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The earliest settlers' antiquity and evolutionary history of Indian populations: evidence from M2 mtDNA lineage.
BMC evolutionary biology - 11 Aug 2008
Kumar Satish, Padmanabham P B S V, Ravuri Rajasekhara R, Uttaravalli Kiran, Koneru Padmaja, Mukherjee P Aditi, Das B, Kotal M, Xaviour D, Saheb S Y, Rao V R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The "out of Africa" model postulating single "southern route" dispersal posits arrival of "Anatomically Modern Human" to Indian subcontinent around 66-70 thousand years before present (kyBP). However the contributions and legacy of these earliest settlers in contemporary Indian populations, owing to the complex past population dynamics and later migrations has been an issue of controversy. The high...
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