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    Studies point to the various Indian caste groups having similar genetic origins. The affinity of Indians to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank. A 2006 study indicated that the Indian caste system may have its roots much before the arrival of the IndoAryans?

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    Studies point to the various Indian caste groups having similar genetic origins. The affinity of Indians to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank. A 2006 study indicated that the Indian caste system may have its roots much before the arrival of the IndoAryans?

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    Studies point to the various Indian caste groups having similar genetic origins. The affinity of Indians to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank. A 2006 study indicated that the Indian caste system may have its roots much before the arrival of the IndoAryans?

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    CompetitiveExams:GeneticAnalysisofCasteSystemExamrace

    Geneticanalysis
    Therehavebeenseveralstudiesexaminingcastemembersasdiscretepopulations,examiningthehypothesisthattheirancestorshave
    differentorigins.A200203studybyT.Kivisildetal.ConcludedthattheIndiantribalandcastepopulationsderivelargelyfromthe
    samegeneticheritageofPleistocenesouthernandwesternAsiansandhavereceivedlimitedgeneflowfromexternalregionssincethe
    Holocene.StudiespointtothevariousIndiancastegroupshavingsimilargeneticoriginsandhavingnegligiblegeneticinputfrom
    outsidesouthAsia.However,a2001geneticstudy,ledbyMichaelBamshadoftheUniversityofUtah,foundthattheaffinityofIndians
    toEuropeansisproportionatetocasterank,theuppercastesbeingmostsimilartoEuropeans.TheresearchersbelievethattheIndo
    AryansenteredIndiafromtheNorthwestandmayhaveestablishedacastesystem,inwhichtheyplacedthemselvesprimarilyinhigher
    castes."BecausetheIndiansamplesforthisstudyweretakenfromasinglegeographicalarea,itremainstobeinvestigatedwhetherits
    findingscanbesafelygeneralized.
    Anearlier1995studybyJoannaL.Mountainetal.OfStanfordUniversityhadconcludedthattherewasnoclearseparationintothree
    geneticallydistinctgroupsalongcastelinesalthoughaninferredtreerevealedsomeclusteringaccordingtocasteaffiliationA2006
    studybyIsmailThanseemetal.OfCentreforCellularandMolecularBiology(India)concludedthatthelowercastegroupsmighthave
    originatedwiththehierarchicaldivisionsthatarosewithinthetribalgroupswiththespreadofNeolithicagriculturalists,muchearlier
    thanthearrivalofAryanspeakersandtheIndoEuropeansestablishedthemselvesasuppercastesamongthisalreadydeveloped
    castelikeclassstructurewithinthetribes.ThestudyindicatedthattheIndiancastesystemmayhaveitsrootsmuchbeforethearrival
    oftheIndoAryansarudimentaryversionofthecastesystemmayhaveemergedwiththeshifttowardscultivationandsettlements,
    andthedivisionsmayhavebecomemorewelldefinedandintensifiedwiththearrivalofIndoAryans.
    A2006geneticstudybytheNationalInstituteofBiologicalsinIndia,testingasampleofmenfrom32tribaland45castegroups,
    concludedthattheIndianshaveacquiredveryfewgenesfromIndoEuropeanspeakers.Morerecentstudieshavealsodebunkedthe
    BritishclaimsthatsocalledAryansandDravidianshavearacialdivideAstudyconductedbytheCentreforCellularandMolecular
    Biologyin2009(incollaborationwithHarvardMedicalSchool,HarvardSchoolofPublicHealthandtheBroadInstituteofHarvardand
    MIT)analyzedhalfamilliongeneticmarkersacrossthegenomesof132individualsfrom25ethnicgroupsfrom13statesinIndiaacross
    multiplecastegroups.Thestudyestablishes,basedontheimpossibilityofidentifyinganygeneticindicatorsacrosscastelines,that
    castesinSouthAsiagrewoutoftraditionaltribalorganizationsduringtheformationofIndiansociety,andwasnottheproductofany
    AryanInvasionandsubjugationofDravidianpeople.

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