01-22-2006, 04:06 PM
Dhu,
I have a problem with a statement in the paper excerpted in post #220/#217 (by you and K.ram):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Y-chromosomal data consistently suggest a largely South Asian origin for Indian caste communities and therefore <b>argue against any major influx</b>, from regions north and west of India, <b>of people associated </b>either<b> with </b>the development of agriculture or <b>the spread of the Indo-Aryan language family</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Why is it that, even though the AIT is disproven genetically (besides which a distant South Asian ancestry is made undeniable for Europeans), we must still accept the AMindIT? Why must we now sit by quietly and accept the Aryan Mind Invasion Theory? Why is no one questioning that now? When the whole edifice of the AIT (that of an invading population) has been torn down - why does no one re-evaluate the whole linguistic assumption? Why are precise sciences still deferring to linguistics as if it the picture created by the latter is set in stone?
I have a problem with a statement in the paper excerpted in post #220/#217 (by you and K.ram):
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Y-chromosomal data consistently suggest a largely South Asian origin for Indian caste communities and therefore <b>argue against any major influx</b>, from regions north and west of India, <b>of people associated </b>either<b> with </b>the development of agriculture or <b>the spread of the Indo-Aryan language family</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Why is it that, even though the AIT is disproven genetically (besides which a distant South Asian ancestry is made undeniable for Europeans), we must still accept the AMindIT? Why must we now sit by quietly and accept the Aryan Mind Invasion Theory? Why is no one questioning that now? When the whole edifice of the AIT (that of an invading population) has been torn down - why does no one re-evaluate the whole linguistic assumption? Why are precise sciences still deferring to linguistics as if it the picture created by the latter is set in stone?