Re: New genetic studies regarding the Indo-Aryans

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <smykelkar@...> wrote:

> > This is likely due to relatively small numbers of Indo-European
> > migrants into India. In other words, the language spread a lot
> > more than the genes. The same argument can be made for Britons,
> > who overwhelmingly lack the "Indo-European" M17 gene yet speak an
> > IE language (English).
> >
>
> We are not playing "heads I win and tails you lose."

I didn't say we were, and I agree that we are not. What's your point?

> Then why bother about genetics anyways?

To see where people came from, I suppose. In any case, given that the
majority of M17 carriers are outside India, it seems more likely that
those in India came from outside.

- Rob