Box plots of the distributions of genetic distances between Bantu (dark grey) and any of the other major linguistic and ethnic groups (light grey). B, Bantu; NC, Niger-Congo non-Bantu; AA, Afro-Asiatic; NS, Nilo-Saharan; KS, Khoisan; PY, Pygmies. (a) mtDNA, (b) Y chromosome and (c) autosomes.