In the end we all are humans so no need to be obsessed about genes. But there is something ugly about the way indians approach this aryan theory. But I wont blame indians alone on it - it was started by european colonizers and their morbid fascination for ancient non-bibical (non-jewish) origins of history.
In the end no matter where aryans come from , leaving apart whether they even existed , it does not change the slightest the aritificiality of indian state and racist/caste based fascist society.
There is no confusion regarding where Indians came from and who is the real cradle of civilization.
1. Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers.
This was substantially been proven by Drs Vasant Shinde, Kumaraswamy Thangaraj, and Niraj Rai.
2. The seminal Rakhigarhi study published recently focuses only on the period that was 1000 years BEFORE the alleged Steppe (Aryan) Migration/Interaction. This genetic map shows that in Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) site in Haryana, there was NO TRACE of Iranian farmer or steppe pastoralist ancestry
It shows that ALL the developments right from the hunting-gathering stage to modern times in South Asia were done by indigenous people.
3. Again recent discovery that European cattle have substantial Indian cattle ancestry resulting from multiple gene-flow events as old as 8000 years ago. Again by Niraj Rai
Cattle domestication occurred at least twice independently and gave rise to the modern taurine and indicine cattle breeds. European cattle diversity is generally dominated by taurine cattle, although elevated levels of indicine ancestry have been recorded in several breeds from southern Europe...
www.nature.com
European taurine cattle (
Bos taurus) are believed to first have been domesticated from
Bos primigenius primigenius in the Fertile Crescent ~10,000 years ago (YA)
8,
9. A second inferred domestication event occurred about 2,000 years later in the Indus valley, Central Asia, with
Bos primigenius namadicus as ancestor of humped zebu cattle (
Bos indicus)
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11. Following the expansion of agriculture, taurine cattle colonized Europe, Asia and Africa, and reached Southern Europe around 8,000 YA
12. Similarly, indicine cattle were taken along by humans across South-East Asia, and later on into Africa
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4. New STUNNING find by Gyaneshwar Chaubey show
Mesopotamian skeletal remain dated 4,500 years-old has its genetic ancestry traced to the Indian subcontinent. The scientists propose a link to early Bronze Age migrants from India.