November 2022
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First AASI mtDNA genomes from Sri Lanka (2500 and 5500 BC)
Razib Khan quotes a paper reporting the first mitochondrial genomes from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in Sri Lanka, haplogroups M18a and M35a, both South Asian-derived, adding only that it is odd this…
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History podcast: Episode 16- The rise of the Mughals
In BrownCast episode 16, Omar Ali and Jay discuss the rise of the ‘Great’ Mughals from Babur onward; challengers such as Maharana Pratap, Shivaji and Lachit Borphukan, and the empire’s…
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They came not to bring peace but a sword
Razib Khan responds to a Twitter debate on the Indo-Aryan legacy, arguing that steppe-descended pastoralists were initially destructive, as in Europe, but that southern Indo-Europeans such as early Greeks and…
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The Todas are more like IVC people than anyone else
Razib Khan notes from the Genomes Asian 1000K supplements that the Toda sit closest to Indus Valley samples on the PCA, resembling them in having some but not much AASI…
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The varieties of Brahmins (and others)
Razib Khan reports from data sent to him that Rajasthani Brahmins are more northwest-shifted than UP Brahmins, Bihar Babhans resemble UP Brahmins, and Gujarati and Maharashtra Brahmins fall closer to…
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Romila Thapar: An Interview, and Some Thoughts
After an interview with Romila Thapar, the author accepts her ideal of the sceptical historian but asks what her overall worldview is, whether Marxist, and what vision of India she…
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Open Thread – 11/15/2022 – Brown Pundits
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