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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by Shorel on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:16AM (#43010652)
> Whether a group moved from the Caucasus to South Asia or vice versa, around 5k years ago, shouldn't really matter.

It's not that it "matters" in a political or nationalistic sense. That's an error in interpretation of the motivation for this kind of work.

It is important because the more we know about how we got where we are, the better.

Science is useful, if it is not immediately obvious, then future generations will surely find an use for it, as it has happened time after time with mathematical ideas.

I would even say it is you who are putting a modern political spin on this by rejecting it.

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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by incompatible on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:58PM (#43020920)
The research is fine. I'm referring to the likes of Hindutva trying to establish that the Aryans were "indigenous" to India and subsequently migrated elsewhere, thus proving that Hindus alone are indigenous to India. The out-of-india theory referred to above.
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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by Shorel on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @02:18AM (#43022738)
Ah, I see. I agree with you then.
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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by throwfmon on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @04:53AM (#43023695)
Hindutva says Islamists and white Europeans were invders. Hows that wrong?
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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by incompatible on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @05:56PM (#43030696)
It's correct, but so what? It's part of history, nobody alive was involved, and it shouldn't have political implications for how we want to live today.
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