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Ancient DNA study traces modern South Asians’ ancestry to Harappans

WASHINGTON: The largest-ever study of ancient human DNA suggests that the modern South Asians are the descendants of the Harappan people who later mixed with steppe herders who migrated from the north. The researchers have also found that the present-day speakers of Indo-European languages and the Dravidian languages, descend from a subgroup of steppe herders […]

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