I’ve updated the mtDNA dataset yet again, mostly proofing, to ensure that stated ethnicities are correct, and it is now in excellent shape, with links to the NIH Database for every genome in the dataset. One interesting observation, I expanded the Khoisan population to 10 genomes, all of whom speak Tshwa, and there’s plainly a strong connection to the Chinese, Spanish, and Ashkenazi Jews. This does not surprise me at all, as many Khoisan people have Asian features. They’re believed to be some of the oldest living humans, and as you can tell, they are connected to a wide variety of people, consistent with the fact they’ve had plenty of time to move around.


Here’s the dataset:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ht5g2rqg090himo/mtDNA.zip?dl=0
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