An Ancient Genome from the Indus Valley Civilization.

Raghavan, Maanasa; Schroeder, Hannes; Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo · Cell · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Shinde et al. report the first genome-wide data from an ancient individual from the Indus Valley Civilization in South Asia. Their findings have implications for the origins and spread of farming and Indo-European languages in the region and the makings of the South Asian gene pool.

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