February 2020
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Why physical appearance is an imperfect individual proxy for ancestry
Razib Khan argues that physical appearance is an imperfect proxy for individual ancestry, using the Kalash: some look European and some South Asian, yet genetically they are about 30 per…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread for general discussion, asking readers to keep other posts on topic, with links to the podcast, Twitter, RSS feed and Patreon.
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Most Bangladeshis are 10% to 20% East Asian
Notes that consumer DNA tests fail to make clear that Bengali ancestry typically includes 10 to 20 per cent East Asian ancestry, using a vlogger’s puzzled results as the example.
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The Indian Neolithic
Observes that understanding South Asian genetic patterning needs better knowledge of Neolithic archaeology, citing Chirand in Bihar, with extensive Neolithic remains at least 4,500 years old, and asking who those…
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Indus Valley, Sintashta, and Andamanese ancestry in select grioups
Razib Khan runs qpAdm models for South Asian populations, using Indus, Sintashta and Andamanese ancestry, finding for example that Ror have more of both than Kamboj and Uttar Pradesh Brahmins…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread for general discussion, asking readers to keep other posts on topic, with links to the podcast, Twitter, RSS feed and Patreon.
