Bengalis
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Population structure in West Bengal and Bangladesh
Razib Khan reads a Genomes Asia 100K preprint for its Birbhum samples, noting that West Bengal samples sit west of Bangladeshi ones, Bengali Brahmins look distinct and Kayasthas look generic.…
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The East Asian ancestry in Bengalis is probably not Munda
Razib Khan revises his earlier view that Bengalis’ East Asian ancestry is mostly Munda, arguing that genome-wide and haplogroup data point to a Tibeto-Burman donor, and says he now leans…
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The food of yore
Two food links for readers, Curry Before Columbus and a sixteenth-century Bengali meal.
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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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Bong-outlier!
The author uses his own genetic data to note that both his parents are outliers among Dhaka Bangladeshis, more East Asian than usual, with his father steppe-shifted, and that two…
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The Burmese frontier of Bengal
Razib Khan reads Thant Myint-U’s account of Burmese memories of Bengal alongside mtDNA and Y data, finding about 10 per cent East Asian lineages in Bangladesh. He argues a Tibeto-Burman…
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A model runs through it
Razib Khan says 23andMe and Ancestry placed his family in Comilla, Bangladesh. He argues the label ‘Bengali’ hides East Asian ancestry visible in a PCA, then reports qpAdm estimates of…
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West Bengal Kayasthas are heterogeneous paternally and conventional Bengalis overall
Razib Khan says West Bengal Kayasthas sit on the PCA between East Bengalis and the main India cline, and unlike Bengali Brahmins, who resemble Uttar Pradesh Brahmins, differ little from…
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Food!
Razib Khan asks whether beef curry is eaten much among Muslims in Pakistan, given its popularity in Bangladeshi cooking, and invites readers to share curious regional cuisine facts, including Bengali…
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Browncast Episode 69, You’re Southern South Asian!
BrownCast episode 69: Razib and past guest Surya Yalamanchili discuss 23andMe’s updated South Asian ancestry composition, which after nearly a decade of being 95 per cent ‘Broadly South Asian’ now…
