DNA could help solve mystery of the Indus Valley civilization

http://www.businessinsider.com/dna-could-solve-mystery-of-indus-valley-civilization-2016-2

by diodorus • 10 years ago

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tomrod• 10 years ago

Glad to see this getting press. The Indus Valley civilization was something I first learned about in college. I think the concept of a large civilization we know little about is fascinating!

contingencies• 10 years ago

Check out Angkor, Champa, Srivijaya, the (early, pre-Han) Shu Kingdom, Nanzhao, Pala, Pyu.

takee• 10 years ago

How long does it take for researchers to extract DNA samples and compare it against the current population's samples? Maybe I'm being naive here but shouldn't that be a quick enough analysis? This research is going to help answer some very interesting questions.

raddad• 10 years ago

I just heard a program on Public Radio yesterday about the possibility of using a USB DNA sequencer to map the Zika virus like they had Ebola. They said they could get the results in a day.

I can't find the PR source but here it is on The Guardian http://bit.ly/1PfrACL

whelp• 10 years ago

answer some very interesting questions.

But for political reason no one wants to answer that question. I mean as an example ... the current Egyptian population has really nothing to do with the ancient Egypt that built the pyramids.

r0muald• 10 years ago

Original article on the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/30/rakhigarhi-indi...

DNA could help solve mystery of the Indus Valley civilization

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