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My question was how they determine
the age 10000 yrs or 60000 yrs old from genetaic research?
RB
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:19
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Subject: Re: [Assam] New Genetic Studies
Caste Doubt On Aryan Invasion Theory
perhaps this could be a reason:
"An independent genetic study by Partha Mazumder at the Indian
Statistical Institute in Calcutta with colleagues at Stanford University and
elsewhere has found that the majority of genetic signatures among men in India
are older than 10,000 years" Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> A study by scientists at the Central
Forensic Science Laboratory in Calcutta has revealed that most
present-day Indians are >the descendants of early humans who began to
arrive in India about 60,000 years ago
I wonder how they
arrive at their result.
RB
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HPI will next appear January 16
1. New Genetic Studies Caste Doubt On Aryan Invasion Theory
NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 12, 2006: Two new genetic studies have
disputed long-held beliefs that pastoral central Asian people brought
agriculture to India and contributed heavily to the genetic make-up of
modern Indian populations. The central Asian people who migrated to India
included the Aryans who began arriving around 3,500 years ago. The studies
by scientists in Calcutta with colleagues in other countries might force
historians to revise current ideas about the impacts of migrations from
central Asia beginning about 8,000 years ago on India.
A study by
scientists at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Calcutta has
revealed that most present-day Indians are the descendants of early humans
who began to arrive in India about 60,000 years ago. It suggests that modern
Indians do not owe much genetic makeup to central Asians who arrived much
later. The findings do lend support to the migration of people from central
Asia into India. "Although we did find genetic signatures from central Asian
populations in Indian communities, there are not enough (signatures) to
prove large-scale mixture with local populations," research team leader
Vijendra Kashyap told The Telegraph.
An independent genetic study by
Partha Mazumder at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta with
colleagues at Stanford University and elsewhere has found that the majority
of genetic signatures among men in India are older than 10,000 years. The
study of 1,100 men from 36 ethnic groups in India, 8 in Pakistan and 18 from
the southeast Asian region has indicated that many of the genetic signatures
have arisen in India and predate the arrival of the Indo-Europeans and their
expansion in India. "The genetic contribution from central Asia has not been
as large as generally believed," Mazumder said. His study has also indicated
that the genetic input of people who might have brought agriculture into
India from West Asia has been
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