Maratha & Chitpavans

Marathas seem to have a lot of variation in their Andronovo and AASI ranges. Perhaps this is a confirmation of the fact the modern Maratha c...

  • Genetics of the Kurmi Tiller caste
    The Kurmi are a Shudra caste of non-elite tillers and reside mostly in the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Something cool ...
  • The Swat Protohistoric samples
    In South Asian genetics, we suffer from a paucity of ancient DNA to study. We have about 100 samples from Pakistan, Gandhara to be precise. ...
  • The Indo-Iranian cline.
    Below is a custom-PCA that shows us the genetic variation in modern Indo-Iranians. Let us make some observations. The left-right PC1 cline s...