Genetics Deliver Another Blow to Battered Aryan-Dravidian Theory

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Genetics Deliver Another Blow to Battered Aryan-Dravidian Theory

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HYDERABAD, INDIA, September 25, 2009: The great Indian divide along

north-south lines now stands even more blurred. A pathbreaking study by

Harvard and indigenous researchers on ancestral Indian populations says

there is a genetic relationship between all Indians and more importantly,

the hitherto believed theory that Aryans and Dravidians signify the ancestry

of north and south Indians might after all, be a myth.

 

“This paper rewrites history… there is no north-south divide,†said Lalji

Singh, former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

(CCMB) and a co-author of the study.

 

Senior CCMB scientist Kumarasamy Thangarajan said there was no truth to the

Aryan-Dravidian theory as they came hundreds or thousands of years after the

ancestral north and south Indians had settled in India.

 

The study analysed 500,000 genetic markers across the genomes of 132

individuals from 25 diverse groups from 13 states. All the individuals were

from six-language families and traditionally diverse castes and tribal

groups. “The genetics proves that castes grew directly out of tribe-like

organizations during the formation of the Indian society,†said Thangarajan,

who noted that it was impossible to distinguish between castes and tribes

since their genetics proved they were not systematically different.

 

The study was conducted by CCMB scientists in collaboration with researchers

at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and the Broad

Institute of Harvard and MIT. It reveals that the present-day Indian

population is a mix of ancient north and south bearing the genomic

contributions from two distinct ancestral populations - the Ancestral North

Indian (ANI) and the Ancestral South Indian (ASI) — both indigenous to the

sucontinent.

 

“The initial settlement took place 65,000 years ago in the Andamans and in

ancient south India around the same time, which led to population growth in

this part,†said Thangarajan. He added, “At a later stage, 40,000 years ago,

the ancient north Indians emerged which in turn led to rise in numbers here.

But at some point of time, the ancient north and the ancient south mixed,

giving birth to a different set of population. And that is the population

which exists now.â€

 

This finding could challenge the prevailing view of a northern route of

migration of man out of Africa via Middle East, Europe, south-east Asia,

Australia and then to India.

 

 

 

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> HYDERABAD, INDIA, September 25, 2009: The great Indian divide along

> north-south lines now stands even more blurred. A pathbreaking study by

> Harvard and indigenous researchers on ancestral Indian populations says

> there is a genetic relationship between all Indians and more importantly,

> the hitherto believed theory that Aryans and Dravidians signify the ancestry

> of north and south Indians might after all, be a myth.

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> “This paper rewrites history… there is no north-south divide,†said

Lalji

> Singh, former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology

> (CCMB) and a co-author of the study.

 

Namaste,

 

It has never occurred to these scientists that East Africa was part of a

continent in the Indian Ocean...Lemuria, Lanka and it extended well through

Australia....The Australians have no tales of coming from anywhere than where

they are now.....Tony