Niraj Rai
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Open Thread – 01/02/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread, 2 January 2021: the poster doubts how Niraj Rai’s tweet that Bronze Age steppe migration was a myth is being read, restating his view that about 14 per…
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Browncast Episode 66, ancient India and DNA with Vagheesh Narasimhan
A Brown Pundits podcast episode interviewing Vagheesh Narasimhan, lead author of the 2019 ancient DNA papers on South and Central Asia, about ancient India, with links to the papers, related…
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Kushal Mehra interviews Niraj Rai
The author recommends Kushal Mehra’s video interview with Niraj Rai, agreeing with him on the genetic data but not on how to read terms such as ‘invasion’, and comparing the…
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Ancient Indian Genetics At ASHG
Previewing Niraj Rai’s ASHG poster on ancient genomes from the Indian subcontinent, the author says he is most interested in the South Indian samples, and shares a comment exchange on…
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Rakhigarhi sneak-peaks
Noting that the Indian press is finally reporting the substance of the Rakhigarhi results, the author urges waiting for the paper but says what he has heard matches Outlook India,…
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The water rises and Canute drowns
Razib Khan posts excerpts from an article in which the geneticist Niraj Rai says a migration into ancient India from Central Asia can no longer be refuted, while some co-authors…
