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Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by kragen on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:40PM (#43015660)
Do we know it's steppe ancestry because of DNA comparisons with Kurgan grave DNA, or from some other evidence? To me it seems a priori difficult to know where a gene hails from originally.
Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by FlyingSnake on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:33PM (#43016388)
That’s a great question but I don’t know how this gene flow worked. I’m not an expert in genetics but genetic research shows that one component of Indian DNA matches with Steppe Pastorals.

Here’s an article that goes deeper into this:

https://eruditus.substack.com/p/sons-of-the-indus-the-indian...

Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by kragen on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @09:06PM (#43020974)
Thank you, this is fantastic!
Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by wqaatwt on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @01:32PM (#43016382)
If in earlier periods a specific haplogroup is concentrated in specific relatively small area but after a couple of centuries it can be found across the entire continent that seems like a good indicator.
Re:Ancient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European... by kragen on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @09:06PM (#43020973)
That's why I was asking if this conclusion is based on grave DNA data. How else do you know where haplogroups were in earlier periods, other than by already knowing the information about historical migrations and population replacements that we're trying to derive in the first place?