tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7506991971207843122.post8569989154395768170..comments2024-03-28T16:19:45.286+00:00Comments on The Archaeobotanist: Whence the Indian Lotus?DQ Fullerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13131848893605866973noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7506991971207843122.post-73287328993872357602010-08-30T19:26:49.292+01:002010-08-30T19:26:49.292+01:00Earlier than Kivisild, Stephen Oppenheimer (2004) ...Earlier than Kivisild, Stephen Oppenheimer (2004) too had expresses his views in no uncertain terms: “And sure enough we find highest rates and greatest diversity of the M17 line in Pakistan, north India, and eastern Iran, and low rates in the Caucasus. M17 is not only more diverse in South Asia than in Central Asia but diversity characterizes its presence in isolated tribal groups in the south, premendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14425627473515142043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7506991971207843122.post-45972571662228400372010-08-30T19:20:42.959+01:002010-08-30T19:20:42.959+01:00Regarding perennial mention of Aryan arrival/ inva...Regarding perennial mention of Aryan arrival/ invasion into India in this blog, I will only quote what learned genticists have ti say. Sahoo, Kivisild, Metspalu, Villems and their colleagues ruled out any Aryan migration to India (Sahoo et al, 2006, p. 845). They showed by detailed study that India is logically the ultimate source of M17 (R1a) and its ancestors. They noted: “The perennial premendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14425627473515142043noreply@blogger.com