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Re: upper caste hindus have more european dna? [Re: pariah] #18761 - 07/17/02 04:56 PM Edit Reply Quote

I agree with Pariah. There are still a lot of suspicious older models and data used with modern data. A very suspicious word is 'invasion'. Genetics do tell something about the appearance and connection, but nothing about how and when the distribution happened. Archeology gives some of the most important material evidence for the distribution of cultures/people in a certain timesetting. AIT is disproven on this evidence (and also other). Besides, the Indians have ancient antecedents in the subcontinent, which the rest of the Indo-European haven't. A point to remember is that 'upper classes' of today aren't necessarily the upper classes of yesterday. Some Jatis have uplifts, others not, before rigidification of the Jati system. There was a lot of movement. What exaxtly is the case has to be examined. And what's so important about a connection of european with upper classes dna? It doesn't make someone better or worse!