Book review: Indus Age- the Writing System by GregoryL.Possehl.

[Vishal Agarwal]

A mistake :-)
What I meant was the genetical traits that are specific to ethnicity/ race.
Not all the genetic traits. Thanks for the correction.

----Original Message Follows----
From: Lars Martin Fosse <lmfosse at ONLINE.NO>

Subject: Re: Book review: Indus Age- the Writing System by
GregoryL.Possehl.
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 17:45:52 +0200

Vishal Agarwal wrote:

 > There should be no need for anyone to feel emotional bout the issue. Even
 > those who claim that the anscestors of Indians came from outside 30
 > centuries back should ponder over the fact that there are not many
countries
 > in the world that can claim such a long continuity in ethnic identity.
And,
 > in any case, modern anthropological studies have demonstrated that
Indians
 > share almost 80% of all genetic traits, showing that even if different
groups
 > entered into India at different times, they have intermarried so much at
 > different times that they have ceased to be different racial groups.

Only 80%? From what I have read, humans and chimps share between 98 and 99 %
of
their genes. Could you be a bit more specific here, or are we faced with a
new
scientific sensation? :-)

Best regards,

Lars Martin Fosse


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