Genetics issues in ancient India
Subrahmanya S.
subrahmanyas at HOTMAIL.COM
Sat Dec 2 00:36:46 UTC 2000
>From: Steve Farmer <saf at SAFARMER.COM>
>.....
>..None of these papers by geneticists were written with cognizance
>of any of the complex acculturation processes involved in this problem.
>
>Steve Farmer
To make a prior assumption that complex acculturation took place
and then trying to reconcile genetic evidence is hardly scientific.
The process of acculturation could have been any direction - from
west to east or east to west.
If genetic evidence is to be of any value - it has to show
independent evidence of migration of IE speaking people into
India. Otherwise it will be merely data fitting.
Regards,
Subrahmanya
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