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    Exploring the genetic footprints of the gotra system in the Koṅkaṇī Sārasvata Brahmins

    https://www.isw.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_historisch/dsl/isw/content/e41142/e41180/e523709/e1724158/vanDriem2025c_ger.pdf "Southern Brahmins retain an earlier Indo-European signature, closer to Western Iranian groups. Regional assimilation of gotras (observed in Koṅkaṇī Sārasvata Brahmins and...
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    Genetic history of Scythia

    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads8179 "However, we demonstrated that the influence of BA populations with a high proportion of Neolithic Iranian ancestry from the Middle East regions can be traced among the late Scythians (Scy_Crimea) but is absent in the earlier group Scy_South...
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    Bronze and Iron Age genomes reveal the integration of diverse ancestries in the Tarim Basin

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225008152 ChatGPT: This statement says something important about the people in the western Tarim Basin during the Iron Age, who are often linked to the Tocharians. Here's what it means in relation to them: The individual’s DNA...
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    Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes

    https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00503-2?rss=yes&__cf_chl_tk=7z04n2URtZ5s3C9edhaFw0O4mkruzw8Zm7coVYPpRIo-1749635968-1.0.1.1-WIoupna.d85F17.BOoNcq0kIQ.1jp_qI.F9RvIv15eI "At a regional scale, we observed in several analyses that the two Adivasi clans are most closely...
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    Phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic Kalash population in Pakistan

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-94986-z Anand Venkatraman: https://*****/Anand_Venkatram/status/1926355407645098449 "A truly intriguing paper. One of the most archaic and isolated Indoaryan-speaking groups has negligible R1a, Instead, they’re mostly Iranian Neolithic/fertile...
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    Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds

    https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/most-ancient-europeans-had-dark-skin-eyes-and-hair-up-until-3-000-years-ago-new-research-finds New research finds that ancient Europeans tended to have dark skin, dark hair and dark eyes up until the Iron Age. The bones of Cheddar Man (whose...
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    Iosif Lazaridis: Proto-Indo-Europeans had dark hair, brown eyes, and an intermed‌iate skin tone

    What does it mean? Does it mean that those who have blonde hair and blue eyes, ... have adopted Indo-European languages and genetically can't be considered as Indo-European? Farhad Jam:
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    Paul Heggarty: Beating the retreat from the Steppe hypothesis

    https://www.academia.edu/127485847/Beating_the_retreat_from_the_Steppe_hypothesis This is a commentary on the ancient DNA paper: 'The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans', i.e. Lazaridis et al. (2025), published in Nature on 5th February 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08531-5...
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    aDNAera: Origins and spread of Indo-European languages: an alternative view

    https://adnaera.com/2024/12/08/origins-and-spread-of-indo-european-languages-an-alternative-view/
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    Demographic history and genetic variation of the Armenian population

    https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(24)00391-4
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    Exploring Iran Genetic past: Investigating ancient migrations through skeletons

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/17bRaLO-CB5LiEFruE9TFccZXTrVDTmSA/view Abstract: The Iranian Plateau has long been important for cultural and demographic interchanges throughout history. This study focuses on a detailed analysis of 50 ancient skeletons from different Iranian sites, including...
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    Indo-Europeans in ancient Anatolia

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378856626_Indo-Europeans_in_ancient_Anatolia
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    Iranian glass beads found at 'UK's Pompeii' near Peterborough

    https://sg.news.yahoo.com/iranian-glass-beads-found-uks-062248007.html The glass used to create beads discovered at a prehistoric settlement dubbed "Britain's Pompeii" was probably made in Iran, analysis has revealed. The finds were among a wealth of well-preserved items unearthed at a...
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    Where did India’s people come from? Massive genetic study reveals surprises

    https://www.science.org/content/article/where-did-india-s-people-come-massive-genetic-study-reveals-surprises
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    The Genetic History of the Armenian Highland: A Bridge to Europe

    Abstract: For hundreds of thousands of years, humans moved across the “Southern Arc,” the area bridging Europe through Anatolia with west Asia. Genetic data are relevant for understanding linguistic evolution because they can identify movement-driven opportunities for language spread...
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    Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01367-3 Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat and its relatives, both cultivated and wild, remains elusive. By...
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    Zwarte Piet, Haji Firuz (Huginn Petrus) & Karši-Ptar (black-winged)

    This is an ancient Indo-European tradition which has nothing to do with racism. The Myths of Haji Firuz: The Racist Contours of the Iranian Minstrel Cultural depictions of ravens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajji_Firuz...
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    Steppe hypothesis is outdated? Past aDNA papers do not support it?

    https://www.science.org/do/10.1126/fefab2ec-92b1-4cd3-901e-e772c9dea5bd/full/
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    J2b, From Eluri/Alluria (Luristan) to Illyria (Illuría)

    About Haplogroup J2 (Y-DNA): https://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_J2_Y-DNA.shtml More info about Tepe Abdul Hosein of Luristan: https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/neolithic-age-in-iran Some J2b samples from "The genetic history of the Southern Arc": As you see all of them are...
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    Urartians are R1b & Late Urartians (Armenians/Medes) are J

    Look at these samples from "The genetic history of the Southern Arc": Medes conquered Urartu about 600 BC, it is also believed that the last Urartian kings, like Erimena (625-605 BC), were actually Armenian, according to Armenian sources, the first Armenian king was Paroyr Skayordi who became...
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