English: An ADMIXTURE analysis plot showing results for 6 ancestral groups (K = 6) among selected global populations. Abbreviations for meta-populations are as follows: Ancient MSEA = Ancient Mainland Southeast Asians, AFR = present-day Africans, EUR = present-day Europeans, CAU = present-day Caucasians, ME = present-day Middle Easterners, NEG = present-day Andamanese, PAP = present-day Papuans, SAM = present-day Native Meso- and South Americans, ESEA = present-day East and Southeast Asians, SIB = present-day Siberians, CAS = present-day Central Asians, SAS = present-day South Asians, N = Neolithic, LN = Late Neolithic, PH = Protohistoric period, BA = bronze age, His. Historical period. The number of individuals for each population is indicated in brackets after the population name.

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