What DNA Says About Aryan Invasion Theory -2

[acharya]

Wondering what this may mean for the AIT and the vedic references to redheads etc.....

European Skin Turned Pale Only Recently, Gene Suggests (AAPA)

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--At the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, held here from 28 to 31 March, a new report on the evolution of a gene for skin color suggested that Europeans acquired pale skin quite recently, perhaps only 6000 to 12,000 years ago.

This contradicts a long-standing hypothesis that modern humans in Europe grew paler about 40,000 years ago, as soon as they migrated into northern latitudes,” the article states, reporting on a March meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Pale skin is said to have an adaptive value at high latitudes: “Under darker skies, pale skin absorbs more sunlight than dark skin, allowing ultraviolet rays to produce more vitamin D for bone growth and calcium absorption.” The new date was based on genetic studies that suggested a “selective sweep occurred 5300 to 6000 years ago” or up to 12,000 years ago, “given the imprecision of method.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hmmmmm, eh?