Guest guest Posted May 22, 2001 Report Share Posted May 22, 2001 A welcome counterpart to the Aryan Invasion theory! P On Tue, 22 May 2001 suvidya wrote: > > Mice migrated out of India :-) > > >From Steve Jones, "Darwin's Ghost" : > > "The center of genetic diversity of the world's mice > is in Pakistan and India. Mus musculus {the Swedish mouse} > and Mus domesticus {the American, West European and Australian > mouse } began their journey there, in a common homeland and with > a shared pool of genes. Their ancestors traveled in man's wake, > in separate waves north and south around the icy Alps as farmers > moved west. As they went, they evolved, until, at last, when the > circle was closed and the mice met, each had changed enough to > render them incompatible..." > > --- > > The on-line book "Mouse Genetics" > http://www.princeton.edu/~lsilver/book/MG1.html > > has the advent of the mouse in the Middle East : > > > This dawn occurred at the end of the last ice age, some 10,000 years > ago, across a region retrospectively called the Fertile Crescent that > extends from modern-day Israel up through Lebanon and Syria and > curves back down through Iraq toward the Persian Gulf (figure 1.2). > It was in this region at this time — known as the neolithic transition > — that tribes of nomadic hunters and gatherers began to cultivate > plants and domesticate animals as a means for sustenance (Ammerman > and Cavalli-Sforza, 1984). Farming eliminated the need for constant > migration and brought about the formation of villages and the > construction of permanent shelters for both people and their livestock. > With the seasonal planting of crops, families needed to store dry > food, in the form of grain, for both themselves and their animals. > With food reserves in granaries and cupboards, the house mouse began > its long interwoven history with humankind. > > The ancestors of the house mouse, who were concentrated in the > steppes of present-day Pakistan at that time (figure 1.2), had > been living happily oblivious to people for eons, but suddenly > (in terms of evolutionary time), migrants to the new Neolithic > villages found mouse paradise in the form of a secure shelter > with unlimited food (Auffray et al., 1990). ...... > > When people wandered out from the Middle East in search of new > lands to cultivate, mice followed as stowaways within the vehicles > used to carry household belongings. Later, they would travel > with ship-borne merchants going to and from distant lands. > > --- > Arun Gupta > > > > > indology > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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