http://absolutetruth.in/forums/ Enquiries into the truth that tends to the Absolute en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:21 +0000 http://absolutetruth.in/forums/topic/genetics-deliver-another-blow-to-battered-aryan-dravidian-theory#post-84 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:42:31 +0000 Lndasa 84@http://absolutetruth.in/forums/ <p>Genetics Deliver Another Blow to Battered Aryan-Dravidian Theory</p> <p>Source: <a href='http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Aryan-Dravidian-divide-a-myth-Study/articleshow/5053274.cms'>Times of India</a><br /> HYDERABAD, INDIA, September 25, 2009: The great Indian divide along<br /> north-south lines now stands even more blurred. A pathbreaking study by<br /> Harvard and indigenous researchers on ancestral Indian populations says<br /> there is a genetic relationship between all Indians and more importantly,<br /> the hitherto believed theory that Aryans and Dravidians signify the ancestry<br /> of north and south Indians might after all, be a myth.</p> <p>“This paper rewrites history… there is no north-south divide,” said Lalji<br /> Singh, former director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology<br /> (CCMB) and a co-author of the study.</p> <p>Senior CCMB scientist Kumarasamy Thangarajan said there was no truth to the<br /> Aryan-Dravidian theory as they came hundreds or thousands of years after the<br /> ancestral north and south Indians had settled in India.</p> <p>The study analysed 500,000 genetic markers across the genomes of 132<br /> individuals from 25 diverse groups from 13 states. All the individuals were<br /> from six-language families and traditionally diverse castes and tribal<br /> groups. “The genetics proves that castes grew directly out of tribe-like<br /> organizations during the formation of the Indian society,” said Thangarajan,<br /> who noted that it was impossible to distinguish between castes and tribes<br /> since their genetics proved they were not systematically different.</p> <p>The study was conducted by CCMB scientists in collaboration with researchers<br /> at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and the Broad<br /> Institute of Harvard and MIT. It reveals that the present-day Indian<br /> population is a mix of ancient north and south bearing the genomic<br /> contributions from two distinct ancestral populations - the Ancestral North<br /> Indian (ANI) and the Ancestral South Indian (ASI) — both indigenous to the<br /> sucontinent.</p> <p>“The initial settlement took place 65,000 years ago in the Andamans and in<br /> ancient south India around the same time, which led to population growth in<br /> this part,” said Thangarajan. He added, “At a later stage, 40,000 years ago,<br /> the ancient north Indians emerged which in turn led to rise in numbers here.<br /> But at some point of time, the ancient north and the ancient south mixed,<br /> giving birth to a different set of population. And that is the population<br /> which exists now.”</p> <p>This finding could challenge the prevailing view of a northern route of<br /> migration of man out of Africa via Middle East, Europe, south-east Asia,<br /> Australia and then to India. </p>