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The R1a in Europe is too young to have initiated its "flow" into Asia and Indian sub-continent.
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parasar
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Exactly, <b>even a cursory look</b> at the Underhill paper's 10 marker R1a1a* haplotypes shows the high diversity in the subcontinent. Unfortunately, once a theory has been popularized, it takes multiple pieces of evidence to discount it. It will take some ancient-Dna evidence to finally bury it, I think.
As [] mentioned on his []: "the network topologies and associated Y-STR variance argue strongly against a simple Out-of-Eastern Europe scenario of the dispersal of R1a1, as non-star topologies with very high variance are found in India and Pakistan ...substantial subset of Indian R1a1 Y-chromosomes appeared to be distinctive from those of Europe ... there is something wrong in the equation of R1a1 "PIE-speaking Bronze Age horse riders from the Pontic-Caspian steppe". Clearly, the picture is more complex, and will only be resolved when new SNPs resolve the phylogeny of this widespread haplogroup."
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The theory is dead. Star typology means an explosive expansion in euro territory fallowed by the ice age. Non-star typology with extreme high variance means that limited room for expansion within the subcontinent had necessitated expansion elsewhere. This is now the mainstream view and is taken for granted.
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The R1a in Europe is too young to have initiated its "flow" into Asia and Indian sub-continent.
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parasar
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* Posts: 633
Exactly, <b>even a cursory look</b> at the Underhill paper's 10 marker R1a1a* haplotypes shows the high diversity in the subcontinent. Unfortunately, once a theory has been popularized, it takes multiple pieces of evidence to discount it. It will take some ancient-Dna evidence to finally bury it, I think.
As [] mentioned on his []: "the network topologies and associated Y-STR variance argue strongly against a simple Out-of-Eastern Europe scenario of the dispersal of R1a1, as non-star topologies with very high variance are found in India and Pakistan ...substantial subset of Indian R1a1 Y-chromosomes appeared to be distinctive from those of Europe ... there is something wrong in the equation of R1a1 "PIE-speaking Bronze Age horse riders from the Pontic-Caspian steppe". Clearly, the picture is more complex, and will only be resolved when new SNPs resolve the phylogeny of this widespread haplogroup."
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The theory is dead. Star typology means an explosive expansion in euro territory fallowed by the ice age. Non-star typology with extreme high variance means that limited room for expansion within the subcontinent had necessitated expansion elsewhere. This is now the mainstream view and is taken for granted.