<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->I tend to agree that the support for the Indian AA theory might be emerging in these molecular studies. An scientist from India mentioned his as yet unpublished work which might have more to say in this regard -- we must await their publication. However, it also says others things that might not fit well with the prevalent thought on this thread.
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No need to get overexcited over a minority of types in India or dream up a resurrection of a witzelian para-munda hypothesis. Haplo O derivation from 'Krishna' has been known for some time. What is amazing here is that this minority Indian Haplo O can be linked to a specific language group in a, more or less, 1:1 fashion, in deep time. In no way does this negate Oppenheimer's conclusion about Western "Caucasoids" and their ultimate roots in India. India is a diversification crucible with room for more than one language family. The key factor is not the stocks of languages which can vary d/t convergence, divergence, founder effects, and whole host of other factors, but rather the gross number of languages, which requires in-depth time to fully develop.
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One of the branches, Group O, is found nearly exclusively in East and Southeast Asia. I shall call this branch Ho, afetr both the Chinese explorer.. . If we imagine that this branch was born, like the maternal lines B and F, <b>when a beachcombinhg Krishna arrived in Burma from India, then Ho splits easily into three branches. </b>All three branches now have representatives in China, Indo-China, and Southeast Asia, but they differed in their degree of Northern spread. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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No need to get overexcited over a minority of types in India or dream up a resurrection of a witzelian para-munda hypothesis. Haplo O derivation from 'Krishna' has been known for some time. What is amazing here is that this minority Indian Haplo O can be linked to a specific language group in a, more or less, 1:1 fashion, in deep time. In no way does this negate Oppenheimer's conclusion about Western "Caucasoids" and their ultimate roots in India. India is a diversification crucible with room for more than one language family. The key factor is not the stocks of languages which can vary d/t convergence, divergence, founder effects, and whole host of other factors, but rather the gross number of languages, which requires in-depth time to fully develop.
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One of the branches, Group O, is found nearly exclusively in East and Southeast Asia. I shall call this branch Ho, afetr both the Chinese explorer.. . If we imagine that this branch was born, like the maternal lines B and F, <b>when a beachcombinhg Krishna arrived in Burma from India, then Ho splits easily into three branches. </b>All three branches now have representatives in China, Indo-China, and Southeast Asia, but they differed in their degree of Northern spread. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->