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Dr Lalji Singh Dr Lalji Singh Director, CCMB Hyderabad, India Director, CCMB Hyderabad, India

Dr Lalji Singh Director, CCMB Hyderabad, Indiatly defined hierarchical endogamous castes, tribes and religious g rou p ... when the water volume of the lake Malawi was reduced b y

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Dr

Lal

ji S

ing

hD

r L

alji

Sin

gh

Dire

ctor

, CC

MB

Hyd

erab

ad, I

ndi

aD

irect

or, C

CM

B H

yder

abad

, In

dia

4,63

5 w

ell d

efin

ed

popu

latio

ns in

Ind

iap

p 532

trib

es (

7.76

%)

72 p

rim

itive

trib

es,

(36

hunt

ers

and

gath

erer

s)

Div

ersi

ties

in:

lang

uage

soci

al s

truc

ture

dres

s an

d fo

od h

abit

mar

riag

e pr

actic

esph

ysic

alap

pear

ance

phys

ical

app

eara

nce

gene

tic a

rchi

tect

ure

Indi

an p

opul

atio

n st

ruct

ure

Mt

i f

t i

th d

iii

f

lti

it

tit

l Mo

st u

niqu

e fea

ture

is th

e divi

sion

of p

opul

atio

n in

to st

rictly

de

fined

hier

arch

ical e

ndog

amou

s cas

tes,

tribe

s and

relig

ious

gr

oups

.g

p

Boun

darie

s of t

hese

subd

ivisio

ns ar

e hig

hly i

mpe

rmea

ble.

In p

ract

ice, a

lthou

gh n

ot in

theo

ry, t

he re

ligio

us g

roup

s like

Mu

slim

s, Ch

ristia

ns, S

ikhs a

nd o

ther

s rec

ogni

ze en

doga

my

rules

.

The a

bove

feat

ures

, by a

nd la

rge,

appl

y to

each

lingu

istic

regi

on

of th

e cou

ntry

.of

the c

ount

ry.

Lang

uage

form

s stro

ng b

arrie

rs fo

r gen

e flo

w be

twee

n su

ch

regi

ons,

even

amon

g th

e cas

tes,

tribe

s or r

eligi

ous g

roup

s of

regi

ons,

even

amon

g th

e cas

tes,

tribe

s or r

eligi

ous g

roup

s of

simila

r or s

ame h

ierar

chy.e

.g. B

rahm

ins o

f A.P

. and

U.P

.

The

firs

tout

ofA

fric

ahu

man

The

fir

st o

ut o

f Afr

ica

hum

an

From

the u

nfor

givin

g co

ld o

f the

Arc

tic tu

ndra

to

th b

li

ht

f th

At

li

t bk

d th

e blaz

ing

heat

of t

he A

ustra

lian

out b

ack a

nd

the h

umid

fore

sts o

f the

Am

azon

, our

own

sp

ecies

Hom

o sa

pien

s pen

etra

ted

ever

y cor

ner

of th

e glo

be, s

ucce

edin

g in

an u

nriva

lled

arra

y g

,g

yof

envir

onm

ents

.

Wha

t cau

sed

them

to ex

plod

e out

of A

frica

whe

n th

ey d

id?

Wha

t circ

umst

ance

s sud

denl

y allo

wed

they

did

? W

hat c

ircum

stan

ces s

udde

nly a

llowe

d th

ose e

arly

hum

ans t

o sm

ash

down

their

bo

unda

ries l

ike n

o sp

ecies

bef

ore o

r sin

ce?

boun

darie

s like

no

spec

ies b

efor

e or s

ince

?

East

Afri

can

meg

a dro

ught

sbet

ween

135

and

75 th

ousa

nd ye

ars a

go, w

hen

the w

ater

vo

lum

e of t

he la

ke M

alawi

was

redu

ced

b y at

y

least

95%

coul

d ha

ve b

een

the r

easo

n fo

r the

ir m

igra

tion

out o

f Afri

cam

igra

tion

out o

f Afri

ca.

A m

ajor r

ise in

wat

er le

vels

and

shift

to m

ore

jhu

mid

and

decr

ease

d en

viron

men

tal v

ariab

ility

cond

ition

s ove

r muc

h tro

pica

l afte

r ~70

Kyr

ago

cond

ition

s ove

r muc

h tro

pica

l afte

r 70

Kyr

ago

may

hav

e stim

ulat

ed th

e exp

ansio

n an

d m

igra

tions

of e

arly

mod

ern

hum

an p

opul

atio

nsm

igra

tions

of e

arly

mod

ern

hum

an p

opul

atio

ns.

Scho

lz e

t al.

PN

AS

104,

164

16-1

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, Oct

ober

200

7

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nia

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25

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rth

ern

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ute

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dam

an a

nd

Nic

ob

ar Is

lan

der

s

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itos

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of

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and

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pop

ulat

ions

of

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and

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obar

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ge

Gr.

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da

ma

ne

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t And

aman

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rece

ive

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her

aid fr

om th

e Ind

ian

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rnm

ent.

Th

ltl

di

if

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hlt

ld

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fth

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e cu

ltu

re, l

ang

uag

es a

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ori

gin

of

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dam

anes

e h

ave

bee

n t

he

sub

ject

of

spec

ula

tio

nfo

rce

ntu

ries

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e cu

ltu

re, l

ang

uag

es a

nd

ori

gin

of

the

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dam

anes

e h

ave

bee

n t

he

sub

ject

of

spec

ula

tio

nfo

rce

ntu

ries

spec

ula

tio

n f

or

cen

turi

es.

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od

gro

up

and

pro

tein

stu

die

ssu

gg

est

that

spec

ula

tio

n f

or

cen

turi

es.

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od

gro

up

and

pro

tein

stu

die

ssu

gg

est

that

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od

gro

up

an

d p

rote

in s

tud

ies

sug

ges

t th

at

the

An

dam

anes

e ar

e m

ore

clo

sely

rel

ated

to

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cean

icp

eop

le

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od

gro

up

an

d p

rote

in s

tud

ies

sug

ges

t th

at

the

An

dam

anes

e ar

e m

ore

clo

sely

rel

ated

to

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mat

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tio

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rati

on

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r st

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y is

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e fi

rst

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lar

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a o

n t

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e en

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atic

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bes

to

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der

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r o

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on

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d m

igra

tio

n.

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sed

max

imum

par

simon

y phy

loge

ny o

f And

aman

ese

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max

imum

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y phy

loge

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f And

aman

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003)

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plet

e mtD

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quen

ce an

alysis

of …

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e N

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bare

se

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reat

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ese

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ne

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iaE

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Asia

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tified

seve

ral n

ovel

mut

atio

ns, w

hich

are

not f

ound

anyw

here

in th

e wor

ld, in

cludi

ng

our s

urve

y of 6

,500 I

ndian

s

Anda

man

ese a

re th

e des

cend

ants

of t

he fi

rst m

oder

n hu

man

m

igra

ted

out o

f Afri

ca th

roug

h So

uthe

rn C

oast

al ro

ut vi

a Ind

ia ab

out 6

5,000

–70

,000 y

ears

ago.

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reas

the N

icoba

rese

are t

he

rece

nt m

igra

nts f

rom

the S

outh

east

Asia

abou

t 18,0

00 ye

ars a

go.

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ratio

n of

And

aman

ese

Indi

aIn

dia

Afr

ica

Afr

ica

A &

Ni

ld

A &

Ni

ld

isla

nds

isla

nds

Mig

ratio

n of

And

aman

ese

Indi

aIn

dia

Afr

ica

Afr

ica

A &

Ni

ld

A &

Ni

ld

isla

nds

isla

nds

Si

(200

5)Sc

ienc

e (2

005)

Ro

ma

nia

~4

0K

Alg

eri

a

>3

5K

Ch

i

Isra

el

12

0-9

0K

Po

rtu

ga

l

~2

5K

Ch

ina

~4

0K

25

K

So

uth

ern

Ro

ute

65K

An

da

ma

n

&&

Nic

ob

ar

Isla

nd

s

70

–6

5 K

Arc

haeo

log

ical

an

d g

en

eti

c e

vid

en

ce p

oin

t to

a s

ing

le

su

ccessfu

l d

isp

ers

al

acro

ss S

ou

thern

an

d S

ou

theaste

rn A

sia

p

into

Au

str

alia a

nd

wit

h o

nly

a s

eco

nd

ary

an

d l

ate

r d

isp

ers

al

into

Eu

rop

e.

“F

rom

th

e s

ite o

f P

atr

ic in

Weste

rn I

nd

ia,

Jw

ala

pu

ram

in

So

uth

ern

In

dia

, an

d B

ata

do

mb

a-L

en

a i

n S

ri L

an

ka,

these a

re

arc

haeo

log

ical

assem

bla

ges

sh

ow

ing

so

me

str

ikin

garc

haeo

log

ical

assem

bla

ges

sh

ow

ing

so

me

str

ikin

g

resem

bla

nces t

o t

ho

se f

rom

Easte

rn a

nd

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica t

hat

mu

st

be f

rom

very

clo

se t

o t

he p

eri

od

wh

en

mo

dern

hu

man

s

firs

td

isp

ers

ed

fro

mA

fric

a.

Th

ese

po

int

str

on

gly

toa

dir

ect

firs

t d

isp

ers

ed

fro

m A

fric

a.

Th

ese p

oin

t str

on

gly

to

a d

irect

co

nn

ecti

on

betw

een

th

e e

arl

iest

mo

dern

hu

man

co

lon

ists

in

So

uth

ern

Asia

an

d t

heir

pro

bab

le a

ncesto

rs i

n E

aste

rn a

nd

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica”

So

uth

ern

Afr

ica

Nean

dert

hals

were

th

e v

icti

ms o

f earl

y g

en

ocid

e b

y m

od

ern

hu

man

sa

co

nseq

uen

ce

of

ou

rin

here

ntl

yvio

len

tn

atu

reh

um

an

s a

co

ns

eq

ue

nc

e o

f o

ur

inh

ere

ntl

y v

iole

nt

natu

re.

Pau

l Mel

lars

, Sci

ence

(200

6) 3

13, 7

96-8

00

An

As

ian

pe

rsp

ec

tiv

e o

n e

arl

y h

um

an

di

lf

Af

id

isp

ers

al fr

om

Afr

ica

“A

sia

’s e

arl

ies

t h

om

inid

s p

res

en

ce

ha

s b

ee

n

ex

ten

de

d u

p t

o 1

.8 M

yrs

ag

o,

hu

nd

red

of

tho

us

an

ds

of

ye

ars

ea

rlie

r th

an

pre

vio

us

ly

id

Iti

tit

dl

ltti

te

nv

isa

ge

d.

It is

tim

e t

o d

ev

elo

p a

lte

rna

tiv

es

to

on

e o

f p

ala

eo

an

thro

po

log

y’s

mo

st

ba

sic

pa

rad

igm

s:

‘ou

to

fA

fric

a’

”p

ara

dig

ms

: o

ut

of

Afr

ica

.

Ab

se

nc

e o

f e

vid

en

ce

is

no

t e

vid

en

ce

of

ab

se

nc

e.

Den

nell

an

d R

och

rocky, N

atu

re 4

38:

1101-1

104 (

2005)

El

bl

Ea

rly

ma

n b

ec

om

es

ea

rly

ap

e

Cio

ch

on

, N

atu

re,4

59:

910-9

11 (

2009)

So

uth

ern

ro

ute

of

dis

pe

rsa

l o

f m

od

ern

hu

ma

n

ou

t o

f A

fric

a:

Arc

ha

eo

log

ical E

vid

en

ce

g

An

aly

sis

of

the

arc

ha

eo

log

ica

l a

ss

em

bla

ge

s a

t

Jw

ala

pu

ram

in

Ju

rre

ru R

ive

r v

all

ey

of

So

uth

ern

In

dia

imm

ed

iate

ly b

efo

re a

nd

aft

er

the Y

ou

ng

est

To

ba T

uff

(YT

T)

eru

pti

on

re

co

ve

red

fro

m a

rch

ae

olo

gic

al

ind

ustr

ies

fro

mth

esit

estr

on

gly

su

gg

est

the

pre

sen

ce

ind

ustr

ies

fro

m t

he

sit

e s

tro

ng

ly s

ug

gest

the

pre

se

nc

e

of

mo

dern

hu

man

in

In

dia

at

the t

ime

of

the Y

TT

eru

pti

on

wh

ich

occu

rred

in

Ind

on

esia

ab

ou

t 74,0

00 y

ears

ag

o.

Th

is w

as o

ne o

f th

e e

art

h’s

larg

est

kn

ow

nvo

lcan

iceven

ts(2

800

km

3)

kn

ow

n v

olc

an

ic e

ven

ts (

2,8

00

km

3).

Th

e I

nd

ian

su

bco

nti

nen

t co

nta

ins

ex

ten

siv

e Y

TT

de

po

sit

s.

Jala

pra

mP

etra

glia

et a

l. Sc

ienc

e 31

7:11

4-11

6 (2

007)

Jwala

pura

mAn

dhra

Pra

desh

Are

ther

ean

yp

op

ula

tio

n(s

)in

Are

th

ere

any

po

pu

lati

on

(s)

in

mai

nla

nd

Ind

ia, w

ho

are

clo

se

to A

nd

aman

ese?

Hh

ffi

iti

thI

di

Ho

w m

uch

aff

init

ies

the

Ind

ian

p

op

ula

tio

ns

hav

e w

ith

p

pA

nd

aman

ese?

Did

th

e In

dia

ns

con

trib

ute

to

th

eea

rly

hu

man

spre

ad?

the

earl

y h

um

an s

pre

ad?

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t Ben

gal

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t

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man

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nce

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