Highland.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Papuan Highland is Papuan Coastal. Other nearby references include Kosipe, Koinanbe, Papuan, and Baining. This gives the Papuan Highland 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 Papuan Highland 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 Papuan Highland profile a geographic shape. Warmer areas mark regions where available modern reference populations sit closer to the Papuan Highland average, while cooler areas represent more distant matches.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Papuan Coastal. Other nearby references include Kosipe, Koinanbe, Papuan, and Baining.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Papuan Coastal is the closest listed match to the Papuan Highland average after removing Papuan Highland itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Papuan Highland G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
