12-24-2006, 10:54 PM
rajesh, these kind of race category studies have been thankfully put to rest by concentrating on individual genetic lines.
"Ethics by definition" is a normative trait and the act of confirming our indian nationhood or even dharma by such means (ie by the results of a "scientific" paper) is demon best left to westerners. but even so, if we go by the categories they use, central asia is not a transition zone between the east and europe.. it is rather a staging point for the entry of indian and mongolid genetic lines into the european cul de sac.
"Ethics by definition" is a normative trait and the act of confirming our indian nationhood or even dharma by such means (ie by the results of a "scientific" paper) is demon best left to westerners. but even so, if we go by the categories they use, central asia is not a transition zone between the east and europe.. it is rather a staging point for the entry of indian and mongolid genetic lines into the european cul de sac.