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A Genome-Wide Search for Greek and Jewish Admixture in the Kashmiri Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Downie Jonathan M, Tashi Tsewang, Lorenzo Felipe Ramos, Feusier Julie Ellen, Mir Hyder, Prchal Josef T, Jorde Lynn B, Koul Parvaiz A
Abstract excerpt
The Kashmiri population is an ethno-linguistic group that resides in the Kashmir Valley in northern India. A longstanding hypothesis is that this population derives ancestry from Jewish and/or Greek sources. There is historical and archaeological evidence of ancient Greek presence in India and Kashmir. Further, some historical accounts suggest ancient Hebrew ancestry as well. To date, it has not been determined...
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