<p> Supplemental TABLE 1</p><p>Average heterozygosities and sample sizes of 783 microsatellite loci for 53 human populations</p><p>Geographic region Population Heterozygosity Sample size (2n)</p><p>Ave. (s.d.) Min. Max. Ave. Min. Max.</p><p>Europe Orcadian 0.725 (0.097) 0.222 0.927 31.1 16 32</p><p>Adygei 0.732 (0.091) 0.258 0.913 32.9 16 34</p><p>Russian 0.732 (0.087) 0.350 0.917 47.9 20 50</p><p>Basque 0.719 (0.099) 0.179 0.913 45.9 16 48</p><p>French 0.732 (0.086) 0.242 0.912 55.5 24 58</p><p>Italian 0.730 (0.096) 0.290 0.905 25.1 16 26</p><p>Sardinian 0.724 (0.090) 0.249 0.906 53.9 30 56</p><p>Tuscan 0.737 (0.110) 0.000 1.000 15.6 2 16</p><p>Middle East Mozabite 0.742 (0.085) 0.292 0.907 57.9 42 60</p><p>Bedouin 0.736 (0.083) 0.365 0.912 92.8 64 96</p><p>Druze 0.725 (0.090) 0.196 0.910 90.4 56 94</p><p>Palestinian 0.736 (0.082) 0.345 0.921 97.3 70 102</p><p>Central/South Asia Balochi 0.734 (0.088) 0.246 0.919 47.8 20 50</p><p>Brahui 0.732 (0.092) 0.115 0.932 47.8 28 50 Burusho 0.730 (0.090) 0.246 0.919 48.8 32 50</p><p>Hazara 0.728 (0.096) 0.232 0.930 45.7 24 48</p><p>Kalash 0.699 (0.113) 0.000 0.908 48.3 26 50</p><p>Makrani 0.740 (0.089) 0.366 0.914 47.8 22 50</p><p>Pathan 0.735 (0.092) 0.198 0.932 46.2 28 48</p><p>Sindhi 0.735 (0.090) 0.115 0.916 48.4 34 50</p><p>Uygur 0.731 (0.113) 0.000 0.954 19.1 4 20</p><p>Oceania Melanesian 0.660 (0.146) 0.056 0.934 36.3 14 38</p><p>Papuan 0.674 (0.144) 0.000 0.923 32.7 10 34</p><p>America Colombian 0.604 (0.171) 0.000 0.892 25.1 16 26</p><p>Karitiana 0.552 (0.182) 0.000 0.858 46.6 26 48</p><p>Maya 0.670 (0.132) 0.000 0.911 48.3 32 50</p><p>Pima 0.598 (0.169) 0.000 0.857 48.6 32 50</p><p>Africa Bantu Kenya 0.759 (0.099) 0.301 0.957 23.1 24 16</p><p>Bantu South East 0.770 (0.124) 0.200 1.000 9.7 4 10</p><p>Bantu South West 0.761 (0.172) 0.000 1.000 5.8 2 6</p><p>Mandenka 0.756 (0.090) 0.159 0.946 46.3 48 32</p><p>Yoruba 0.760 (0.089) 0.222 0.940 48.4 30 50</p><p>Biaka Pygmy 0.759 (0.092) 0.097 0.938 62.2 18 64 Mbuti Pygmy 0.750 (0.105) 0.091 0.949 28.9 20 30</p><p>San 0.744 (0.129) 0.000 1.000 13.6 6 14</p><p>East Asia Han 0.705 (0.116) 0.058 0.924 65.8 40 68</p><p>Han Northern 0.709 (0.130) 0.000 0.963 19.3 6 20 China</p><p>Dai 0.699 (0.140) 0.000 0.935 19.1 4 20</p><p>Daur 0.708 (0.128) 0.000 0.942 19.2 6 20</p><p>Hezhen 0.705 (0.129) 0.000 0.945 17.1 2 18</p><p>Lahu 0.681 (0.143) 0.000 0.933 19.1 6 20</p><p>Miao 0.698 (0.138) 0.000 0.935 19.4 10 20</p><p>Oroqen 0.693 (0.135) 0.000 0.933 19.2 6 20</p><p>She 0.691 (0.132) 0.000 0.926 19.4 8 20</p><p>Tujia 0.699 (0.137) 0.000 0.912 19.1 6 20</p><p>Tu 0.706 (0.128) 0.000 0.926 19.4 10 20</p><p>Xibo 0.708 (0.132) 0.000 0.974 17.5 8 18</p><p>Mongola 0.711 (0.129) 0.100 0.947 19.2 4 20</p><p>Naxi 0.694 (0.132) 0.000 0.915 19.3 10 20</p><p>Cambodian 0.708 (0.131) 0.100 0.944 21.0 8 22</p><p>Japanese 0.701 (0.123) 0.000 0.929 56.0 36 58 Yakut 0.701 (0.107) 0.115 0.915 48.4 34 50</p><p> n is the number of individuals examined excluding missing data. </p><p> r Standard deviation of heterozygosity is computed by square root of V(h) = (h - H)2 /(r - 1) е j=1 j where h is a heterozygosty of a locus and r is the number of loci.</p>