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New study ties India’s genetic diversity to language, not geography
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The popularity of genetic and ancestry services like Ancestry.com and 23andMe attests that people care about where their ancestors originated. The underlying assumption is that the geography of one’s forebears affects one’s genes today.
Historically, scientists have found that geography is the biggest driver behind the genetic diversity of a population. Now, new research from Purdue University indicates that while that may be true for European countries, it is not true for all other parts of the world – especially places like India, where language and social systems have strongly affected how and where people live. The model the researchers deve