"In short, there is no evidence of demographic disruptions in the northwestern sector of the subcontinent during and immediately after the decline of the Harappan culture... All prehistoric human remains recovered thus far from the Indian subcontinent are phenotypically identifiable as ancient South Asians... How could one recognize an Aryan, living or dead, when the biological criteria for Aryanness are non-existent?"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
K.A.R. Kennedy: “Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia?”, in George Erdosy, ed.: The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, p.49. On p.42, Kennedy quotes the suggestion that “not only the end of the [Harappan] cities but even their initial impetus may have been due to Indo-European speaking peoples”, by B. and F.R. Allchin: The Birth of Indian Civilization, Penguin 1968, p. 144. quoted in M Danino, I.3. Genetics and the Aryan Issue in : History of ancient Ind
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Genetics_and_archaeogenetics_of_South_Asia
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia
17 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia →
Related Quotes
"In reading the genetics literature on South Asia, it is very clear that many of the studies actually start out with s…"
"[T]he present-day linguistic affinities of different Indian populations per se are perhaps among the most ambiguous a…"
"Most genetic studies are built on unstated, unproven (and often unwitting) assumptions: not only that migration is th…"
"South Asia has indeed been at the crossroads for much of modern human prehistory."
"Confusing language movements with demographic movements was a childhood disease of Indo-European linguistics before 1…"
"Nothing in the osteometric data shows that relationships existed between the populations of the Oxus Civilization and…"
"Unfortunately, genetic studies sometimes draw conclusions about language, which is entirely incorrect. Genetics addre…"
"Only 5% of the Y chromosomes of the R1a-Z93 subtype that occurs at 100% frequency in the steppe population are presen…"
"The data provide no support for any model of massive migration and gene flow between the oases of Bactria and the Ind…"
"As for the question of biological continuity within the Indus Valley, two discontinuities appear to exist. The first …"